[speedracing944]

**** update ******

Pulled the valve cover and everything looked OK with the valaves and springs. I called the dealership and they said they rarely have head gasket problems but have had problems with the exhaust valves blowing holes through and chipping. I unplugged the fuel injector and drove it until today. The Saturn dealership quoted over the phone $675 to do the head gasket and to replace the valve. I thought it was reasonable so I made an apointment. I took the car in this morning so they could pull the head and call me back with a damage report....

I just got a call at 6:00 pm which is when service closed. The service manager said they havn't pulled the head yet but did run a compression test. He said they got

140
0
125
140

He went on to say Saturn's low limit is 165 so the motor is shot and I need a new one. He them quoted me $3,500 for a remanufactured 1.9L I-4 . I almost died. Wen I told him the car wasn't even worth $3,500 he said it would be worth alot more with the new engine... BS!!! I asked to have them to just replace the bad valve but he said they would want to do all of them at a tune of $1000.

I am smelling a rat here! His compression number differ greatly from what I saw on my gauge in my garage and I think he is trying to soak me. (see compression figs at top of thread) It angers me soooo much I want to strangle him. I thought it was convinent he called me right at closing as if to pressure me into making a decision.

What are you guys thoughts??

Speedy