307 head gasket replace cost?

The head gasket has gone on my 51 reg. 307 1.6 and it's slowly leaking
coolant: l litre since November. My independent Peugeot specialist
garage (Jackson's of Leicester) say that it needs a new gasket and I
tend to agree with them.

What can I expect to pay for this?

Thanks,

Raymond

 

the gasket is something in the order of 75 euro's
depending on the state of the head, it needs to be polished expect
another 75 euro's.
since your there already, replace the cambelt as wel, that's another
75 euro's + the labour that should last no more than 6 hours,
i'd say it sets you back the best part of 700 euro's

 

Have a look at the corner of the head where it joins the block under
the thermostat housing. Can you see a crust of dried antifreeze? This
is a well known fault on 1.6 twin cam engines, and there is a school
of thought that says it isn't the head gasket but coming from the
thermstat housing to head joint, which is RTV sealant. Could be a
cheaper option to get this resealed first.

 

I just had to replace the head gasket on my 02 307 HDi (110) for the same
reason and that cost £1113.51 (strange that number seems burned into my
head) at a local dealer.

You're lucky I was losing 1.5L per day until I took it to a different garage
and they worked out what was wrong :-(

Stephen

 

My car is in the garage at present and I'll get it back tomorrow. It's
being done by an independent Peougeot specialist garage (Jackson's
Garage in Leicester) and they are going to charge £480 + VAT. I'm glad
that I did not go to a main dealer.

Raymond

 

Much better! I don't know what the 1.6 is laid out like, but on the HDi
enginge the engine has to come out to get access to the head, that's what
bumped the price up on mine :-(

Stephen.