Hello! I am a newbie..I need your advise
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Hi..Its good to see all brathars and sistas!!<IMG src=smileys/smiley1.gif border="0"></P>
Ihad 97 c280(inline6) lend it my father and got overheated blew the headgasket!!! I took out the plugs and saw water in them. <IMG src=smileys/smiley19.gif border="0">Motor would turn but wouldn't start. I put water in radiator about a half gallon then when I start the engine(w/radiator cap open), water shoots out of radiator and I see there some squirts coming out of water pump.....</P>
Do you know <IMG src=smileys/smiley3.gif border="0">any (reliable and price reasonable) mercedes machanics around Oakland and East bay in San Francisco Bay Area?</P>
So far...I could find any..<IMG src=smileys/smiley11.gif border="0">.</P>
I found out all the shops that I called, will do the job for me,...but they all seems like my car is first experiment with their skill. and I hate gamble my car with their skill.</P>
It seems like I have three options;</P>
1. Go to the dealer and Pay($10,000) dollars</P>
2. Go to the shop and get my head gasket done.($1600) if head is cracked..it will costmore$$$ quote from Global engineering in Richmond,CA</P>
3. Go to the unknown engine shop and get low mileage engine.($3200)[includes labor&parts]Got this quote from JEM in Oakland,CA</P>
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Still I have no idea if they do it right or not.... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE somebody refer me to decent place where I install around(labor&Parts) under $3000... and I don't have to worry about check engine light and all other small issues later.</P>
Thank you SOO much <IMG src=smileys/smiley4.gif border="0">for your reading my miserable post.</P>
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If you saw coolant in the cylinders when you removed the plugs, it was not wise to try to start the engine.</P>
Water is incompressible, so when the piston hits the water - Bang! You've bent the con rod (and I'm told it is possible with just the starter motor).</P>
(How did your father overheat it?? Not watching the gauge?? Did a hose blow or pump fail or the head gasket leak? I hope he stopped as soon as the temperature started rising. Also, I guess the low coolant light would have come on and warned him).</P>
Best of luck with it. No doubt your father is going to pay the bill <IMG src=smileys/smiley2.gif border="0"></P>
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