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Offline julie

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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #20 on: 24 November 2008, 16:22 »
phoned vw today and they said a head gasket set would be £155.37 + vat  :huh:   head should be going to be checked/skimmed tommorow how much do u think this will cost? not sure how to put pics on here?
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Offline danny_p

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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #21 on: 24 November 2008, 17:14 »
chould allways try vee w services in bristol.   they'll do mail order  and all the stuff i' ve had from there has been throughly tested
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #22 on: 24 November 2008, 18:00 »
155.37 :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: FFS, what is it made of..? Gold? Wow!
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #23 on: 24 November 2008, 18:08 »
Quote from: Darnpistonbroke on 24 November 2008, 18:00
155.37 :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: FFS, what is it made of..? Gold? Wow!
was gonna say! fook me, 155 for a headgasket for a normal car. if it had a dozen turbos 10 superchargers and ultrii high diamond internals then maybe but for a normal one....go to gsf, they cost very little.
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #24 on: 24 November 2008, 18:10 »
Quote from: julie on 24 November 2008, 16:22
head gasket set would be £155.37 + vat  :huh:

JESUS !!!!

My composite one for my 350 bhp RS Turbo only cost £50 and that had 2 bar off boost to deal with

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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #25 on: 24 November 2008, 19:31 »
meh   i pay £21.50 for oem abf gasket
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #26 on: 24 November 2008, 19:40 »
At those prices, I would buy just the head gasket from VW, and get the rest as individual items from GSF. Some of the gaskets and seals you get in the head gasket set you will not use anyway, so just buy what you need.
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #27 on: 24 November 2008, 20:30 »
Quote from: julie on 24 November 2008, 16:22
phoned vw today and they said a head gasket set would be £155.37 + vat  :huh:   head should be going to be checked/skimmed tommorow how much do u think this will cost? not sure how to put pics on here?

Thats prob for the whole gasket kit. I bought a 16v head gasket from VW for between £30 adn £40, then bought cheaper ECP or GSF gaskets for things like the intake manifold, exhaust manifold etc. I bought the rocker cover gasket set from VW though as thats quite important, which was probably another £20 at least.

I think the total for ALL the gaskets for me came to about £100.
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Re: engine problem?
« Reply #28 on: 25 November 2008, 09:45 »
yeah 'set' being the operative word.  set of head bolts prob best from VW as well, some people seem to report the GSF ones are made of cheese.  I've never had a problem with them myself but then I've only ever bought 8v ones.
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« Reply #29 on: 25 November 2008, 10:18 »
Quote from: julie on 24 November 2008, 16:22
not sure how to put pics on here?
Hi
Put the pictures on a website eg photobucket and then put the links up on your thread.
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