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head gasket???.... why would you go for a new motor?... gaskets are usually only a $10-$20 part... and if it's the one i'm thinking of then you're probably looking at about an hours labour for installs... (about $50ish)..... but i could be thinking of the wrong part.... what did the mechanic say?

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To take it to a workshop, it'll cost you around $1000 to get done...mostly labour costs. If you're keen you could give it a go yourself (or if you have a friend with a bit of know-how :P ), but it's a fairly big job.

You won't need to replace the head if you haven't cooked it.

The gasket is about $120 from Nissan, and proabaly needs to be ordered in. While you're at it, replace your head/exh. manifold gasket too. this is around $115 from Nissan. Check that none of the studs are snapped (head/exh.manifold). If they are you'll more than likely need to get them easy-outed. I had 3 snapped studs, and this cost me about $80 for someone to come out and do it while I had the head off. The studs are around $4 each

The gaskets on the exhaust side of the engine are more expensive due to the heat they need to put up with. Intake is cheap :)

For the pain it'll save down the track from having an old gasket, you might as well do the intake runners/head gasket too as it's only a $15 gasket (again from Nissan).

Good Luck

Michael

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and if it's the one i'm thinking of then you're probably looking at about an hours labour for installs

And hour for a head gasket? hmm, i don't think so! You have to pull the whole head of the engine off. Not majorly hard, but a fair bit of work involved.

Closer to the better half of $1000 more like it, as 46n2 is saying

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