my car has started overheating yesterday. so i looked at it and there was hardly any water in the radiator. so i dont know where it went. there is a small leak up by the thermostat on the intake manifold. antifreeze starts seaping up through the gasket when the engine is running. could this have where all the coolant went? i called a shop today to replace the gasket and they gave me a price of $300-350. does this sound right?thx

too expensive, on a TBI i would charage for 1.5 hours. Do it yourself. But if one or 2 of the bolts dont come (I had it once) tnan theres lotsa drilling involved because the bols by the water jackets get corroded over time and freeze.

my car has started overheating yesterday. so i looked at it and there was hardly any water in the radiator. so i dont know where it went. there is a small leak up by the thermostat on the intake manifold. antifreeze starts seaping up through the gasket when the engine is running. could this have where all the coolant went? i called a shop today to replace the gasket and they gave me a price of $300-350. does this sound right?thx

To replace the intake or thermostat gasket? Either way it's too much.

its the intake manifold gasket. the shop we called said it would take about 4 hours and they charge 300. we also called the gm dealer and they were charging 650

Its all bullshit. i would fix it beter than they would do for $100 cash. Thats a real price. Just find someone with a garage who works on perfomance cars and willing to do it for cash. Iam pretty sure one of the members could hook you up depending on where you live.