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Urgent Help PLEASE...Very Worried!!!
VeryRandyRange:
i found prices for the headgasket sets at around £40, any idea of how much total cost wil be, i only want to do the 1 side.
Range Rover Blues:
Err, about £40 then :wink:
I paid £40 for a mate-of-a-mate to skim both heads.
If you carefully recover your antifreeze (I syphon it out of the header tank into a bottle) then you can filter and re-use it.
I really recomend doing both heads :!:
If you have the time then strip the head and fit new valve stem selas, re-lap the valves in. The valves will have small black circles on the seating face, this is ok but lap them in until these go and you get a continuous grey ring. If the black circles are big, like pits and have a rough crater-like bottom, replace the valve.
If you can be bothered I also take the time to grind any sharp adges from the inlet/exhaust tract in the head (but maybe that's just me).
drmike:
From the sound of it you'd be best getting your garage owning brother to do this - or have I got muddled somewhere? Changing the head gasket isn't that hard but it doesn't sound like you've had lots of experience and don't have that much time.
I'm surprised the gasket set is £40, I'm sure I didn't pay that much.
You really need a RR expert to look at it though as someone suggested a local independent will be the best bet for that as there may be a number of issues lurking there.
On the other hand one quick gasket later and all may be well!
Mike
VeryRandyRange:
hi guys
thanks for all your input.
my brother is going to skim the heads and replace both gaskets as well as all other gaskets, new manifold bolts etc and oil liquid material for £210.
i dnt think thats to harsh a price. He's supplying everything.
drmike:
Cripes he's your brother can't you blackmail him with baby photos or something :lol:
Can he check the block and everything at the same time as aren't these bigger V8 supposed to suffer from porous blocks?
Mike
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