Right, my disco has started overheating but I've not let the needle get to the top of the gauge or into the red before stopping and getting towed home by the ever so efficient AA.
The AA pressure tested the water tank and said it was losing pressure somewhere and then diagnosed it as having "an internal engine fault", which he said was their way of saying "suspected cylinder head".
Since the tow home, the car has sat outside my house and now there is oil pouring out of it on the passenger side right at the front of the engine. Some of it is pouring over the front of the lower part of the bumper.
I'm no mechanic but don't want to get ripped off by anyone. I live on the Wirral and have been advised of a garage that will skim the head and pressure test it for around £35, with the gasket set costing around £25 on ebay. I just need a price now for the actual dismantling of the head and putting it back together.
What should I be looking at for a reasonable complete cost for all this and what could the oil leak be?
Cheers
Mel
The AA pressure tested the water tank and said it was losing pressure somewhere and then diagnosed it as having "an internal engine fault", which he said was their way of saying "suspected cylinder head".
Since the tow home, the car has sat outside my house and now there is oil pouring out of it on the passenger side right at the front of the engine. Some of it is pouring over the front of the lower part of the bumper.
I'm no mechanic but don't want to get ripped off by anyone. I live on the Wirral and have been advised of a garage that will skim the head and pressure test it for around £35, with the gasket set costing around £25 on ebay. I just need a price now for the actual dismantling of the head and putting it back together.
What should I be looking at for a reasonable complete cost for all this and what could the oil leak be?
Cheers
Mel