Nothing wrong

[sandiego78]

Ive had the car for a month now ,fixed the fuel guage broken wire in the sender unit, fixed the clutch pedal bolted it back to the bulkhead ,all in all a good motor .Looking through the service history came across this invoice ,

Inspect for head gasket problems ,Remove cylinder heads x4 strip and report .Send x4 heads away for crack testing.
Supply x4 new cylinder heads ,new head gasket set,new valve stem oil seals , new water pump oil&filter new thermostat
flush cooling system run & test
oil £16.75 Filter £7.50 x4 Heads £740.00 1 set bolts £16.80 1 Headset £143.29 Waterpump £47.50 Thermostat £9.75 Antifreeze £6.00 ! Crack Test £60.00 Labour £250.00 + VAT £227.42 Total £1527.01
All this at 6years old and 45,000 mls in 2003.

Wonder how much this would cost today, wont mention the garage but its in Gloucester

[robbie]

no idea on price but at least you should be ok for a wile with the new heads on as the heads now cost abt 200.00 each

[RatCav]

What model is this?

[Drift]

Ith 4 heads I am guessing a 2.5

[robbie]

I think it the 2.5 as one of the bills said 4x heads and the VM2.5 have 4x heads

[RatCav]

That clears things up ... I haven't had any experience with the 2.5 .. apart from a mate at work who swears blind its a great engine even when the waterpump housing falls to bits, the EML is on all the time, he has had to fit an inline pump so the thing will start from cold due to an air leak somewhere in the lines/pump ....

[robbie]

I will admit they are a brill engine. and yes they have there problems from time to time lol

[sandiego78]

Yes it is a vm 2.5 ,i posted it in engine specific but them who must be obeyed moved it I hope these engines arnt prone to head probs .

[Drift]

I moved it, the engine sections are for problems and fixes only, here is the place for a chat about non specific issues

[BoxCleva]

I have to agree the 2.5 is an incredible engine. Sooooo powerful and smooth. I'm just gutted it was never fitted in a B series

[PaulHooligan]

[robbie]

I don't see why it couldn't be done, I think i see me doing some research/ comparisons with my spare 2.5engine and the B.series i have in bits lol