baz2003uk
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Registered: 6th Sep 03
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had me head gasket go today what fun that is LOL
what kind of price am i looking at at worse case,s eg need skimming ect
please dont scare me tho as i goning away on holiday on sat
rang one place when i got back home was saying £600/£700 with out even looking they gotta be having a laught yer?
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
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Should be about 400 IIRC, its mostly labour costs as is takes time to dismantle all the engine and timing components, change the gasket, then reassemble it all...
Could always try doin it yourself?
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baz2003uk
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im not that brave was thinking about it but thats all i will do think about it lol
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CorsAsh
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Go for it mate, if I adopted that attitude I'd have forked out £360 to get my spraying done instead of £40 on materials and learning to do it...
Might be an idea to leave it til you come back from hols tho, should be driveable just dont rag it
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baz2003uk
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now spraying yer thats fair i give that a wizz and done a pucker job
you can come and do it if you like i will watch and learn on this one
gonna shop around in morning see if i can get someone to do a cash in hand job on it
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CorsAsh
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The hardest part is the timing bit, you got a Haynes manual? Read up on it tonight, not difficult, especially on the 8v's.
By the way, whats the symptoms you been gettin?
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Jambo
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u can have an X14 XE for less than £400 
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Adam_B
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doing mine myself for £30 for top gasket set and £25 for skimming head.
only because ive also spend £400 on chemical cleaning and gas flow porting and polishing the cyl head tho
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baz2003uk
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corsash
oil pissing out
losing water
strange one this temp gadge is always cold ?
water pump is fine and it aint smoking like a bitch and no mayo at all???
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Adam_B
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do a compression test
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Siberia
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if it does turn out to be a head gasket.... its really simple on the 1.2 8v to do it yerself.
think of it this way its gonna cost about 500 quid to get a garage to do it.
a 1.6 conversion will only cost ya 700....
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L330wnz
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and if ya live in EIRE it'll cost u £10000000000 to insure a 1.6 
soz siberia cant resist the piss taking 
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CorsAsh
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quote:
Originally posted by L330wnz
and if ya live in EIRE it'll cost u £10000000000 to insure a 1.6
soz siberia cant resist the piss taking
Surely it'd cost him in Euros not pounds tho?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by L330wnz
and if ya live in EIRE it'll cost u £10000000000 to insure a 1.6
soz siberia cant resist the piss taking
not anymore... its seems like the insurance industry has got some sense at last
roll on mr Calibra Turbo vroommm vrroommm pitshhhhhhhh
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