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is that a fair price from a garage considering i'm supplying the parts?
done it once and it leaked so gonna give it to a garage for some assurance.
thanks
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Rileysport
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sounds fair
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Corsa E-Tec
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£40 an hour tho lol
i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.
thanks
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
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Tommy
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying
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Rileysport
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
£40 an hour tho lol
i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.
thanks
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
did you go by the book, make sure everything was spotless, use gm headgasket?
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Cybermonkey
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did you skim the head the first time?
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ed
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Sounds like a bargain. But only if the head is being skimmed because it needs to if the gasket has gone...
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Corsa E-Tec
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it waqs skimmed the first time and a GM head gaket was used from autovaux.
and i used the haynes with torx and angle gauge info
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Corsa E-Tec
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quote: Originally posted by LoudandLow
quote: Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying
you like eminem, good for you
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Dave A
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are you 100% sure its the head gasket?
its difficult to get them wrong if you have followed the book! get some pics up of the leak, lets have a look.
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quote: Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
quote: Originally posted by LoudandLow
quote: Originally posted by Corsa E-Tec
i've done it once, dunno what went wrong so gonna get a garage to do it.
[Edited on 27-07-2006 by Corsa E-Tec]
Now Terry your repeating yourself, but thats ok drunk cant people cant help that, the chemical reaction happening inside your brain causes you to forget that your saying
you like eminem, good for you
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Corsa E-Tec
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the streets will do
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Butler
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what you having done? just the gasket?
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Corsa E-Tec
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the coolant piped behind the engine is where alot of the oil is as well, there kinda soaked, then the oil drips off the sump at the bottom.
yer just the gasket.
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Corsa E-Tec
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quote: Originally posted by ed
Sounds like a bargain. But only if the head is being skimmed because it needs to if the gasket has gone...
it's excluding the head kit and head skimmed as i have had that done.
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Dave A
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are you sure that the block wasnt cracked between the oilway and atmosphere?
thats loads of oil! cant see it being the gasket, I would think theres a defect in the head or block.
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Corsa E-Tec
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ok thanks dave.
the heads been pressure tested and skimmed so might be the block.
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Corsa E-Tec
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will inspect the block and oilways when my mechanic sorts it.
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jamesvalver
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sounds a fair price. and as for £40 per hr, thats cheep! at work we are £70 per hr (mazda dealer!)
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jr
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james were £105+vat
good luck ben
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jamesvalver
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jr - and i thought we were expencive!
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