Thus spake He Hate Retards on 1/23/2004 7:31 PM:
> Don't be a cheapskate and a bad parent... buy her a new car.

Pimpi, do you ever have anything productive to add?

Sheesh.

Anyhow. My $0.01. My '91 Accord (143,000) did something similar
earlier this week when it was about -6F out...hard start, crappy idle,
runs like crap no matter how warm the engine gets (I didn't get a check
engine light, however). On a whim, I started to pull plug wires one by
one to see if any one cylinder *didn't* affect the idle. Turns out the
#2 cylinder wasn't firing (cheap wire == bad wire). A tuneup later, and
it runs like a champ and starts easier. That may be something worth
looking at.

I'd still say have your other mechanic take a look at it, just because
of the overheating incident. It sounds like even if he comes to the
same conclusion, he's going to be cheaper than the dealer, and know what
he's doing a bit more than Joe "I just got my ASE" Mechanic over at the
dealer.

I had also heard (don't remember where) that usually with a bad head
gasket, two adjacent cylinders would have odd compression. I suppose
this depends on where the bad spot is though.

-moitz-