98 528ia urgent help
Urgent help for a newbie please!!! Looking at buying a 98 528i and have to decide quickly.
Here is the problem: belt broke on water pump and car overheated. Now head gasket is blown and possibly head may be warped or cracked. Oil is milky from coolant. Other supposed mechanics have looked at the car and are saying it needs a whole new engine and only want to offer the guy pennies on the dollar. I can fix the head no problem. My question is what other major issues could this have caused to the engine that it is now needing a whole new one. Im not the most experienced and I know the people here are far beyond my mechanical knowledge. To me the head is the worst case scenario. The car still starts and runs roughly for a short time until it overheats. What else could have been damaged. Im trying to find a good deal cause I don't have much to spend and my e34 has pretty much had it and I am absolutely in love with these cars. Thanks to all who reply to the newb.
Car has 130000miles and the owner drove a 2 hour drive and ran fine, when he left is when problems occurred. everything was in perfect running order before this happened
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