how much to changed a head gasket??

  1. Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 Posts: 618
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  2. Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2012 Havant (Hampshire) Posts: 181 Saxo Furio and Vauxhall Signum
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    In parts or labour too?

    Its a 5 hour job so depends how much your local garage charges an hour.
  3. Frequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 alfreton Posts: 533 saxoo vtr mk1, 104bhp
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    around £250 i would of thought
  4. Regular Poster Joined: Nov 2012 telford Posts: 312 pug 106 pug 206 saxo vts cupra r saab 93 sp
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    I usually charge £180 that's what the last corsa was any way


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  5. Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Birmingham Posts: 2148 Rover BRM, Rover 800 Coupe, Mk6 golf.
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    Wish it was that cheap for mine!
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2003 Scotland Posts: 3380
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    allow for head skim --very common for them to distort
  7. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others
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    Originally Posted by jasonmayall View Post
    Wish it was that cheap for mine!
    i bet you do with your rover! The K-series eat the things!
    what does it blow, 3 a year?
  8. Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Birmingham Posts: 2148 Rover BRM, Rover 800 Coupe, Mk6 golf.
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    Originally Posted by m4tt274 View Post
    i bet you do with your rover! The K-series eat the things!
    what does it blow, 3 a year?
    I've had it for 6 months, blew its first one yesterday. Overall, not bad and will be getting the free lander gasket, so might last a bit longer - 7 months?
  9. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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    No reason why a new LR gasket and uprated oil rail should blow at all. Keeping the coolant strength up and it very clean is key with the K
  10. Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Milton Keynes Posts: 1210 Yellow 106 Rallye
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    Make sure it's definitely the head gasket as Corsa c's have a seal on the water pump that fails allowing oil and water to mix in the timing chain case. This is often wrongly diagnosed as head gasket failure. If you're anywhere near Bedford give me a shout and I'll do you a good price on it.
  11. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2003 Scotland Posts: 3380
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    Originally Posted by Gandi699 View Post
    No reason why a new LR gasket and uprated oil rail should blow at all. Keeping the coolant strength up and it very clean is key with the K
    I agree use the uprated one with the head saver plate + steel locating dowels +skim the head and use new bolts and it won,t go again on a k series.
    i would change thermostat at same time as well on a k series
  12. Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Birmingham Posts: 2148 Rover BRM, Rover 800 Coupe, Mk6 golf.
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    Originally Posted by Gandi699 View Post
    No reason why a new LR gasket and uprated oil rail should blow at all. Keeping the coolant strength up and it very clean is key with the K
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    Originally Posted by axsaxoman View Post
    I agree use the uprated one with the head saver plate + steel locating dowels +skim the head and use new bolts and it won,t go again on a k series.
    i would change thermostat at same time as well on a k series
    Lol, Cheers guys - Will be having a crack at it myself soon.

    Talk about thread hijack though - Sorry OP!
  13. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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    Lol, Cheers guys - Will be having a crack at it myself soon.

    Talk about thread hijack though - Sorry OP!
    PRT thermostat all the way too for peace of mind
  14. Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Birmingham Posts: 2148 Rover BRM, Rover 800 Coupe, Mk6 golf.
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    Originally Posted by Gandi699 View Post
    PRT thermostat all the way too for peace of mind
    Yep - One will be going on lol.
    You seem to know your rovers quite well?
  15. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182
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    I used to mess with metro gtis years ago, built a few vvc ones and all that malarky
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  18. Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Milton Keynes Posts: 1210 Yellow 106 Rallye
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    I could do it for £200+parts chap. We have a little workshop just outside bedford and I used to work at vauxhall for 5 years so have all the locking tools etc.
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  20. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jan 2003 Scotland Posts: 3380
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    Originally Posted by jasonmayall View Post
    Yep - One will be going on lol.
    You seem to know your rovers quite well?
    yes i get alot of them to skim ,
    plus i have done quite a bit with lotus elise and a rover 200 k series race car a few years ago-- they had same problems
    they had a problem with water not circulating correctly to the rad --cure was to fit a restrictor in the heater hose to make it want to go to the front and not just circulate round the heater matrix
    this is also why th freelander ahd a modfied thermostat housing --moving it to front of engine on the rad hoses
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  22. Established Member Joined: Oct 2008 Milton Keynes Posts: 1210 Yellow 106 Rallye
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    I've dropped you a pm chap so i could include my number. Although most everyone on here has it already. lol
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