Hey guys.. I've got a 94 D90 and I've been getting extremely crappy gas milage (10mpg) city/highway.. for a while now. I hear of some people getting upwards of 17mpg. It's been running really rich, I can smell the gas. I had a left 02 sensor warning come up, but it's not the sensor.. is just running like crap. I brought it by Roverland in SF, he seems to think my head gasket is shot. He wanted 2500 bucks to fix it. Said he hooked it up to the diagnostics machine and had a very high hydrocarbon reading.
Anybody have any experiences with head gasket issues with their D90? If it is blown, it's not in an area that is allowing engine oil and antifreeze to mix, because I'm not getting any of that. I am however loosing oil, and it's not getting to the ground. It's burning somewhere.
Any help would be appreciated. I spoke to my other mechanic and he said he would replace the head gasket and do a valve job for like 1200. That sounds a little more reasonable. Anybody know of any good rover specialists in the SF bay area? Phillipe at Roverland is a very good mechanic, but seriously lack any good business practices. I leave my car there, and like I can't get in touch with him. He doesn't pick up the phone, you leave a message and he doesn't call back.. I don't particularly like that when I'm potentially spending a whole lot of money to repair my truck.
On a side note, I'm getting a whining noise out of my rear diff - when I am going on the highway.. over 35mph or so, and I let off the gas and coast. They seem to think a bearing is shot in my read diff. I might just want to swap it out entirely. Anybody have a relatively in-expensive spare rear diff they'd like to part with?
Cheers,
Rich
94 Metallic Blue D90
rich13@agristar.net
Anybody have any experiences with head gasket issues with their D90? If it is blown, it's not in an area that is allowing engine oil and antifreeze to mix, because I'm not getting any of that. I am however loosing oil, and it's not getting to the ground. It's burning somewhere.
Any help would be appreciated. I spoke to my other mechanic and he said he would replace the head gasket and do a valve job for like 1200. That sounds a little more reasonable. Anybody know of any good rover specialists in the SF bay area? Phillipe at Roverland is a very good mechanic, but seriously lack any good business practices. I leave my car there, and like I can't get in touch with him. He doesn't pick up the phone, you leave a message and he doesn't call back.. I don't particularly like that when I'm potentially spending a whole lot of money to repair my truck.
On a side note, I'm getting a whining noise out of my rear diff - when I am going on the highway.. over 35mph or so, and I let off the gas and coast. They seem to think a bearing is shot in my read diff. I might just want to swap it out entirely. Anybody have a relatively in-expensive spare rear diff they'd like to part with?
Cheers,
Rich
94 Metallic Blue D90
rich13@agristar.net