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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RickSample1" data-source="post: 1420264" data-attributes="member: 21975">Last year in May we took our car to a performance shop due to a blown head gasket. It wasn't leaking any coolant externally, they just checked the coolant and found exhaust fumes. Paid $1,250 and a week later it developed a leak at the thermostat housing. Took it back and they fixed that free of charge. I thought all was good but at every show I checked for leaks and kept an eye on my temperature just incase. End of the season I cleaned my engine all out like I do every year before I store it. My block and everything is painted, so everything is neat. Wasn't leaking anything at all. On our receipt it shows 70,XXX miles on the car... I subtracted what our receipt says and what is on the car now... last year we drove exactly 418 miles. Last weekend we opened my hood up and noticed a pile of coolant. You followed it up and its leaking out of the top of the head around where the intake is mounted. They replaced this gasket because you can tell it looks new since it overhangs slightly. Do you think I should hold them accountable? I'm not sure what happened, but my guess is that last year after having this done it was warmer (things expand when warmer lets face it) This is why I didn't have any leaks last year. Then when winter came my garage temperature was down to single digits which could have caused something to shrink just enough that it allowed for a leak. Either that or they just didn't tighten down something good enough and over the winter caused it to leak. Or maybe the parts they machined weren't completely flat and it caused a leak with the colder temps. I'm pretty ticked off... I can see if I drove it 10,000 miles and it developed a leak... but I drove it 418 miles which is around 12 round trips. I went to the shop a couple days ago and talked to some young kid, he said I would have to bring it in and let the owner check it out. The owner is pretty hard... last year he was ticked off when I brought it back in for leaking at the thermostat housing. Plan on taking the car in there tomorrow</blockquote>