Head gasket question

[PHOBIA]

Yeah, so true.

[LeeRoy]

presuming a mechanic was to replace it, wat kind of cost would one be looking at? including all labour?

In between $500 & $1000

[EldarO]

mine turned into a $3.5k ordeal...

including reco'd head and radiator, new engine mounts $550+ genuine. etc. etc.

the shit just adds up :/

Eldar.O.

[Slim]

For a 7MGE i was quoted about $1500 from most places (not Toyota). Last time i had to do it though it cost me near $4000 because the block surface was pitted and the engine had to come out to get the surface decked. That $4000 included all labour with the engine stripped and rebuilt.

[Jorrs]

on my 3sgte, it was 300 parts ? stainless steel headgasket, and 600 labour, but 150 of that was gettin head shimmed and all that, id say try do it yaself and get that toyota HG

[oldcorollas]

Yeah, It's just a bit of work for an engine that will only be in service for 3 months.

chemiweld is god gift to car abusers... if it is just leaking coolant, chemniweld will fix it

at the other end of service, you might need new radiator and some fairly serious block and head cleaning, but the stuff works like magic

and if it stops working... well... you had to do the HG anyway

is compression down or?