update on engine overheat posted 4 days ago

Thank you all for the reply, no matter what you said is right or not.
On 12/24/12, I called a mechanics in Bay area, he suggested me to have it fixed in local area, which is close to LA. So I drove the car to 'Big O tires'. They said that the thermostat was broken. It costed me about $540 to have it fixed. A little expensive but no choice. Big O tires was closed at 1PM on that day and they didn't have much customers, so they fixed my car quickly, in less than 90 minutes after I drove there. After that I drove about 1200 miles. So far so good. Today I got home.

Wish you all a happy holiday season!

BTW, turning on heat does help to cool down the engine, but the mechanics didn't want me to rely on that to drive home, because it is hard to know the damage to the engine.

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• 這個宰得太狠了！90min$500(thermostat不超過40)。唉，出門在外... -itallture- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 04:46:33

• 自己換十來分鍾的事（還多說）要500？ 搶錢呐 -giddyup- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 09:22:21

• 就算2小時人工也不能charge $250/h吧？不知修理單是怎麽寫的 -itallture- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 09:25:34

• 10刀的零件加一個紙製的墊片washer！ -SmallBlock- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 17:04:32

• 就倆螺栓 ：） N年前我換過零件2.99 （for camry） -giddyup- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/29/2012 postreply 08:48:51

• 是宰得狠了點兒。不過出門在外沒辦法，安全回家就好。 -nonego- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 06:49:38

• 大家記住了，Big O Tires是家黑店。 -biglow- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 07:22:43

• 不黑。我們這節日加班也發三倍工資還加免費午餐。 -我胡說八道- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 07:50:13