headgasket! rough price?

[carter]

yesturday on the way 2 work my car broke down and smoke was pissin out the engine! called AA and the bloke said headgasket is nackerd!

its my old sax (1.0) and i was only driving it to work to advertise it!!:sad:

its goin into the garage today, anyone wana guess how much im gunna be looking at?

mk1 1litre

[mr_mason]

When I took a friends Pugeot 106 1.1i Inca into the garage for a Head Gasket they quoted him around the £100 mark.

[gartrell]

depends whether the head needs skimming, which i'd say is most likely...

i'd say at a garage, touching the 200 mark

[Japman]

200 id say mate

[Luke]

I was going to say about £400 as that's what I usually hear, but I could be wrong.

[saunders]

Gotta admit I was alwaysunder the impression that the cost was also around the 400 mark

[Luke]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

No matter what car or engine size, £400 is always the same figures I hear about.

[tpreece88]

whenever i hear headgasket i always think expensive but then i dont know sorry my brothers corsa :oops: about 5 years ago's headgasket went cost him £250!

so thats my guess! :y:

[Ben_C]

it's one of them things that garages love to rip you off on.. if you have a mechanical friend then they'd probably charge around £100.

[carlos45]

its the labour charge that costs, the gasket kit itself is only about £30. id say about £300-400...

[carter]

cheers guys, the garage hasve just foned me and its not the head gasket, its a seal on the water tank! :) so thats saved me abit!