Head Gasket Repairs — Cranbourne West
Head gasket work is a serious repair, so we prove it before we quote it. Block testing, compression and leak-down results — then an honest conversation about whether the repair is worth it for your car.
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Signs you need this looked at
- White smoke from the exhaust that never clears once warm
- Coolant disappearing with no external leak
- Milky or creamy residue on the dipstick or oil cap
- Bubbling in the radiator or overflow bottle
- Overheating, sometimes with a rough idle or misfire
Diagnose first, fix second — quoted before either
- Combustion-gas (block) test on the coolant — the definitive check for exhaust gas where it should not be
- Compression and cylinder leak-down testing to find which cylinder, and how bad
- Assessment of whether the head is warped or cracked, because that changes the job entirely
- A written quote with the honest option range — including telling you when the repair costs more than the car is worth
Plenty of “head gaskets” turn out to be a thermostat, a radiator cap or a hose. We test first so you don’t pay for the big job when the small one would do. Where the fault isn’t obvious, we book it in for diagnostics (from $374, two-hour minimum, charged for our time) — then the repair itself is quoted in writing before anything is replaced.
Head Gasket Repairs — FAQ
It depends what the testing finds, so we won’t invent a number. You get a fixed written quote before any repair work begins. Where diagnosis is needed first, that is from $374 (two-hour minimum) and is charged for our time, not offered as a free quote.
We can tell you the likely causes and what testing is involved — but a phone diagnosis is a guess, and guesses get the wrong parts replaced. Call 03 8782 0711 and we’ll tell you straight what’s needed.
It depends on the symptom — some of these are merely inconvenient, others are genuinely unsafe. Call and describe it; if it needs to stop being driven, we’ll say so rather than book you in next week.
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