AJ80 wrote:My car started have engine troubles on the way to work today.
My engine =
It's a 2002 Pontiac Sunfire and it has a blown head gasket along with various other engine damage. It does still run, but has very little power and can't even get up to 70mph anymore. It makes all kinds of rattly noises now too.
As far as I know, everything else is still good on it, well, except the anti-lock breaks... and the check engine light... that's been on for months... and ignored for months...
I wonder what kind of gas mileage I'd get if I just kept driving it in its current state.
Anybody have suggestions for a new one, a used one, or should I just pay possibly $3,000+ to have it repaired?
I can tell you that if it does indeed have a blown head gasket, you will be getting zero MPG when the engine seizes. Blown Head Gasket = coolant in oil, oil in coolant, coolant in cylinders, possibly all of the above, which in turn = BOOM!