Blown Head Gasket - BMW Forum

TT535 · 11-24-2003, 05:46 AM

The dreaded blown head gasket has happened

. Which leaves me in a quandary when the car is worth as little as £1000

How much can I expect to pay for this?

Roughly how much labour is involved ignoring the skim?

Cheers
Dave

CBA · 11-24-2003, 05:48 AM

ouch i dunno man probably atleast an 8 hour job..

TT535 · 11-25-2003, 07:24 PM

anyone had this?

lwebb12 · 11-26-2003, 01:27 AM

do you have water in the oil? or a serious overheat?

TT535 · 11-30-2003, 09:36 PM

There was no oil in the water, just plumes of steam in the exhaust and using coolant

Got it fixed now thankfully, needed a thermostat too

Now, just the lighting module, the front shox and some tyres

Cheers

Dave

CBA · 12-01-2003, 06:32 AM

how many hours in labour did it run you? just to share with the other members so if it happens to them they can see it for themselves.

TT535 · 12-05-2003, 05:14 AM

Hi again

I have been very very very fortunate, a friend of a friend who happens to work for BMW did it for me in his own time and charged me considerably less than BMW, or a private garage would have done for doing it - as such I felt it would be a bit cheeky to ask how many hours he spent in case he took it the wrong way

Parts - gasket set, antifreeze, etc (needed a thermostat too) came to £130-£140

Cheers

Dave

CBA · 12-06-2003, 09:01 AM

cool, glad to see thats its all fixed.. enjoy