Advice needed please

[baxta]

I guess there must be someone on here who can adise the cheapest place to buy a head gasket set. Please

 

[BlackC55]

For the MB?

Get genuine only. Not worth the risk

 

[cjab98]

I'm not too sure why you're trying to save money here, the cost of a head gasket is nothing compared to the cost of labour involved. It will probably be £30ish for an OEM part.

 

[Ian B Walker]

Just bought one last week. £74 for gasket set, 8 hours labour. Plus cost of head skim.

 

[GRAV888]

No question, main dealer.

Moved to Engine forum...............

 

[Stratman]

To answer the question you actually asked, probably a market stall.

But would you want to?

 

[baxta]

Just bought one last week. £74 for gasket set, 8 hours labour. Plus cost of head skim.

Been quoted £350 plus vat for labour.....to strip down and rebuild. Thought that was reasonable

 

[baxta]

To answer the question you actually asked, probably a market stall.

But would you want to?

Gee you are a regular comedian arent you???
Help like yours I can do without. I thought there were people who dealt in discount parts...obviously a concept beyond your comprehension.

 

[grober]

OFF and ON??

In this case the advice to get the genuine Mercedes parts (the head gasket in particular) is based on lots of experience. I had a very knowledgeable (20+years) MB tech replace my cylinder head gasket a few years back as a "homer". He was adamant that the only one to use was the genuine MB part. Also make sure the £350 quoted includes a strip and rebuild of the head plus valve gear/camshaft etc if the head needs to be totally stripped and planed/welded and not just a straight "head off head on" job.