headgasket? update 15/01/05

got a quote to do the head on my mk3 golf 1.4clcause its leaking oil, he said its gona cost between 250-300 thats for skiming head, headgasket an the other gaskets around that area ie manifold etc, new cambelt and head bolts etc

is this sound right for the price???

just dont want to get ripped off

Edited by: amzee

 

Head gaskets do not normally cause external oil leaks. It's not impossible, just rare.

I would get a second opinion.

 

yeah,
get him to write his diagnosis down exactly, then ask another garage as thepig said above.

 

BTW head gasket kit ~ 30
head skim ~ 25
head bolts ~ 10
oil and filter ~ 15
timing belt n tensioner ~ 25 or so


rest on labour is not a bad little earner for him. try it yourself
Edited by: darrynK

 

Absolutely ! But only if it needs doing, which I doubt......

 

just a thought... have you checked the rocker gasket?

 

You'd be a fool not to get a second opinion at least.

Unless you have money to burn, in which case you wouldn't be driving a 1.4 in the first place.

Con

 

Lol we've told him to check it about 4 times and he's not listening

 

blimey!cheap, where are you then, up north?

 

maybe he's not so hot on the ESP side of things

 

Says the bloke who wont change the clutch in his womans motor!

 

ok am not good on the engine side of things but it does look like it is coming from the head. it aint the rocker gasket cause i had the engine steam cleaned an its drip from the head down to near the alternator.
al take it some wher else see what they say.
wot else could it be??

 

rocker cover as darrynK says, its quite a common con down hear, and easy money for the garage. have you checked for gunk/mixing ?

 

Cam shaft oil seals??

 

def not the rocker cover cause its dry. an the coolant is clean an blue let me try an get a pic up

 

here u go
Edited by: amzee

 

no, but i did my own head gasket, so there

 

could be the head gasket, maybe worth looking at the camshaft oil seal that end tho, the cover just clips off. That rocker cover don't look right, you haven't warped the head through overheating have you?

 

Doesn't look like it losing much but my money's on the camshaft oilseal as above or the rocker cover gasket where is goes over the camshaft bearing cap.

Convinced it's not the head gasket.......

 

urgh mk3's aren't injected?