wellllll, i recently (like 20 minutes ago) found out that i'm gonna need a head gasket job on my 93' 325is. burning coolant through the exhaust :[[[

i read somewhere on another thread that it was 700-1000 for the job, but my mechanic is quoting me at 2000. i trust my mechanic and ive been going to him for a long time but i'm wondering if it can be done for 1000 or less?? any help would be great

My guess would be be 1600-2000, depending on local labor rates. So what your mechanic has quoted sounds about right. There's a lot of labor in the job and I'd be suspicious of someone that guotes half of that.

:/ not what i was hoping for

Well, I figured that was the case. The numbers mentioned above are just for replacing the head gasket. The total cost will go up if the head is warped or cracked or if there are other parts that are found to be bad once the head is off. Sorry...

hmm okay, well thanks. do you know how much it should be to do a valve job as well once the heads are off? and any ideas as far as boost in performance?

s52 swap man. if your gonna drop 2 large you might as well put another 2 large to get a better engine

lol then i need a tranny too. i dont have that kinda moneyyyyy. blah. but that sure would be nice. i cant find a nice m3 engine though, 3.2 or 3.0

pretty hard to find for a decent price

naw thats too much!!! a head job should only be around 900. thats how much they wanted to charge me. one place was 950, another was 1200, another was 900 and this one dude wanted to charge me 2000 and I laughed and walked away lol.

naw thats too much!!! a head job should only be around 900. thats how much they wanted to charge me. one place was 950, another was 1200, another was 900 and this one dude wanted to charge me 2000 and I laughed and walked away lol.


well dude you live in long beach, thats 20 minutes from me. tell me whre you got that quote from, ill go there. seriously, ill give you like 100 bucks if you can find a place that'll do it for 1000. with warrenty and all that. my mechanic wants 1900 and 500 for the machine shop?

you'll toss me one bill... no bs right? awesome. Just hit my cell up and we'll meet up and I'll take you to the places I went. 562-607-8154 my name is Thai.

you'll toss me one bill... no bs right? awesome. Just hit my cell up and we'll meet up and I'll take you to the places I went. 562-607-8154 my name is Thai.


sure i will, considering i'm looking at 2500 right now. if you're tellin me i can do it for 1000 no bs and it's a legit job. are you talking a valve job too or just the heads or what? my aim is 'communistcow310', i added you. next time i'm on ill IM you. btw- 310-347-8553

If i were either one of you, I would take my phone number off a public forum and stick with PM's for private information...

haha, i dont really care. but anyways, ill give you a ringaling tomorrow or tomorrow night. are you free this weekend?

thanks for looking out lithium726, but same here I really dont care either lol. yea I'm free this weekend. I'll ask the mechanics I went to and double check how much they are going to charge to do a head gasket job. And is there anything specifc you want me to ask them?

well if there is a warrenty and is that including any welds if there is a crack? also how long he takes to do the job? thanks mucho.