Cadillac Engine
 

Hey guys, i currently have a 1997 Cadillac Eldorado with a NorthstarV32 3.8 Liter V8 in it. I was on the interstate driving back to college and it over heated, i took it in to find that i had blown a head gasket. What i was wondering is would it be smarter to find a new engine since the overheating had already done damage to the entire engine, or just get the head gasket repaired. If you think a new engine is the way to go, I have no idea where to start looking so if you have any ideas let me know and it's greatly appreciated. Thanks a lot, Cusey.

Jus so you know, that's gonna costs you a lot of money either to fix it or to replace the engine, expensive enough already but made more expensive jus bcuz its a freakin cadillac,
My 97 catera suffered a bhg too and they wanted to much for it, and wasn't even worth fixing,
Jus get another car dude, with gas prices today, you don't need to b rolling around with a northstar engine

I know it would be spendy, the mechanic said that it would be around 1800 to fix the head gasket and probably cheaper to buy a new engine and have it dropped in.

well since i can't afford a supra yet, any ideas for cars? I live in South Dakota so it needs to handle the snow. I'd like it to be decently fast.

headgasket
 

i would definately have the headgasket fixed it would be much cheaper than replacing the engine for sure. if your caddies in good shape i would keep it the hold there value good.

get the older impreza rs,
non turbo 2.5 liter, awd, decently fast, and has awd for snow

alright, thanks for the input guys. I found a family friend who can fix the Head Gasket for $400 so that should hold decently until i can round up some money. About that impreza, when you say older, are you talking like 2000 or older than that?

yup , i think they are a 97 or older,
i like the older body better
i actually wanted to get the 22b sti, i like its cuz its a 2dr
not like the new ones, which only comes in a 4dr trim

You should take it to mechanics, they will help you.