I just bought this 03 X on Friday. 67k miles, supa clean and pretty, got it from a dealer. I mananged to talk them down to a seemingly reasonable price of $9,990 (they were asking $11,600 originally). I'd been looking for one in that price/milage range, and this one seemed great.
I'm so busy these days that I didn't exercise my usual diligence in taking the thing to a mechanic to get a full exam before signing the papers. Famous last words...:shake:
Anyway poking around the engine this morning I saw something that gave me a bit of that old sinking feeling. It looks a bit like a leaky head gasket. noooooo! :icon_sad:
Opinions based on the photos below are greatly appreciated. It was tough to get my big camera in there, but I think you can see what I'm talking about. This is the driver's side. The passenger side HG area is totally clean (no pics of that).
Whatever that is, it doesn't look like a lot, and it looks rather old. But there's no denying that something leaked down there at some point...ugh.
I'm so busy these days that I didn't exercise my usual diligence in taking the thing to a mechanic to get a full exam before signing the papers. Famous last words...:shake:
Anyway poking around the engine this morning I saw something that gave me a bit of that old sinking feeling. It looks a bit like a leaky head gasket. noooooo! :icon_sad:
Opinions based on the photos below are greatly appreciated. It was tough to get my big camera in there, but I think you can see what I'm talking about. This is the driver's side. The passenger side HG area is totally clean (no pics of that).


Whatever that is, it doesn't look like a lot, and it looks rather old. But there's no denying that something leaked down there at some point...ugh.