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6K views 20 replies 17 participants last post by  LJdeCalifornia 
#1 ·
Damm,
Just came back from my local shop. He quoted me 500$ to change the timing belt and Water pump. I knew that it would cost more. But not that much! :crazy:
 
#7 ·
Its over $1,000 at the Toyota dealer for our Sienna's timing belt and water pump. Our indie mechanic will do just the timing belt for $430, so the $500 sounds just fine to me as it includes a water pump.

And on my Pathfinder, it was over $3,000 to do the timing chain. The motor has to come out....
 
#8 ·
thats pretty good actually - but it will go up more normally because most will end up replacing acces belts , the tensioner and poss a few pulleys at the same time .

so it sounds like a good price because some pretty normal parts aren't in the estimate
 
#16 ·
Well I thought they worked for the coffee and doughnuts! Seriously, the price seems fair. One always has to remember the mechanic is not pocketing the full labor charge, most of that goes to defray the shop/dealer's overhead. And some do have more over their heads than others!
Steve
09 2.5X AT
 
#14 ·
Does sound a little high. My timing belt was replaced yesterday by my local Subaru dealer for $378 labour Aussie dollars which aren't worth quite as much as your Canadian dollar and that included an oil/filter change, tyre rotation and balance. Charged 4 hours labour for that. Subaru Australia specify set times for all the services so they can always quote me the cost beforehand and this time they overquoted by $44 which came as a pleasant surprise. The belt cost $198. Then we get hit with 10% GST on all of that.
 
#20 ·
I'd say 500 is a very good price depending on what they actually replace.

At the very least I'd do belt, tensioner, water pump, tstat. Then from there possibly cam+crank seals, idler pulleys.

Mine was about 1100$ for resealing the front of the engine, valve covers, all belts, tensioner, wp, tstat, spark plugs, STI uppipe etc.
 
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