Head Gasket's gone :(

[JoshHowe]

been quoted £470 and im skimming the head myself at work

that sound overpriced or is this what you can expect to pay for head gasket repairs?

[raunchz]

IMO it is overpriced but then you'll have a gaurantee on it from the garage !!!

Where is driff? Someone on here could do it for you?

I charge around £120 in labour to do a headgasket including changing the oil, flushing coolant - it could be done for cheaper though

Isn;t too hard ot try yourself tbh with a haynes manual and a good set of tools

[KrisB]

I'll do it for £250 including a head skim and pressure check.

[raunchz]

I'll do it for £250 including a head skim and pressure check.

Cracking price from a proper mechanic tbh !

[saxo-parts]

£470 plus skim!!!thats well steep, just over half that inc skim and test, using Payen gasket and Gates timing belt, all work warranted.

[KrisB]

Thats the way i roll! It's not exactly as hard as some people make out to do a headgasket, although it's hard if you don;t know what youre doing.

[Kev_Vtec]

ott for a vtr head gasket imo. my vts was £400 all in inc parts and a metal gasket, skimed etc

[JoshHowe]

well it was just an 'approx' price he said, but i doubt it'll change too much lol

driffield is near bridlington, about an hour north of hull, anyone nearby?

[Slugshead]

Do it urself man! I done this a few weeks ago (went in blindly)

went down gsf... and got myself:

head gasket
Cylinder head gasket set
set of those stretch bolts
socket bit to fit the bolts
angle tightener
oil
oil filter
haynes manual <------- most important part imo!
timing belt kit
trolley jack

(think thats all)

took me a whole weekend to do and only cost me £97

[Joe3490]

JUst having mine repaired, Costing me 447 for new head, Skimming, cam belt, water pump

[manicmotors]

That does seem quite expensive for a VTR....we charge £150 labour plus the price of the parts.

Chris

[Boyes]

Do it urself man! I done this a few weeks ago (went in blindly)

went down gsf... and got myself:

head gasket
Cylinder head gasket set
set of those stretch bolts
socket bit to fit the bolts
angle tightener
oil
oil filter
haynes manual <------- most important part imo!
timing belt kit
trolley jack

(think thats all)

took me a whole weekend to do and only cost me £97

I did same only thing i worried about was cambelt timing but we sorted that, not hard just takes time.

[manta]

my headgasket has gone on my eastie, oil and water not mixing though so good thing i guess. But why do u need 2 change the cambelt?

[saxo-parts]

because its got to come off to take the head off and its false economy to put the old one back on, how gutted would you be to do the job and then have to take the head off 2 weeks down the line because the valves are bent for the want of a tenners worth of belt.

[Winny]

well it was just an 'approx' price he said, but i doubt it'll change too much lol

driffield is near bridlington, about an hour north of hull, anyone nearby?

I'm in Little Driff dude, lol, I'll try get you a price off a mate who did mine.

[JoshHowe]

winny! i know you, your gazz's mate :) seen your sax all smoothed out :)
you get matty L to do it? coz its his dads garage that i got quoted by.

[Matt_vts_tdi]

Mates rates make a whole lotta difference.

Try saying that 10 times over :P

[addyt_vtr]

u can get an engine from a scrap yard for about 250 quid. my mate did and it had onli done 30 thou. just an idea

[qpr4eva4]

that is steep. i would defo shop around... or like somepeople of said attempt it yourself. but some of the prices been offered to you here are good prices

[MikeBigg]

went down gsf... and got myself:

angle tightener


What on earth is an angle tightener?

Ta,

Mike

[jimbobm]

are we talking around £400 for a vts headgasket and belt too? i live in leeds if that helps.

sorry for the hijack

[baker556]

i got mine sorted at a local garage with cambelt and water pump all in for £250.00