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Yes I think you are right. The head gasket was always cracked, but it was supposedly fixed. Then on the way to drop the car off (with the supposedly fixed gasket) the radiator went, but the engine was already done it seems like.
Anyway, all the mechanics are dumped now. I have been telling her to go to my guy (where the car is now) since this started, but instead she went with the mechanic that the seller recommended because they offered to do some of the work for free. I told her nothing is free. I know this guy will do a good job, they have worked on my other cars and his dad runs the place.
Your MIL is at fault for not watching the water temp gauge, if she was paying attention this would have been a much easier and cheaper fix.
Your MIL is at fault for not watching the water temp gauge, if she was paying attention this would have been a much easier and cheaper fix.
Well I somewhat agree, but you can imagine I got my head bit off when I mentioned this possibility. She is elderly and oblivious to things sometimes. Apparently she noticed it was overheating then took to the mechanic, how long it was overheating before she noticed is the question I had, but I'm not allowed to ask that question anymore Anyway, I'm at least glad that it is not necessarily something that was inherently wrong with the car when we bought it, but something that was done to it after the fact.
All I know is she retired, she wanted a car. I told her between payment, insurance, gas and occasional repairs, my car runs me $500+ a month and it's only 3 years old. I told her tires for my car where $350, oil change is $60, it starts to add up. Cars are not cheap and if she must have a car, she needs to be aware that expenses will come and with an older car they will most likely be unexpected. Well this is a good lesson for her to keep saving and not to not expect these things, if that makes sense.
Well I somewhat agree, but you can imagine I got my head bit off when I mentioned this possibility. She is elderly and oblivious to things sometimes. Apparently she noticed it was overheating then took to the mechanic, how long it was overheating before she noticed is the question I had, but I'm not allowed to ask that question anymore Anyway, I'm at least glad that it is not necessarily something that was inherently wrong with the car when we bought it, but something that was done to it after the fact.
All I know is she retired, she wanted a car. I told her between payment, insurance, gas and occasional repairs, my car runs me $500+ a month and it's only 3 years old. I told her tires for my car where $350, oil change is $60, it starts to add up. Cars are not cheap and if she must have a car, she needs to be aware that expenses will come and with an older car they will most likely be unexpected. Well this is a good lesson for her to keep saving and not to not expect these things, if that makes sense.
Stupid OLD people...
Hey Kate - keep us updated on what's going on with the car, would you? I'm curious to know how this whole thing works out. Thanks!
Thanks guys. Your advice really helped. I'll update you on what happens. We should have the new engine in sometime towards the end of next week. MIL is actually away now visiting family and won't be back until the 10th, so we'll see what happens then.
Why so harsh Mitch? Not all of of us (including me) would have thought of that while driving home. Give her a break
Because the real world is harsh! Let her get into a crash and see how much slack Newton cuts her!
There are some mistakes that are inherently unforgivable - not checking oil level and monitoring instruments on a running engine are two of them. You overheat, you lose oil pressure, you stop driving, period.
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Anyway, I'm at least glad that it is not necessarily something that was inherently wrong with the car when we bought it, but something that was done to it after the fact.
