Thread: Head Gasket for less than $3000 in SF Bay Area??
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Old 06-21-2003, 01:07 PM
suginami suginami is offline
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$3,000 for a head gasket replacement on an M103 is outrageous.

The M103's are notorious for valve guide wear, so I don't know a mechanic that would just do a head gasket.

A head gasket with a valve job, new guides and seals, should cost around $1,200.
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