Head gasket repair
Hello everyone,
my wife killed her disco last night. I have a pretty good leak at the rear head gasket. I am unfortunately leaving on business next Tuesday for about 6 months and wont br able to tackle this job. Does anyone know of good shops in the northern Virginia area? thanks! |
Have not used them, no relationship, have heard good things about Overland 4x4 in Alexandria. Good luck getting that squared away.
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I actually called them today. They quoted about 3600. He was talking about re machining heads and if it's really messed up putting a new motor in. That's just ridiculous to me. I'll just go ahead and buy an old defender!
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Did it overheat or did she shut it off?
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She said it started climbing but she was right down the street from our house so I doubt it got that hot.
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Originally Posted by eskiltell
(Post 650981)
I actually called them today. They quoted about 3600. He was talking about re machining heads and if it's really messed up putting a new motor in. That's just ridiculous to me. I'll just go ahead and buy an old defender!
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$3,600 ain't cheap, no doubt. But that's a legit estimate for that area. If that price shocks you, wait til you see Defender prices.
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I'm probably more aggravated that I wont be able to do the repair myself. There's one other LR shop in the area and a saab shop that I trust to pretty much fix anything. I'll probably check the RAVE and see how long LR says it should take.
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Whynot do it yourself? You mention you leave next Tuesday, but you can start disassembly today for example, order and possibly overnight remanned heads and a head gasket set, and do the job that is necessary. You won't be able to touch trouble areas such as oil pump, timing chain, or injectors, but you'll have a running driving Disco for $1000 even if you buy certain new tools.
Talk to Lucky8 on the phone, I'm sure they'd be happy to help you out. I don't believe the block would have issue if temp just started rising, I've driven with temp pegged for 20 minutes, head gasket blew but nothing else happened. Long story don't ask. I like looking at the road :driving: |
That is a possibility but I also have 3 other vehicles in my fleet that need to be ready for moving in 6 months. Today I have a new waterpump coming in and a new electric fan on the way.
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