Blown head gasket. Need advice.

[pdxaudi]

So I have been informed that I have a blown head gasket. [headbang]
Symptoms - dripping oil on ground and now signs of oil in my cooling reservoir, so question the is - can I just replace the gaskets or should I have it sent out to be machined down? If so what are the typical cost of this job? Anyone with experience in this department?

Thank you in advance.

Will

[A8lBeast]

Take it to machine shop to make sure it's flat, it shouldn't cost much. My mechanic charges $50 for it, but that's with a hookup

[rms-s4]

what you should do is have the heads cleaned and resurfaced and pressure checked to make sure there are no cracks. runs about 150 a head at my guy. if you have a lot of miles is also worth it to have the valve seals replaced and do a valve job since they are off. thats what i would offer it to one of my customers. prob looking at around 3-400 per head done right. but if you dont wanna spend that money get em cleaned and cut and pressure checked at a minimum

[STONER]

What year is your A8. Older V8's this is common after time. Normally new headgaskets will cure the problem.