Headgasket change

How much am i looking at for getting my HG changed. I just had a quote from toyota of £900. Is this the going rate or are they taking the wee wee? Also does anyone know of a garage in the northeast of scotland that could do this? someone has said wallace performance but i'm unfamiliar with them. Any help would be appreciated as im starting to think about doing it myself.

taking the wee wee. I reckon you would be looking at about £400-500.

Jurgen was going to sell me an engine with a new gasket set on it for about £900 I think. No turbos obviously.

TT or N/A? That's a very good price* from Toyota if it's a TT.

*Considering they charge about £90 an hour these days.

£900 to change a head gasket is a good price?! I disagree with that.

£900 lol. if you buy the parts you should be able to get it done for around £300

£900 to change a head gasket is a good price?! I disagree with that.

If it's a TT, it's about a 15-20 hour job, plus parts.

15 X £90 = £1350 in labour alone

So £900 at Toyota is a very good price.

£900 is a good price,If it includes head pressure testing+skimming. Genuine headgasket and oil filter change:)

I thought 900 was a bit steap, I might try a few local garages and see if i can get it done through them as the gasket set is only £164.

Has anyone had one actually done? How much did they charge you?

If it has overheated the head is probably scrap, when the head to block face of the cylinder head warps, so does the cam bearing saddle alignment. In other words you might be able to skim the gasket face flat, but the cam will be being pulled into a banana shape to fit the saddles, which will *ugger something up in no time. If you price up all the turbo gaskets, the head set, and the labour, then £900 is very cheap, but it's very dear to fit a scrap head back on....

never overheated, temp gauge never moved. Oil is fine as i think it ripped the gasket between a cylinder and the water jacket. Just uses water and misses.

You should be OK then, good luck with it. Could be corrosion if it's been run without antifreeze for long.

Chris I spoke to someone today said the company in the URL told him they could heat his head up and re straighten it for £350 + vat, have you ever heard of this/them

http://www.impulsedevelopments.co.uk/cylinder_heads.htm

The head is bent 20 thou apparently.

Just a quickie, dont even consider wallace mate.

I'll only take mine to Checkpoint in Arbroath now. (Not to be confused with Checkpoint aberdeen btw!)

Just a quickie, dont even consider wallace mate.

 

I'll only take mine to Checkpoint in Arbroath now. (Not to be confused with Checkpoint aberdeen btw!)

Thanks mate, will give them a call when i get off work. Arbroath is actually easier for me being from Forfar direction.

If it's a TT, it's about a 15-20 hour job, plus parts.

 

15 X £90 = £1350 in labour alone

 

So £900 at Toyota is a very good price.

£90 an hour! you are going to the wrong garage mate!!

ermm 20 hours for a specialist to do a head gasket?!?!

Is that right?

If it has overheated the head is probably scrap, when the head to block face of the cylinder head warps, so does the cam bearing saddle alignment. In other words you might be able to skim the gasket face flat, but the cam will be being pulled into a banana shape to fit the saddles, which will *ugger something up in no time. If you price up all the turbo gaskets, the head set, and the labour, then £900 is very cheap, but it's very dear to fit a scrap head back on....

Happened to me, snapped 3 lots of cams in my head, 2 during installation, then finally one when running at 7k rpm The cam bearings where like a bananna

£90 an hour! you are going to the wrong garage mate!!

He was talking about Toyota figures.

£900 isn't expensive at all for HG change if it's a TT. When I did one about 4 or 5 years back, I spent somewhere close to £300 on oem gaskets/seals/new head bolts alone. From memory, I think Toyota charged something just over £100 for the headbolts.

And it was a pig of a job to do.