Rover 75 V6 head gasket replacement

[Bloobird]

Hi all

A colleague at work has just had a head gasket go on his 2002 75 2.5V6 (30k miles!).

He's been quoted a shocking £1500 to fix it (that's both gaskets replaced, which is apparently the done thing).

Does this sound about right, or does anyone know of a specialist in the West London neck of the woods who might be a better bet?

Thanks in advance

Steve

[sjc]

Loads of info and advice on here
www.the75andztclub.co.uk

[Bloobird]

Thanks, will pass it on

[sjc]

Your mate has been very very unlucky for that to happen at that mileage if it's been maintained properly,if he pops on that site and gives the symptoms there's loads of people that know the cars back to front.

[andymadmak]

The V6 does not suffer HGF as a norm. The V6 is built differently to the K4. If you do get a failure it's almost always prompted by a leak somewhere else - either thermostat housing, water pump or a split pipe in the middle of the V bank, leading to overheating and thus HGF.
£1500 seema a bit toppy for the job though. Make sure your mate gets the cause checked out (as above)rather than simply get the gaskets changed

Edited to add that doing both gaskets is the most sensible way forward. Overheating usually kills the gasket around cylinder #6, but the seals around the others may have been compromised too and could fail in a few months.

Edited by andymadmak on Tuesday 18th January 13:17

[Jimmyarm]

Bit late to respond but its a big job.

You should do both banks at the same time for obvious reasons. Its about 20 hours labour for a full headgasket job on these which includes stripping the heads down to send them off to be pressure/crack tested.

So you are talking £1k labour at £50 an hour, £250 ish for the skim/crack test and then the rest for parts.

They should really be doing the cambelts as well, if the price includes the cost of these then its a pretty good deal imo (they have to take them off anyway and if they haven't been done 'recently' then its worth doing it).

Edited by Jimmyarm on Tuesday 25th January 20:02

[andymadmak]

Jimmyarm said:

Bit late to respond but its a big job.

You should do both banks at the same time for obvious reasons. Its about 20 hours labour for a full headgasket job on these which includes stripping the heads down to send them off to be pressure/crack tested.

So you are talking £1k labour at £50 an hour, £250 ish for the skim/crack test and then the rest for parts.

They should really be doing the cambelts as well, if the price includes the cost of these then its a pretty good deal imo (they have to take them off anyway and if they haven't been done 'recently' then its worth doing it).

Edited by Jimmyarm on Tuesday 25th January 20:02

To be fair, unless the failure was preciptiated by a total boil over fest, and the driver carried on until the engine seized then it's most unlikely that the heads would need skimming.

[Jimmyarm]

andymadmak said:

Jimmyarm said:

Bit late to respond but its a big job.

You should do both banks at the same time for obvious reasons. Its about 20 hours labour for a full headgasket job on these which includes stripping the heads down to send them off to be pressure/crack tested.

So you are talking £1k labour at £50 an hour, £250 ish for the skim/crack test and then the rest for parts.

They should really be doing the cambelts as well, if the price includes the cost of these then its a pretty good deal imo (they have to take them off anyway and if they haven't been done 'recently' then its worth doing it).

Edited by Jimmyarm on Tuesday 25th January 20:02

To be fair, unless the failure was preciptiated by a total boil over fest, and the driver carried on until the engine seized then it's most unlikely that the heads would need skimming.

Its always safer to have the heads crack tested and whilst they are at the engineer's you may as well have them skimmed slightly to ensure a truely flat surface. The crack test is the most important part, for the sake of £250 ish would you want to pay the full labour rate again if the heads had to come back off