2000 td5 disco head gasket.

I think the price is fair in a worst case scenario I recently paid $7.5 K for a TD5 Head gasket job.
I had the same specialist quote me the same price as yours but when It came down to the finer details of the job I needed the following
New Head
New Oil Cooler
New Radiator
All because the previous owner put the wrong coolant in it.
I think you need to give some of the specialists some credit they work on the same type of vehicles all the time they see when the largest majority of them fail.
To make an statement that at 200000 Ks you are overdue for a head gasket I don't think is wrong.
The question I ask is how do they know it didn't have a gasket in that 200000 though.
The Perth Specialist in the alluded to in the thread does have a bit of a reputation as an opportunist with some people

Thanks for the info guys.
I do belive the specialist isn't trying to pull the wool over my eyes - is just trying to prepare me for the inevitable.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by djam1

I think the price is fair in a worst case scenario I recently paid $7.5 K for a TD5 Head gasket job.
I had the same specialist quote me the same price as yours but when It came down to the finer details of the job I needed the following
New Head
New Oil Cooler
New Radiator
All because the previous owner put the wrong coolant in it.
I think you need to give some of the specialists some credit they work on the same type of vehicles all the time they see when the largest majority of them fail.
To make an statement that at 200000 Ks you are overdue for a head gasket I don't think is wrong.
The question I ask is how do they know it didn't have a gasket in that 200000 though.
The Perth Specialist in the alluded to in the thread does have a bit of a reputation as an opportunist with some people

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Definately agree here with early 'plastic dowelled' Td5, especially if it is using coolant steadily and no external leaks have been found, OR a any Tdi that is about to undergo an extended trip and has no history of a head gasket replacement, purely due to elapsed time, as their composite gaskets don't last forever. These are based on my experiences with these vehicles/engines/scenarios. I believe that I would prefer NOT to receive a call from Outback Australia after I have prepared a vehicle for a trip, nor would the customer who asked me to prepare said vehicle want to be making such a call:(:o.

JC

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Originally Posted by justinc

I disagree, we do quite a few pre emptive replacements at the 200 to 250K interval to prevent someone getting stuck in a remote place while on holiday, we find that EVERY ONE, Tdi and Td5, is about to leak, it is quite obvious looking at the gasket afterwards, AND I will do the job for nothing if I'm wrong; IE It isn't leaking/about to leak.

We're not all money grabbing types you know, some of us want the vehicle to remain reliable for the owner when they need it most.

I DO agree with shopping around, BUT be careful with people willing to do a job like that for peanuts.

Just out of interest, we'd charge $2500 for a basic head off-head on with all genuine parts including labour and machining.

Supplying a NEW head on the other hand will blow out the $$ to at least $6k, maybe more if the head is supplied from local suppliers.

Unfortunately for the industry here at times, buying online etc is a LOT cheaper and there is no possibility of us mechs buying and then selling on parts from importers here at any reasonable price when compared to overseas parts.

Thats just the way it is:(

JC

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Mmmm might bring mine down for a free head gasket job;) but then id be admiting im wrong :angel::angel::angel::angel::p

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Originally Posted by rangieman

Mmmm might bring mine down for a free head gasket job;) but then id be admiting im wrong :angel::angel::angel::angel::p

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:p:p YOU'D have to pay double for all your cheek:p:p


JC

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Originally Posted by justinc

:p:p YOU'D have to pay double for all your cheek:p:p


JC

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No probs mate , Dont stress if and when ill make sure you and every one knows about it:cool: and ill sure as hell do it my self , I could not bear the banter from you if you were with in yelling distance:p:p

Roverland in FTG did mine a little while back for around $3K. They were amazed it'd gone 240k before needing it!