Head Gasket

[VTS_16v_Boy]

:upset:

After a few problems with warm running my worst fears have come true.
Today I put my VTS in to the garage to change the termo and I was told on collection "Reckon your have to change that Head Gasket"

So what with new belt, proper Citroen gasket set (Don't do nothin but OE parts wen it comes to Head gaskets) and all the rest of it all in about . . .

£500

So, I think I'm going to have to put her of the road for a month while I collect the cash to get it sorted.

Talk about bad timing, Black headlights turned up this week as well as a Dimma style grill not to mention Insurance and MoT @the end of October

:upset: :upset: :upset:

[Mystic]

ugh, time to bite in2 those xmas funds!

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Xmas Funds . . . I was gona spend it all on myself again :D:

Could have cry'd wen he said "Head Gasket". But gota take the good with the bad a. Still gona go trax this weekend, was gona take the VTS but af to go in my other car.

Me and my girlfriend bought a old banger to cut down on her milage as shes gota new car and never hurts to cut the milage down on mine :D:

You going trax? If so, you showin?

[Richardson_VTS]

:upset:

After a few problems with warm running my worst fears have come true.
Today I put my VTS in to the garage to change the termo and I was told on collection "Reckon your have to change that Head Gasket"

So what with new belt, proper Citroen gasket set (Don't do nothin but OE parts wen it comes to Head gaskets) and all the rest of it all in about . . .

£500

So, I think I'm going to have to put her of the road for a month while I collect the cash to get it sorted.

Talk about bad timing, Black headlights turned up this week as well as a Dimma style grill not to mention Insurance and MoT @the end of October

:upset: :upset: :upset:


You don't have to go to Citroen to get OE specification stuff ;)

[stiffler69]

i got my head gasket timing belt and rocker cover gasket all refitted by my mate whos got his own garage for a £150 i think you need to goto a different garage matey recon u could get that work done for £250-300 even if you didnt know the person doing the job

[bullit]

i got mine done for 250.

[williamsvts]

£500????

lol, there is nothing wrong with copy head gaskets.

[stevenet15]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-106-206-GTI-CITROEN-SAXO-VTS-HEAD-GASKET-SET_W0QQitemZ320020656868QQihZ011QQcategoryZ10406Q QssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


and do it yourself

[williamsvts]

you'll need new heada bolts aswell.

get them from hiflow heads. £18

may aswell do cam belt wqhile the heads off.

[stevenet15]

cam belt is £28 brand new from citroen

[VTS_16v_Boy]

Yer, I know its steep but I wouldn't go with the 1st one I got a price for.

And in a Ideal world I would do it myself but I don't have access to a drive or garage so any work has to be done at the road side plus I live on not a main road but a busy one none the less.

[Mystic]

Couldnt u nip round to a mates or something? i live in a private street and my mates just bought an MR2 Turbo, its spent more time outside my house than it has his flat!

[R4T]

500 is a little steep,on my last saxo i got a head gasket,head skimming,thermostat,cambelt,oil change,coolant system flush,for £320 all in,and i didnt know the guy who did it!