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Astra head gasket
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Re: Astra head gasket -
04-18-2007
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In article <4625425b$0$9358$88260bb3 (AT) news (DOT) teranews.com>, Baldoni says... | It does not sound right to me for an Astra. All I can say is that | they are charging about £300 for labour. | | It is not as difficult to replace a head gasket on an Astra. | Oh you're one of those are you? Do you wear a cowboy hat when you work on cars? To do the job properly which involves crack testing the head and skimming it as well as replacing the belts etc takes longer than an hour. Any arsehole can swap a head gasket over but then, like you, they're scratching their heads wondering why it's still knackered. |
taken or not. It is my opinion that I hold to. Not at any point did I say
that the job should take an hour. Why are you relating your last sentence
to me ?
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"tartansand" <tartansand (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:1176850334.077653.101960 (AT) p77g2000hsh (DOT) googlegroups.com... My thanks to you all. At least she doesn't appear to be getting ripped off It's a petrol engine, so now she'll have to make the hard decision now - ditch or repair! If she ditches, she'll need a replacement so it's worth asking if she'll get a better car than she has for £650 - £800? Quite probably not And if repaired, in 6 months time it'll probably still be worth £600 or so, so she'll probably get most of her money back. If it's a MK3 Ashtray, they are now in £200 territory. |
TBH, she can do far better for £800.
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In news:MPG.208f67a083c531f798a559 (AT) news (DOT) karoo.co.uk, Conor <conor.turton (AT) gmail (DOT) com> typed: | In article <4625425b$0$9358$88260bb3 (AT) news (DOT) teranews.com>, Baldoni | says... | || It does not sound right to me for an Astra. All I can say is that || they are charging about £300 for labour. || || It is not as difficult to replace a head gasket on an Astra. || | Oh you're one of those are you? Do you wear a cowboy hat when you work | on cars? To do the job properly which involves crack testing the head | and skimming it as well as replacing the belts etc takes longer than | an hour. | | Any arsehole can swap a head gasket over but then, like you, they're | scratching their heads wondering why it's still knackered. What do you mean "one of those" I am answering the OP and my advice can be taken or not. It is my opinion that I hold to. Not at any point did I say that the job should take an hour. Why are you relating your last sentence to me ? Sorry, my bad. I read it as an hour for some reason. |
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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright
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Just done that job over Easter on my wifes Astra 1.4 M reg Apart from having the right tools, and buying a cylinder head gasket set, new set of head bolts, new belts, oil filter, oil, new water pump whilst at it (aprox total £100) It took me one whole day (8hrs), laying on a gravel drive. So I reckon a garage could do it easily in 4 hrs. So you work out the hourly rate. Its certainly by no means a difficult job. The problem is as what others have said, is the head or block cracked. You can pick a head or engine up at the scrap yard or even buy a recon unit. My advice first is to get the engine cleaned to find exactly where the problem lies. All mine ended up being was the head gasket had just eaten itself away. First of all there was an oil leak ( put up with it for 12 months, as it was small) then a water leak into the oil. |
of the head) It all adds up amazingly fast.
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Just done that job over Easter on my wifes Astra 1.4 M reg Apart from having the right tools, and buying a cylinder head gasket set, new set of head bolts, new belts, oil filter, oil, new water pump whilst at it (aprox total £100) It took me one whole day (8hrs), laying on a gravel drive. |
you're standing up.
I've replaced a set of piston rings on an 8v vauxhall in a weekend
which involves taking the engine apart and a head gasket change on a
friends nova in two lunchtimes. I need to do the camshaft on my
carlton and it'll cost me about £20 and a weekend (plus the camshaft
kit)
£600 odd is I guess ballpark if they're putting a new rad etc in there
too and fixing everything. I'm sure you could find somewhere a little
cheaper but whether it's worth it I don't know.
Tell us the year & model etc!
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In article <4625425b$0$9358$88260bb3 (AT) news (DOT) teranews.com>, Baldoni says... It does not sound right to me for an Astra. All I can say is that they are charging about £300 for labour. It is not as difficult to replace a head gasket on an Astra. Oh you're one of those are you? Do you wear a cowboy hat when you work on cars? To do the job properly which involves crack testing the head and skimming it as well as replacing the belts etc takes longer than an hour. |
a careful examination of the head and gasket when they're removed, may
indicate that all that's needed is a new head gasket.
Checking those items could take less than an hour.
Mike.
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It took me one whole day (8hrs), laying on a gravel drive. That's where you're going wrong. It's easier to get to the head when you're standing up. |
How do you change you oil (properly), and not suck it out thro the
dipstick. And change the water pump, and take the crankshaft pulley
off etc etc.
It could be my arms are not long enough then if you can do it standing
up.
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