I have a 2006 WRX and I need the cylinder head gaskets replaced in Scotland (preferably in Aberdeen area) Any ideas please and thanks

Thanks for the info, spoke to Brian and car booked in, result!

As above get the bottom end done too , failure rate after doing head gaskets is high i think it’s around 3/4 fail within a short while , you will just end up paying twice , i have been there before , once i did not get it done bottom end failed within the year , the second time i asked for it to be re built even though it appeared fine , when it was stripped it was found out it was on its last legs the crank shells were all worn one quite bad but caught in time so no crank issues

My hg’s failed between 83 k miles and 93k miles , both needed bottom end doing , you maybe lucky and just need better crank bearings , yes it will cost you more gasket wise part wise , may need a re bore but unlikely good idea to do forged pistons , some engines don’t fail after hg goes most do and i wish on the first occasion i did get a full rebuild , it sounded fine but was clearly not , arp type bolts are important plus better hg like the cosworth ones , you also need to consider ringland failure so if you do pistons then that resolves that , yes all the above will cost more but in the long term cheaper to get a full rebuild , second engine i got rebuilt as above sounded fine and was not , even the engine builder was hoping it was ok but it was not , the crank was polished one bearing was knackered but showing no noise when running , possibly 4500 or so to get it all done ask the rebuilder but it’s a false economy not too , it ended up by costing me 9000 £ in rebuild instead of 4500£ in one year