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I have had a slow oil leak, which has been traced using dye/UV to the front passenger-side corner of the head gasket. My mechanic
whom I trust is advising doing nothing until it gets worse, then replace gasket, which he says could run $1500 (15-20 hours labor). I
have no other symptoms such as white or blue exhaust, discolored oil, oil in coolant or disappearing coolant. It barely leaks when
parked over night, just get a few drops worth on floor. In fact, they couldn't find it after running the car for 90 minutes, so I had to drive
it a few days. What prompted me to bring it in was I used a quart of oil in 2k miles. Yes I drive it fairly hard, lots of short trips (no
track). Car has 80k miles on it. I would appreciate any advice on: 1. should I just sit tight and monitor it? 2. should I do any other tests
now (compression)? 3. Is this common in the S38 at this mileage? 4. might the head be warped or cracked? 5. Assuming it is the
gasket and I have it done at some point, does 15-20 hours sound right, and what else should be done while it's pulled. THANKS a
million for any advice.
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