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[Phil.d]

Well the garage stripped the heads off although I only wanted one doing and yes the gaskets on both had gone even though the car was still pulling fine before overheating that is . the price for the job is circa £700.00  , is this an ok price? All I know is theres a new pulley set going on as well as belts etc and various other gaskets. I must admit the bores where looking tidy for 121.000 miles. I'd originally  had a new oil cooler fitted but seems the old one added to the h/c going so advise to get one sorted asap when your cooler starts playing up. Lessons to be learned I think.

[JamesV6CDX]

It's more than I'd want to pay but - in fairness - with the amount of labour involved it doesn't seem un-reasonable, if you get a good job done....

[Marks DTM Calib]

About 250 quids worth of bits.

I struggle to see how the 2.6/3.2 head gaskets can fail if cooked......I can see how the heads could warp though.

[Phil.d]

The parts are around the 300 mark and the rest is labour and looking at what the garage took off , I'm not surprised at the price. The garage showed the old c/h gaskets and where they had failed in places besides the brown gunk from the cooler failing around gaskets.