Howdy,

Joy, joy, I found a puddle of coolant under my engine this morning :(
The van is a '91 with just over 80K miles. I'm scheduled to take a 4000
mile drive to Northern BC beginning Labour Day. I do not have enough
free time to tinker myself, so I'll need professional help (as will the
van).

So, a couple questions:
(1) what's a typical SF Bay area cost for an engine coolant leak triage
and head gasket replacement
(2) if that cost is high, should I bite the bullet and just swap in a
rebuilt engine

Up until this morning the van ran exceptionally well. I've been putting
alot of miles on it since taking a job with a 100+ mile round-trip
commute two months ago.

Thanks,

Joel