Head repairs are costly on any car because of the labour. Most cars head gasket needs replacement so the whole top end needs to be removed and reassembled. This costs much time and money in labour charges. If the head is cracked it is the same thing because the two are touching. You will have to pay for the part also. Some times its cheaper to replace the whole engine. The labour on engine swap may be cheaper. This happened to my 93 cutlas supreme. I replaced the whole engine because of the head gasket: it was 400 cheaper. I got another 200K and had to get rid of it because the body was rotting. Go get some quotations for repair and engine swap. Try to get your own engine from wreckers and you will save some money. Good luck!
Not to scare you but white smoke usally means coolant is getting into the combustion chambers, if this is the case you may have a blown head gasket. Have you overheated your car recently? If so cracked head or blown headgasket would be a probably cause.
I have a 1996 Bonneville and it has a Phillips head screw on each side of the armrest. If yours is like that then you should be able to just unscrew them and pop it out.
just check the cars manual.. normally in the glove box.
Blown head gasket or cracked head.
i was told that they do, except for the 3.1 definitely the 3.4
Blown head gasket.
Cracked head or blown headgaskets
blown head gasket
No compression could mean a blown head gasket, cracked head or cylinder.
anywhere from 1200 to 1500 bucks if you havent cracked the head
Blown Head Gasket or Bad Cylinder Head
most likely a blown head gasket, cracked head, or bad intake gasket. with the s series. i would venture to say blown head gasket.