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:
I forgot to mention that I already have a timing belt.
So it's time + the water pump.
Anyway! I guess I better get use to it. Good thing that I have a good backbone right now. Financially speaking!
But yeah I could of done a lot of thing with this 500$ lollll
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 $3,000 to do the timing chain. The motor has to come out....
thats pretty good actually - but it will go up more normally because most will end up replacing acces belts , the tensioner and poss a few pulleys at the same time .
so it sounds like a good price because some pretty normal parts aren't in the estimate
Damm,
Just came back from my local shop. He quoted me 500$ to change the timing belt and Water pump. I knew that it would cost more. But not that much!
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
That's not bad. The dealer would ask me about the same to do the same work on my '87 Civic Si, or to replace the rear bearings and do a brake job on my Yamaha ATV.
Thanks everyone! Except for moengel :chair::icon_wink:
I feel a bit better about the price I guess. loll
I want to keep my forester a long time so It's worth it.
2003Suby: Should I ask him to change those parts also?
this one cracks me up for some reason
Amount: $1,800.00 Timing belt/water pump/100k service
Posted by: Anon in Manassas, VA. Purchased: October, 2001
Car Make: VW Car Model: Beetle
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.
I was quoted $800 for Cam Belt w/ Water Pump,etc and $1400 for HG, both sides. $2200.00 total.
Subies are not cheap cars to own. :tissue: 2006 Forester w/ 80K
Ain't nothin' cheap nowadays! Not like when we owned our Ford Falcons and Mavericks!
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