Blew my M30 engine headgasket last month (rear exhaust side coolant hole <--> cylinder #6), so I took it apart. Finally, the head made it to the machine shop at the end of last week.

Today I got a quote of $1200 to fix the head. He said the rocker arms and camshaft are worn and need to be replaced, but the head itself is in good shape. Do I really need to have all of that done? Thats more money than a good used engine.

I did not see anything wrong with the parts myself. (I have some pictures I could try to upload later.) It has 242k miles on it. And seemed to be running fine before the headgasket blew.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

Thanks,