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following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
we had HGF on the freelander, its the same 1.8 k series as the elise.
cost 560 quid and that included improved gasket kit with propper dowels, some other tubing (from land rover, somthing to do with the update or somthing, which was charged to us not free) and I asked them to port and skim the head, cos it was only like 60 pound or somthing daft so did it at the same time and you can notice the compression is better now.
also included all fluids, labour the lot.
i cant see it being double for the elise, somones pulling your plonker.
cost 560 quid and that included improved gasket kit with propper dowels, some other tubing (from land rover, somthing to do with the update or somthing, which was charged to us not free) and I asked them to port and skim the head, cos it was only like 60 pound or somthing daft so did it at the same time and you can notice the compression is better now.
also included all fluids, labour the lot.
i cant see it being double for the elise, somones pulling your plonker.
Milks said:
following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
Told you it was the return hose!! (Re: previous thread)ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
What are your 'early signs' of HGF?? Just incase you're about to spend a grand that you don't need to.....
ptp170 said:
Milks said:
following on from this thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
Told you it was the return hose!! (Re: previous thread)ah p*ss, well the radiator didn't blow, just a hose that'd popped off, unfortunately its now showing early signs of HGF. I'd been watching the temp guage like a hawk previously and everything had been fine so I guess the damage must have been incurred in getting the car home after the hose had come loose
Nick Whale have quoted me £1000 or thereabouts for the work, which seems a little high to me but given that the only other specialists in the west midlands is 40+ miles away and to get a second opinion I'd have to have the car flat bed transported i'm tempted to give the nod.
Is it worth getting a second opinion? Is there any other work worth doing at the same time? I've heard about some temp sensor upgrade to prevent future HGF.
Who wants to lend me £1k?
What are your 'early signs' of HGF?? Just incase you're about to spend a grand that you don't need to.....
JTBUSH said:
Around £500 is right for HG change. Any more and you are having your trousers taken down and being asked to bend over!
Just for a HG change you're probably right if it buggers anything else up it can cost a whole lot more. Believe me I know and I thought I had caught it early enough.Gassing Station | Elise/Exige/Europa/340R | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff