Value of pajero

Sam Kade

What would the value of a 1996 2.5 diesel swb pajero be worth? The head gasket needs replacing and it has over 200,000 miles on the clock. It,s a commercial. What would it cost to fit a new head gasket?

Sam Kade

Anyone know what the value is?

Jonty

Its all relative. To you its worth a lot, to a garage its worth €1000. My Da has a 3.2 commercial pajero and a mits garage said they'd give him €8000 for it. Its only got 60K miles on it!!!

MrFoxman360

ohh: head gasket on a 2.5 pajero, correct me if I'm wrong here but the 2.5's were notorious for cracking the head if they over heated when a gasket failed. Head gasket is not the worst job in the world, but trying to get a good head if you did need one ain't easy or cheap.

200,000 on the clock is a fair bit, even though it will go for a good few more. Problem for you is there are lots of SWB commercial pajeros on the market and most of your year would be a 2.8 from what I can see, so it wouldn't be first choice for most people,

Lucky to get a grand for it in my opinion, but that all depends on condition really. If your still happy to drive it, I'd get a few quotes for the work, might just be the head gasket, which can be done in a few hours

Sam Kade

Thanks for the replies. I forgot to mention that I don't own the pajero it's for sale as is €1,900.

stifz

A 96' blown gasket with 200k 1900euro? Me thinks it'll sit in the driveway for a long time at that price.:o

Sam Kade

stifz wrote: »

A 96' blown gasket with 200k 1900euro? Me thinks it'll sit in the driveway for a long time at that price.:o

You thinks right:) I took it for a test drive yesterday. The gears are worn as it is hard to get it in gear and the steering is pulling to one side. In fact it is not safe to drive over 40mph:eek: I had to slow to 20mph going around bends other wise it would veer off the road.

stifz

herbie goes banana's - think its crying out for some off roading action!

Sam Kade

stifz wrote: »

herbie goes banana's - think its crying out for some off roading action!

Good one:D

vibe666

tbh you'd be lucky to get a grand for it in that nick.

i know that there's alot of paj's on cbg.ie and carzone etc. but I bought my Paj around march this year in the UK and most of the same car are still on both sites from when I was looking for a comparison all the way back then, so it's not agood judge of what it's worth.

i hate to say it (i love my own paj, couldn't bare to think of this for her) but your best bet may be to take her to traynors up north and sell her for parts.

with the market what it is right now there's plenty of good motors going begging so it's not a good time to sell a good one, never mind a buggered one.

Sam Kade

vibe666 wrote: »

tbh you'd be lucky to get a grand for it in that nick.

i know that there's alot of paj's on cbg.ie and carzone etc. but I bought my Paj around march this year in the UK and most of the same car are still on both sites from when I was looking for a comparison all the way back then, so it's not agood judge of what it's worth.

i hate to say it (i love my own paj, couldn't bare to think of this for her) but your best bet may be to take her to traynors up north and sell her for parts.

with the market what it is right now there's plenty of good motors going begging so it's not a good time to sell a good one, never mind a buggered one.

I don't own it. It is for sale it looked alright when I first saw it, the garage were selling it as is with blown head gasket. When I took it for a test drive I saw all the other faults. I asked the original question before I took it for a testdrive as it didn't look so bad and I didn't have time that evening to take it for a testdrive.

vibe666

ah right, okay so. in that case, don't go near it with a barge pole!