1999 bmw e39 head gasket

Chiron

My 1999 BMW 520 has blown its head gasket and I was wondering if anybody here could tell me how much I can expect to pay to have it repaired? I have been quoted between €1500-€2000 :eek: is this right it seems a lot to me.

mick.fr

Chiron wrote:

My 1999 BMW 520 has blown its head gasket and I was wondering if anybody here could tell me how much I can expect to pay to have it repaired? I have been quoted between €1500-€2000 :eek: is this right it seems a lot to me.

That what I paid for my E36 yes @ BMW
The new gasket, which is actually the same, they don't replace it, they just fix it, actually costed 57 euro :-(
In my case they also replaced the radiator, the water pump.In total I paid 1800 euro.
The other stuff are just the man work, which is about 70-80% of the final invoice.

You could probably get this replaced for a lot less, but I had nowhere to go back at that time, and I still don't know a good BMW specialist.

Anyone ?

cantdecide

Where are you based?

Tails142

yeah just paid out the same for a similiar fault

bad gastket which led to severe overheating causing warped head and blown radiator

repairing head, skimming gasket, head kit, hoses, radiator, thermostat housing and 14 hours labour, €2700 at bmw specialist - they had the car for 3 weeks too

would make baby jesus cry

Chiron

Thanks for that mick.fr. Was that price from a main dealer because the price I got was from a "back street" guy.

Chiron

I am based in Celbridge and am gutted at the thoughts of paying out that much but what can you do?

mick.fr

Chiron wrote:

Thanks for that mick.fr. Was that price from a main dealer because the price I got was from a "back street" guy.

Yes I paid this at BMW Maxwell Blackrock.
They always did a good job on my car.
They kept my car 2 days only.

Chiron

Thanks for the replies lads. Looks like I'm just going to have to suck it up so.

Elessar

Might want to get a quote from an independent like AC car sales?

Andrewf20

Elessar wrote:

Might want to get a quote from an independent like AC car sales?

Id recommend them or Robert Furley.

~~SKYHIGH~~

Any good SIMI garage would be able to do it no problem. You dont need to go to a main dealer and pay thoses prices. Of course a main dealer is going to charge mammoth fee's for that repair but a good garage would do it for half that in my honest opinion.. Bear in mind also it's an 8 year old car aswell..

Mr.Diagnostic

~~SKYHIGH~~ wrote:

Any good SIMI garage would be able to do it no problem.

Not having a go or anything, but can I ask how being SIMI registered has any bearing on a garages ability to do quality work?

Chiron

It is the fact that the car is 8 years old that is killing me about paying that much money.

Any contact details for AC Cars or Robert Furley and also where are they both based.

Thanks.

Seth Brundle

AC Cars:
www.accarsales.com/
White Swan Business Park
SCR
Dublin 8
01 4531433
Robert Furley:
http://homepage.eircom.net/~furleys/
Kilskyre
Kells
Co. Meath
046 43711

Chiron

Thanks Kbannon I'll give them a call.

milltown

Isn't there a garage on the Newcastle rd. out of Celbridge which claims to be a BMW specialist? The name escapes me now but he's about a mile out on the left hand side before the tennis club.

I have no idea about him or his reputation, maybe Kbannon will know more.

Seth Brundle

never heard of him!