Date:         Wed, 25 Jan 2006 15:09:00 +0000
Reply-To:     joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         joe trussell <vanagongl@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Head gasket replacement cost
Comments: To: eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM
In-Reply-To:  <BAY106-DAV1939E1FE4438EAFF2351C7DB120@phx.gbl>
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I've been going over and over this myself, pricing the parts to do it myself
vs. talking with several shops in Denver; here is what I was quoted:

Blazer Automotive: $1000 just for gaskets,
                           $2000 for heads/gaskets
                           $4000 for a rebuild

Wright's German: Same

Verner's: Same

Conversions:

Concourse Motors: VW 2.0 conversion: $10,000.00
                           Audi 2.5 conversion: $15,000.00

Verners in Boulder: Subaru 2.2 Conversion: $6000.00

S-Wings in Denver: Subaru 2.2 Conversion: $7500.00

Est. Cost of me rebuilding my 1.9 w/ new heads: Around $2500.00

Tiico w/me installing: $5000.00

Est. Cost of me converting to 2.2 Subaru (based on a good deal on an
engine): $3100.00

I'm doing the Subaru.  I have a rust-free, near perfect Vanagon (sans motor)
and  I can't see going through all of the expense and work to be finished
with it and still have to crawl up Loveland Pass at 35 MPH.

More info than you needed, but I thought I'd share!

Joe T.
Denver, CO
'85 Wolfsburg Westfalia


>From: Ed <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Ed <eduntz@HOTMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Head gasket replacement cost
>Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 09:50:48 -0500
>
>Maybe I didn't do a very thorough search of the archives for this, but I
>couldn't find anything within the last few years on this- What have people
>paid for labor for head gasket replacement? How about for throwing in a set
>of rings?
>
>Last summer I had front and rear main seals replaced, and asked the
>mechanic about the advisability of doing the head gaskets at the same time,
>since he already had the engine out, and it was something that we normally
>expect to be troublesome. He had the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
>attitude, and advised against it. A few months later, I had major oil and
>coolant leaks (mostly coolant). His diagnosis? Head gaskets. He still
>stands by his previous advice. Then while he had it apart he said that the
>rings didn't come out right and I should replace them.
>
>I'm wondering what people have paid for this. I got the parts from Bus
>Depot and had them shipped to him.
>
>Thanks,
>Ed in CT

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