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2003 polo head gasket

  • 16-11-2011 7:22pm
    #1
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭


    Pretty certain the head gasket is gone in my 2003 1.2 polo

    Any one got any idea on a rough price I should expect to pay, just so I don't get ripped off?!


Comments

  • #2
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Moved to motors. Wasn't DIY.


  • #3
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    apologies, did intend to put it here


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    DEpends on the root cause and if any damage has been done, ballpark 400 to close to A grand if the head is tossed.


  • #5
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    Whats the issue with the car and what make you think the gasket is gone?


  • #6
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    slight black tinge to the coolant, zero power, and it cuts out 60% of the time when you go into neutral. oh and it smells of petrol, that sort of smell you normally get from really really old cars...


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  • #7
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    alexlyons wrote: »
    slight black tinge to the coolant, zero power, and it cuts out 60% of the time when you go into neutral. oh and it smells of petrol, that sort of smell you normally get from really really old cars...


    Apart perhaps from the coolant, none of those things say head gasket to me..


  • #8
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    head gasket gone means lose in compression which results in a severe lack of power....


  • #9
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    alexlyons wrote: »
    head gasket gone means lose in compression which results in a severe lack of power....

    If a head gasket was blown badly enough lower compression to the stage where it effected the power like you describe, it would be boiling like a kettle every time you start it and would have alot more then a 'slight black tinge' to the coolant:eek:


  • #10
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    fair play, hoping to get a guy to look at it tomorrow with any luck. appreciate the heads up, excuse the pun :P


  • #11
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    alexlyons wrote: »
    head gasket gone means lose in compression which results in a severe lack of power....

    you're talking to a mechanic :pac:


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  • #12
    ltdslipdiff
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 759 ✭✭✭ltdslipdiff


    3 words - coils coils coils


  • #13
    alexlyons
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    coils have gone on me a few times and all were replaced at a few thousand mile intervals. never been anywhere near this bad


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