#1: Head Gasket Cost? Author: rob_1990, Location: Cambridge UKPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:25 pm ---- How much should i expect to pay a garage for a headgasket job? They think mine has gone... They can't confirm until Monday. Can anyone on here do the job?
#2: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: PugJH, Location: NorthantsPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:29 pm ---- Im going to stick my neck out and say, gti 180, garage price £450-550
DIY job, possibly about £150-200
#3: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: apjs87, Location: PlymouthPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:33 pm ---- What makes them think it has gone?
#4: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: rob_1990, Location: Cambridge UKPosted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:38 pm ----
apjs87 wrote:
What makes them think it has gone?
They originaly changed the coil but that didnt fix it. Then they ran a compression check and cylinder 1 is much lower on compression than the others. They have quoted about 6 hours labour at £250 and about £125 for parts plus vat. So close to £500 in the end.
Another possible thing is that a valve has dropped. It sounds like a bag of nails when its running, and the short 300 yard limp to the garage put errors up like 'catalytic converter fault' and 'anti pollution fault', also came up was ESP/ASR not functioning.
Cheers guys
#5: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: Seabook, Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:45 pm ----
rob_1990 wrote:
apjs87 wrote:
What makes them think it has gone?
They originaly changed the coil but that didnt fix it. Then they ran a compression check and cylinder 1 is much lower on compression than the others. They have quoted about 6 hours labour at £250 and about £125 for parts plus vat. So close to £500 in the end.
Another possible thing is that a valve has dropped. It sounds like a bag of nails when its running, and the short 300 yard limp to the garage put errors up like 'catalytic converter fault' and 'anti pollution fault', also came up was ESP/ASR not functioning.
Cheers guys
that doesn't sounds like head gasket to me.
if one cylinder has low compression did they put some oil in and then re-do the test?
more likely to be valve problem or piston ring to me.
another quick test for gasket is if you spray ether around the gasket area and listen the idle rev. if nothing happen then the gasket should be fine, if rev. rise then gasket is blown
#6: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: rob_1990, Location: Cambridge UKPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:17 am ----
Seabook wrote:
rob_1990 wrote:
apjs87 wrote:
What makes them think it has gone?
They originaly changed the coil but that didnt fix it. Then they ran a compression check and cylinder 1 is much lower on compression than the others. They have quoted about 6 hours labour at £250 and about £125 for parts plus vat. So close to £500 in the end.
Another possible thing is that a valve has dropped. It sounds like a bag of nails when its running, and the short 300 yard limp to the garage put errors up like 'catalytic converter fault' and 'anti pollution fault', also came up was ESP/ASR not functioning.
Cheers guys
that doesn't sounds like head gasket to me.
if one cylinder has low compression did they put some oil in and then re-do the test?
more likely to be valve problem or piston ring to me.
another quick test for gasket is if you spray ether around the gasket area and listen the idle rev. if nothing happen then the gasket should be fine, if rev. rise then gasket is blown
I dont know if they done the oil test... What is Ether? Do you know of 180's cooking heads before?
#7: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: Kersh, Location: Bridgnorth, Nr WolverhamptonPosted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:21 am ---- wd40 can be used as ether
#8: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: Big_Rich180, Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:23 am ----
rob_1990 wrote:
apjs87 wrote:
What makes them think it has gone?
They originaly changed the coil but that didnt fix it. Then they ran a compression check and cylinder 1 is much lower on compression than the others. They have quoted about 6 hours labour at £250 and about £125 for parts plus vat. So close to £500 in the end.
Another possible thing is that a valve has dropped. It sounds like a bag of nails when its running, and the short 300 yard limp to the garage put errors up like 'catalytic converter fault' and 'anti pollution fault', also came up was ESP/ASR not functioning.
Cheers guys
Did you turn it off then bck on again, mine did something very similar a few weeks ago, so i parked it up left it for 10 mins then tried again and it has been fine ever since.
#9: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: rob_1990, Location: Cambridge UKPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:12 am ----
Big_Rich180 wrote:
rob_1990 wrote:
apjs87 wrote:
What makes them think it has gone?
They originaly changed the coil but that didnt fix it. Then they ran a compression check and cylinder 1 is much lower on compression than the others. They have quoted about 6 hours labour at £250 and about £125 for parts plus vat. So close to £500 in the end.
Another possible thing is that a valve has dropped. It sounds like a bag of nails when its running, and the short 300 yard limp to the garage put errors up like 'catalytic converter fault' and 'anti pollution fault', also came up was ESP/ASR not functioning.
Cheers guys
Did you turn it off then bck on again, mine did something very similar a few weeks ago, so i parked it up left it for 10 mins then tried again and it has been fine ever since.
Fault sounds very similar... but its still not right, and that doesn't explain the low compression...
I have been thinking maybe the cam-belt as skipped a tooth and knocked the timing right out? The cam-belt needs changing.
#10: Re: Head Gasket Cost? Author: hebby, Location: oldhamPosted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:40 am ---- Mine was blowing white smoke out the car like mad when my head gasket had gone and i had to drive past a police stop and check thingy lol but didnt get stopped ( thank god ) mine was running like a bag of mails before hand and then just went loads of smoke and no power.
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