I never received a quote for just the head gasket replacement, but a potential buyer spoke with both a local diesel performance shop and Chris at UJOR and was told that to take the body off, restore the EGR, install an EGR cooler, replace gaskets, clean up heads and finish the bullet-proofing, $6 - 7k. The labor/parts cost would be quite a bit less if not reinstalling the EGR and adding the cooler. Realistically it could probaly wait until 150k (another 33k miles) when it's time for an injector job. For any serious buyers, feel free to PM me and I can forward you the contact info for the local shop - both they and Chris have already spoken with someone about it, are familiar with the van and could probably give a more detailed estimate.
Just want to reiterate - there was only a bit of oil weeping from the driver's side head, not a single drop of oil on the ground and after having it diagnosed I haven't seen any oil loss or moisture on the block, filter, oil pan, etc. Most likely the shop torqued down the bolts and it's not leaking at all, as of the other morning the dipstick told me no oil had been lost.
Thanks, hope that helps.
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Originally Posted by CampVan
Can somebody, incl. the seller, venture an estimate of the repair cost please?
Thanks!
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