2 good 2 B true? - Supreme Auto in High Point NC

It's doable for 1200 generally if I was charging something like that I would make you buy the gasket you're going to need four quarts of oil almost five whatever a bottle of oil filter engine coolant all that's coming out You're not going to save all that so something seems to be a little off when you have this apart doing the head gasket you would be a complete foolish person not to at least change the timing chain and tensioner if not the plastic guides also if they're broken you know that's another $150 worth of parts but you would be really pound foolish not doing that It's bad enough you're not going to send the head out and have the valves ground but that's another whole story so y the labor on all that would be about right. But you need more than just a head gasket or it would be like I say really silly not to at least deal with the timing chain he has it off already doing this work and all of that with your mileage got to be kidding so then that would push the job up into the you know another three $400 probably He's got to have this stuff all apart to do the head gasket so what he puts back new would just be someone having to round it up the timing chain tensioner guides if needed etc possibly a new oil pump at this point I think that's off when the timing covers off those are just basic precautions none of that's real expensive but it all adds up these are things that most people or a lot of people don't think of when they're doing a head gasket job like this and especially with 200k if you have a timing cover mounted oil pump it would make sense to replace it probably a new water pump if that's not already been done or while you have it off check the impeller make sure it's good but a new one if needed just a little things like that because once you have this all back together something like that fails and you're right back to where you are now and you barely driven the car seen it happen at least once already pretty soon you have $9,000 in a car that's not worth $6,500 or what have you

 

I know nothing about them but going back 3 years they have nothing but 5 star google reviews. I would take the chance and as TBT says, ask them if they recommend anything else while they are inside the engine. It is your choice to say yes or no to them.