Really? Lived there for so long you would think I would have known that.

 

Yep....been doing business with them for many, many years.......both for GM and personal.

It is located in a part of town that you may not wish to visit.

 

Yep, just looked it up and it's in the bad part of town. No wonder I never ran across it Dowtown is the furthest south I went unless it was Southwest off of 69.

 

thanks guys.
snoopy what is tbn.
i have to check with my service manager to see where and how much i can get it done for. i know a couple of our trucker customers get an oil sample tested. but first things first. i need to drop the oil. i still think there's far more condensation than what there should be.

 

From Blackstone Labs: Do I Need a TBN?

 

thanks dayton
ive never had to deal with oil sampling. i work on older farm equipment. one of my motto's is"any oil is better than no oil". i dont have to get too fancy or complicated with things. i just fix it if its broke.

 

OK, so has anybody replaced the head gasket on a 2.2L themself. I just realized that it is my future. Question is, can a semi-skilled non dummy with a fairly well equipped garage do the job? I have air tools, a torque wrench etc.

 

I decided to go the chemical route, cost $17 plus tstat, coolant and 2 days, after 1000 miles seems to have worked. I only got one estimate, about $1400, the parts alone would cost me more than $300.