97 sc1 coolant disappearance

my daughters car is a 97 sc1, noticed over the last few months of having to
add a little coolant every few weeks. there are no signs of leakage, so i
presume it is getting burned. also notice here lately that the car starts
rough then clears after a short time. i suspect the headgasket is starting to
give up. car runs great after about 15-30 seconds and doesn't heat up. has
anybody had this experience, and what kind of $ for a headgasket replace?

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On Oct 8, 1:29 pm, "ernz via CarKB.com" <u11479@uwe> wrote:
> my daughters car is a 97 sc1, noticed over the last few months of having to
> add a little coolant every few weeks. there are no signs of leakage, so i
> presume it is getting burned. also notice here lately that the car starts
> rough then clears after a short time. i suspect the headgasket is starting to
> give up. car runs great after about 15-30 seconds and doesn't heat up. has
> anybody had this experience, and what kind of $ for a headgasket replace?
>
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Does the low coolant light come on, on the dash? I have a 97 sc2 that
started with the low coolant light coming on. I never saw any coolant
on the driveway, but kept adding a little coolant for months. Then I
did see drips of coolant on the driveway.
It was the radiator. It just took a long time for the radiator's
leakage to show up
on the driveway. At first I guess it was just drying up.
Dan.

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:15:03 -0700, DannyB20 >
wrote:

>On Oct 8, 1:29 pm, "ernz via CarKB.com" <u11479@uwe> wrote:
>> my daughters car is a 97 sc1, noticed over the last few months of having to
>> add a little coolant every few weeks. there are no signs of leakage, so i
>> presume it is getting burned. also notice here lately that the car starts
>> rough then clears after a short time. i suspect the headgasket is starting to
>> give up. car runs great after about 15-30 seconds and doesn't heat up. has
>> anybody had this experience, and what kind of $ for a headgasket replace?
>>
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>> Message posted via CarKB.comhttp://www.carkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/saturn/200710/1
>
>Does the low coolant light come on, on the dash? I have a 97 sc2 that
>started with the low coolant light coming on. I never saw any coolant
>on the driveway, but kept adding a little coolant for months. Then I
>did see drips of coolant on the driveway.
>It was the radiator. It just took a long time for the radiator's
>leakage to show up
>on the driveway. At first I guess it was just drying up.
>Dan.


I had a car with a tiny pinhole leak in the plastic pressurized
coolant reservoir ... it would mist-out when hot but not enough to
puddle - after turning off the hot engine - had to listen closely
& feel around to find the exact spot of the leak.
Good luck.
jt