1990 Acura Integra possible blown head gasket?

PINCK7210

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1990 ACURA INTEGRA
4 CYL
AWD
AUTOMATIC
24,600 MILES

My car stalled on me while I was driving down the highway one day. It was back firing and pulling and then slowing down as if it wanted to drive but it couldn't, then it finally came to a stop. My mechanic says that he thinks that I might have blown a head gasket but my car wasn't over heating. I think I might have to change my gas filter due to the fact the car has so many miles on it, I had just gotten gas before I got on the highway and I haven't changed the filter since I got the car. Can you please help me, changing a gasket is very expensive. Thanks in advance.

Saturday, September 6th, 2008 AT 11:30 PM

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MHPAUTOS

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Hi there,

Your mechanic is not very competent if he cant diagnose a head gasket problem, I would get the filter changed and also get a tune done I would also draw a sample of fuel to check for contaminants.

Mark (mhpautos)

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Sunday, September 7th, 2008 AT 2:04 AM

KHLOW2008

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Hi pinck7210,

Was there any major coolant losses before? Is coolant losing out fast?

Get a pressure and compression test done to see if there are any leakages.

Did you check the spark plugs, cables, fuel pressure?
A fuel filter change is long overdue.

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Sunday, September 7th, 2008 AT 2:07 AM