Spark HGF FIXED !!

bryan young wrote: One of our members at Epsom MGOC paid Epsom Motor Group (still MG Dealers) £1700 for a head gasket job on a 2005 TF 135 which included water pump , cam belt and tensioner. Horray for Mike, Jon & Russell :woohoo:

:omg: Didn't one of your members from Epsom MGOC get a quote first :nonod: How did they let themselves in to such a ridiculous situation.


That is not a price, that's extortion. There should be a law against that sort of thing.

PQD44 wrote:

bryan young wrote: One of our members at Epsom MGOC paid Epsom Motor Group (still MG Dealers) £1700 for a head gasket job on a 2005 TF 135 which included water pump , cam belt and tensioner. Horray for Mike, Jon & Russell :woohoo:

:omg: Didn't one of your members from Epsom MGOC get a quote first :nonod: How did they let themselves in to such a ridiculous situation.


That is not a price, that's extortion. There should be a law against that sort of thing.

Before the demise of MG Rover, dealerships were charging anything from £1000 to £1500 to do a head gasket job on an MGF or TF, this was based on 8 hours of workshop time at around £100 an hour, plus parts plus the dreaded VAT. Som garages were saying that a new engine was required at a cost of £3000 fitted. The MGOC fitted one of the first Ford developed (Land Rover) MLS gaskets etc to another members car and the cost was £1000. Then Russell Walsh and others appeared, like a breath of fresh air, doing a proper job at the correct price. A chap phoned me recently to say that he was going to scrap his MGF because it had HGF and he was quoted £1200 to £1500 to do the job, having just spent £3500 at Epsom Motor Group having the brakes and steering replaced~ i told him to go to Russell who would do it for around £400 :bust:

bryan young wrote: Before the demise of MG Rover, dealerships were charging anything from £1000 to £1500 to do a head gasket job on an MGF or TF, .......... garages were saying that a new engine was required at a cost of £3000 fitted.

:omg: Thanks Bryan. Now I better appreciate why 'MG Rover HGF' causes such a violent knee jerk reaction amongst the public at large.

I guess I'm blessed knowing a couple of good mechanics and being able/wanting (mainly out of personal satisfaction) to do almost every job on my vehicles.

It makes me angry :rant: when I hear of people paying silly money for jobs to be done on their cars.

Thanks for the pictures of Spark's head gasket replacement. :broon: I may be replacing the head gasket in my MGF this winter. My coolant leak is on the intake side so it might be just the intake gasket that has failed, which was known to be of poor quality on the earlier cars like mine (built Oct, 1995).

Where in Ohio are you? I'm only three hours north of Toledo, Ohio.

Mark, For whatever reason Ohio is the default position in the map software.
If you don't enter a location it automatically puts you in Ohio.
Kind of scary really...I would prefer Bali myself! :thumbsup:

I know Rich, I was trying to be funny.

mowog73 wrote: I know Rich, I was trying to be funny.

That really made me lol :lol: . I thought oops my fault.

OH!...................................Ontario humour! :woohoo:

i'm glad you cleared the Ohio thing up,i just did'nt understand why someone thought we were from there! !The HGF included anti freeze and an oil change and 6 mths warranty.H

spark wrote: i'm glad you cleared the Ohio thing up,i just did'nt understand why someone thought we were from there! !The HGF included anti freeze and an oil change and 6 mths warranty.H

Sounds like you've underpaid Mike (MJS), have you no shame Spark :nonod: coming on here gloating about it :bust:

Glad to see MJS is in the recommended in our Glove Box