The head gasket has gone on my 51 reg. 307 1.6 and it's slowly leaking coolant: l litre since November. My independent Peugeot specialist garage (Jackson's of Leicester) say that it needs a new gasket and I tend to agree with them.
What can I expect to pay for this?
Thanks,
Raymond
the gasket is something in the order of 75 euro's depending on the state of the head, it needs to be polished expect another 75 euro's. since your there already, replace the cambelt as wel, that's another
75 euro's + the labour that should last no more than 6 hours, i'd say it sets you back the best part of 700 euro's
Have a look at the corner of the head where it joins the block under the thermostat housing. Can you see a crust of dried antifreeze? This is a well known fault on 1.6 twin cam engines, and there is a school of thought that says it isn't the head gasket but coming from the thermstat housing to head joint, which is RTV sealant. Could be a cheaper option to get this resealed first.
I just had to replace the head gasket on my 02 307 HDi (110) for the same reason and that cost £1113.51 (strange that number seems burned into my head) at a local dealer.
You're lucky I was losing 1.5L per day until I took it to a different garage and they worked out what was wrong :-(
Stephen
My car is in the garage at present and I'll get it back tomorrow. It's being done by an independent Peougeot specialist garage (Jackson's Garage in Leicester) and they are going to charge £480 + VAT. I'm glad that I did not go to a main dealer.
Raymond
Much better! I don't know what the 1.6 is laid out like, but on the HDi enginge the engine has to come out to get access to the head, that's what bumped the price up on mine :-(
Stephen.
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