306 head gasket failure

Does it over heat? loss water-oil . or was it a set up so u would say do the work it has been done before .u could try the sealant first and put the car up for sale,and =A3600 to replace a gasket wish i could charge that price for doing one of them.=A3200 for a rad i think they saw u comeing.why replace the rad?if it had oil in it a good wash out would clear it out we use a oil killer and it works on rads very well.

Hi Chris, yes, it was overheating badly. The rad had a bad leak which is when they identified the oil in the water. I went to the garage to see it myself, and you could see from inside the oil filler cap that it had emulsified. The garage said that the 306 rad is expensive to buy, although easy to replace......

I've had a trawl on Google and come up with something called steelseal

which would appear to have a good write up. I need to keep the car running for 12 months before it gets replaced.

What do you reckon would be a reasonable price for replacing the head gasket? The garage is a local one run by a couple of guys who have done work on our car for years.

Thanks for the feedback,

Cheers

John

If they are just replaceing the head gasket should only be about 3-4 hrs labour,but if they are removing the head and having it skimed that is going to cost you lots more,as there is valves to remove and cut and paste them back in. unless you are up to it your self or at least have a go,it might take you longer but at least you said you did it your self ,i dont know what they would charge you per hour, you could ask them to give you a quote ,one high and one low then you would have some i dear what it is going to cost.

Thanks Chris, I'll get myself a couple of quotes and compare. Regards John