head gasket

mgjg · Jan 21, 2015

Hi, does anyone know how much im roughly looking at for having the head gasket changed.no issues apart from excessive coolant usage and milky oil so i know it needs changing asap. i know i can get the replacement parts for about £40 (only had the water pump changed about 10 months ago). not what i need just after xmas...pls its having its mot tomorrow aswell...dreading it!!!

D90mitch · Jan 21, 2015

£200-300 at an average workshop. Depends if head needs skimming (shouldn't unless you've run it without coolant and overheated).

mgjg · Jan 21, 2015

cheers. always run it with coolant and its never overheated so fingers crossed.

easye1 · Jan 21, 2015

mgjg said:
Hi, does anyone know how much im roughly looking at for having the head gasket changed.no issues apart from excessive coolant usage and milky oil so i know it needs changing asap. i know i can get the replacement parts for about £40 (only had the water pump changed about 10 months ago). not what i need just after xmas...pls its having its mot tomorrow aswell...dreading it!!!

err, let us know just what engine you have would be helpful,
as if its a gaylander, its the gaylander section you should be aiming at..

being an ex mechanic (ok, race engine builder and racer)
your point of new water pump has my suspicions aroused as to why, then linking it with your apparent gaskit failure...

mgjg · Jan 21, 2015

not sure which engine make i have.all i know is its a freelander 1.8 2005 reg.i'll check..but i bought this car from a friend who looked after it really well. He bought his dream sports car..lol..so i purchased this from him as i knew how it had been looked after.He took it to have the gasket changed about a month before i had it but the garage told him that the gasket was fine..it was the water pump had gone and needed changing. He had all the work done and it has been fine..i only had it serviced 3 months ago and everything was fine. I only noticed a problem when i had to keep topping up the coolant and when ive checked the oil, it is a white milky color which i know is a gasket problem.

easye1 · Jan 21, 2015

mgjg said:
not sure which engine make i have.all i know is its a freelander 1.8 2005 reg.i'll check..but i bought this car from a friend who looked after it really well. He bought his dream sports car..lol..so i purchased this from him as i knew how it had been looked after.He took it to have the gasket changed about a month before i had it but the garage told him that the gasket was fine..it was the water pump had gone and needed changing. He had all the work done and it has been fine..i only had it serviced 3 months ago and everything was fine. I only noticed a problem when i had to keep topping up the coolant and when ive checked the oil, it is a white milky color which i know is a gasket problem.

you best pop over to the freelander section with your engine symptoms mate, as i`ll think you`ll find more of the same type of engine have had simular problems..

or message blue beasty to swop this thread over..
cheers.
ian

mgjg · Jan 21, 2015

ok mate thanks

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