Head gasket leaking. Ford quoted $1000.

[Fantasymon]

I recently took my 2000 Explorer into a local repair shop that specializes in Ford products. They diagnosed my car and determined that my head gaskets are leaking on both sides. They quoted me $1300-$1500.

I called my local Ford dealership here in Tulsa and they quoted me about $975 to have it fixed.

I personally have no skills to do this myself, nor do I have the time. From what I have searched, $975 seems like a relatively fair price, especially from a dealership.

Does this seem like a good price and is there anything i need to be weary of such as making sure they machine the heads?

Thanks!

 

[Lube]

Does this seem like a good price and is there anything i need to be weary of such as making sure they machine the heads?

Thanks!

I wouldn't think so if you go the dealer route. They have too much at stake as far as reputation goes. Which dealer in Tulsa?

 

[ragajungle]

$1000 from a dealer? wow thats cheap! I am skeptical... probably $1000 for just the parts...

 

[Fantasymon]

Bob Hurley Ford in Tulsa.....Same place I bought the Explorer new 11 years ago.

Nope he said $975 for parts and labor. I too am a bit skeptical as it was a quote over the phone.

 

[Lube]

Bob Hurley Ford in Tulsa.....Same place I bought the Explorer new 11 years ago.

Nope he said $975 for parts and labor. I too am a bit skeptical as it was a quote over the phone.

I've dealt with Bob Hurley Ford when I worked for Tulsa Schools - they're straight shooters.

 

[Maniak]

The big question is are they thinking its the gaskets or the heads? It is extremely rare to lose head gaskets and not the heads on the ohv motor. I cant comment on the sohc version though.
Also, last time I looked book time on replacing the heads on the 4.0 ohv motor was 11 hours and I would expext the sohc to be higher.

~Mark

 

[scdix50]

I did mine 2 yrs ago, I pulled both heads, had them reconditioned. When I got it back together again, I had $ 1,023.24 in parts and materials. If you do just one head now you will be doing the other some time down the road. I now had have 165,000 on my 00XLT.