"philipilihp" (philiphilip)
06/09/2014 at 12:04 • Filed to: Honda, Timingbelt, labor cost, repair, show us
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"philipilihp" (philiphilip)
06/09/2014 at 12:04 • Filed to: Honda, Timingbelt, labor cost, repair, show us | 0
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This weekend I had the timingbelt, tensioner, and waterpump replaced on my 2010 Honda Pilot. $1100 later, the car drives great and I have peace of mind for the next 100k or so miles, but it still bothers me that the belt cost $73 (and this is Honda dealer pricing, so I know it's higher than it probably needed to be) and the labor to replace it was about $600.
Yes, this included installing the waterpump and tensioner pulley, but the labor on those is negligible to me since all that has to be disassembled anyway to even reach the belt.
Is this about as bad as the parts-price-to-total-labor-cost ratio gets, or can you show me worse?
Jeremy H formerly Kalakaboooom
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:08 |
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For my 944, if you are lucky you can nap a clutch kit for around 800 dollars, that is a full clutch kit, just a pressure plate and friction disc, about 300 dollars. If you were to do a clutch replacement job on a turbo, at a shop, it will run you about 2,300 dollars in labor, alone.
It's a "Porch-uh"
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:09 |
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I think BMW has you beat. On my E60 535i, $5.49 head bolts that required $1000 in labor. Ended up doing it myself.
I'm sure there are plenty of little seals in the valley on my E39 M5 that would be cheap to buy, but expensive to replace. I did the $70 fuel tank breather that I'm sure would be pricey on labor as well.
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philipilihp
> It's a "Porch-uh"
06/09/2014 at 12:11 |
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Yeah I forgot about BMW! I have a halo lightbulb that needs replacing in my E90 and got quoted $380.
crowmolly
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:14 |
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The worst will be something electrical. Gotta be. Like a bad ground to your gauges or something like that. Wiring issues can be unearthly expensive with little parts involvement.
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It's a "Porch-uh"
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:14 |
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Where is the bulb on the E90? On my E39 it's right on the back of the housing. 30 seconds to replace.
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philipilihp
> It's a "Porch-uh"
06/09/2014 at 12:17 |
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On the E90 it's in a box right behind the wheel arch liner, which is why it's a bitch to replace. You can't reach it through the engine compartment, you have to go through the wheel well, which pretty much necessitates taking off the wheel and arch liner.
In the E92 BMW got smart and put a little door on top of the headlight housing, but I guess the E90 is too cool for that.
Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW.
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:25 |
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Everything related to my W140 S600L.
Some plastic gear for seatbelt extender? that's US$1250 sir.
Slave2anMG
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:37 |
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Timing belt on my wife's TDI Golf? $1100. On my 1.8T Beetle? $1100. And like your Pilot the parts/labor ratio is fairly whack. Includes the water pump and tensioner as well.
deekster_caddy
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 12:38 |
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Pretty much any timing belt is going to hit that high part/labor ratio. And for Honda, it's also the waterpump on most of their designs. I can't tell if it's great or horrible that the water pump is in there too. Have to admit I don't often hear of a Honda stranded because of water pump failure... but it's pretty much a guarantee that they'll sell you one when you need the timing belt done whether you need it or not.
Putting a thermostat in a buddys Dodge Ram 1500 5.3 should have been up there too. Who puts the thermostat on the bottom of the engine?!! Thermostat = cheap. Labor = way more than necessary. On a top-engine mounted thermostat if you have a big enough drain pan you don't even need to drain the coolant - just pull the bolts, lift the cover, some coolant leaks out, swap the new thermostat in and close it back up before it even finishes draining. (ok, you should regularly change some coolant, but it shouldn't be necessary for that job)
Stupidru
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 13:11 |
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Subaru head gaskets. One will run you anywhere from $50-$150 for an OEM replacement. To get my wife's replaced, we got bent over by the stealership for a total of $3000. That was 18 months ago and I'm still steaming about it
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philipilihp
> Slave2anMG
06/09/2014 at 13:19 |
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Thank God for timing chains! lol
BigBlock440
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 13:25 |
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Freeze plugs. $0.99 part, and unless you're lucky, it will be completely inaccessible without tearing stuff apart/pulling the engine.
Tstanisch
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 13:42 |
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Local dealer tried to stick me with a $800 bill to replace a $150 wheel hub. Nope did it myself for $150 in 30 minutes. Take that stealership. Also once I can in to have thermostat replaced (part in hand and was being lazy), came back 3 hours later thinking it was done. They told me the thermostat was fine (didn't replace it) and said that I'd need a new computer, $900.00. You can probably tell what I said about that. Went home did the darn thermostat. That was three years ago, still the same computer in there. Long story short...they went out of buisness...something about word of mouth...
thebigbossyboss
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 16:01 |
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I hear that. Am doing my own struts to save on labour. With labour for all 4 strut assemblies, was looking at $1200. Doing it myself is gonna be about $710 (including tool purchase). Save about $500.
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philipilihp
> thebigbossyboss
06/09/2014 at 16:09 |
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Totes worth it. I'm putting new upper control arms in soon to save about $500. BMW wants $750 to give me new bushes in both sides, but I can buy two new arms for about $150 and put them in myself and get a better result!
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thebigbossyboss
> philipilihp
06/09/2014 at 20:30 |
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Luckily I have a car that is a lot simpler than a BMW to work on. The Chevy Cavalier was never known for being complex!