How Much To Replace A Head Gasket?

[johnny37]

how much to replace a head gasket on a 2012 Ford Focus 1.6 Ecoboost, including regrinding?. All other useable parts to be reused. Small garage price. Ball park figure.

Thanks

[Buenchico]

In about 2010 I had the head gasket replaced an a Ford Fiesta (1.6 Zetec, including grinding). My local garage buy estimated that he could get it done for around £500 (inc VAT) and actually ended up charging me a few pounds under that.

However I was working as a relief van driver at the time, delivering car parts to lots of garages (from the biggest to the smallest) for a Ford main dealer. So, as I was going around, I asked each of the other garages what they might have charged me for the job. The lowest figure I was quoted was £720, with the highest being over £1100 (and most of the estimates being between £800 and £900). So it pays to shop around!

[Islay]

I got charged £520 on my vitara 5 years ago but a couple of months later we discovered the engine had cracked, but we found a good engine with really low mileage for £350 so my garage put that in.
What I'm saying is look around and see what a replacement engine would cost.