jatros
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Hi, i have just been informed by the friendly people at vauxhall that my head gasket needs replacing, however i aint gonna pay them the £800 the asked for, so im doing it myself.
Just wondered has anyone done it before, and have any tips or advice for doing it.
Any help greatly appriciated
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Warren G
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are you mecahical able? probley the worst headgasket to do (first time anyway) minus a v6 of course!
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marklawton
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Registered: 24th Apr 05
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£800? fuck me,
a mate who worked for vauxhalls for 10 years is doing mine tomorrow for me,
includes, gaskets, all new bolt, head skimming and new cambelt, prob more stuff, hes charging me £250
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Warren G
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quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
£800? fuck me,
a mate who worked for vauxhalls for 10 years is doing mine tomorrow for me,
includes, gaskets, all new bolt, head skimming and new cambelt, prob more stuff, hes charging me £250
our garage charges over £1000 to do them
£250, your getting a bargin there  vauxhall parts will cost over than alone
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marklawton
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
quote:
Originally posted by marklawton
£800? fuck me,
a mate who worked for vauxhalls for 10 years is doing mine tomorrow for me,
includes, gaskets, all new bolt, head skimming and new cambelt, prob more stuff, hes charging me £250
our garage charges over £1000 to do them
£250, your getting a bargin there vauxhall parts will cost over than alone
even at trade price?
iam not complaining at the price anyway
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Warren G
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cambelt kit £80
Headgasket kit £60
Headbolts £15
Water pump £30
Oil £10
Antifreeze £5
Skim £35
Sparks £5
total £240 plus extras
and thats ruffley at my price - cost plus 10%
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jatros
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Registered: 25th Apr 05
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quote:
Originally posted by warren.g
are you mecahical able? probley the worst headgasket to do (first time anyway) minus a v6 of course!
Im not too bad, ive done a head gasket on 2L pug 306, whats the main problem with vauxhall one?
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Warren G
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i dont have a problem with them, but some people do....
best way - remove all crap around (SAI, battery, coolant bottle, airbox)
remove upper inlet, take the back cambelt cover off too
there are two torx bits at the back of the inlet (t30) which you have to undo, bit of fiddle wiring, to undo
undo exhasut manifold, but remove head with inlet manifold on
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jatros
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Cool i may have a go at it myself then, thanks
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Warren G
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sounds easy, but theres more to it, but still not too hard
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jatros
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the main thing i normally have problems is keeping the engine timed, but i suppose if everything is locked up and marked up then it mainly bolt work, is that right?
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BoardkilL
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That head gasket is a real bitch. I had a friend who is a mechanic do it for me when mine broke (he's the chief mechanic at Ford in my hometown, so he's pretty damn good). He was less than impressed with the way Opel/vauxhall had planned it out. But he managed to get it done, and works fine now. Spent like £150 in parts.
The Opel workshop wanted about 900 to do the same job, and that's three years ago. With the way prices are going up for car related stuff these days, it would probably 1 200 today.
He found a new replacement one that was pretty cheap, and as good as the original one (not too hard seing as how it broke down and all.)
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