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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• 这个宰得太狠了！90min$500(thermostat不超过40)。唉，出门在外... -itallture- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 04:46:33

• 自己换十来分钟的事（还多说）要500？ 抢钱呐 -giddyup- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 09:22:21

• 就算2小时人工也不能charge $250/h吧？不知修理单是怎么写的 -itallture- ♀ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 09:25:34

• 10刀的零件加一个纸制的垫片washer！ -SmallBlock- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 17:04:32

• 就俩螺栓 ：） N年前我换过零件2.99 （for camry） -giddyup- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/29/2012 postreply 08:48:51

• 是宰得狠了点儿。不过出门在外没办法，安全回家就好。 -nonego- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 06:49:38

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

• 不黑。我们这节日加班也发三倍工资还加免费午餐。 -我胡说八道- ♂ (0 bytes) () 12/28/2012 postreply 07:50:13