Head Gasket Replacement Shop Recommendations- San Francisco Bay Area

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  1. NutzAboutBolts

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    yeah most likely will have to redo the gasket but I'll do that next time, too lazy right now lol. I'll let it be a little mess till I have time on the next oil change.
     
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    The 2013 PIP is running great! My wife is sooo happy to have her baby back in good working order. The two recommendations to drive it hard during the one-year warranty period are hard for my wife to go along with. She says she wants to take it easy on it, after the blown head gasket. Maybe she can warm up to the idea in a month of her trouble free driving. ;o)
     
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    Did you find the leak yet? Have you fixed it?

     
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    It’s leaking under the chain tensioner, most likely its timing cover, there was a spot that was leaking there, I guess I needed more fipg. But there’s also a mysterious spot by the camshaft housing on the bottom, but I didn’t see any spot that it could leak to there… can’t tell if the oil some how just get lifted to that spot or not. I’ll recheck in 5k miles and see what I’ll do then.

    I just hate draining the coolant and oil again since I barely got to use it.
     
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    From page 783 of the "Lazy Man's Jury-rig Manual" :p... If the suspected general location of the oil seepage is relatively accessible, you could consider rolling or folding either a rag (or even paper towel?) just to hold the seeping oil from dripping on the ground or making the rear of the engine an oily mess, until you have time/ bandwidth to fix the leak. Don't ask me how I know about this. ;o)
     
    #65 davekro, Mar 17, 2026 at 6:07 PM
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    Basically Depends for engines.
     
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    Think it could be the oil pressure switch????

     
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