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Few Oil leak, Prices to be fixed
Hey guys took my car to the mechanic and got told i have a few oil leaks and bits and bobs over the show, was just wondering if someone could give me a rough idea on the costs on getting these fixed.
New muffler
Oil leak in tappet covers
Left hand steering rack leaking oil
and an oil leak at the steering rack...zzzzzz
will they need to replace the steering rack? i was told he might not need to. (i hope not)
any help would be awesome.
Thanks Dan.
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muffler, shouldnt be more than $100 i would guess
dunno about the oil leak in tappet covers (not a clue)
well, if your steering rack is already leaking, it might be worth trying some power steering stop leak ($20)
otherwise youlle probably be looking at some dollar amount with 2 or possibly 3 0's in the number (and at the rear of the number unfortunately) to replace the rack. pretty bogus stuff. u should try to ring around and get some different quotes on getting the rack done. u might get some varience in quotes. try a power steering specific place for example, as well as other mechanics.
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yeah got my fingers crossed its the cheaper option, but might try a wreckers to get a second hand one.
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Where abouts in QLD mate? Fulcrum priced my $500 for a reco steering rack with alignment and with a warranty, for my VX.
A pair of rocker cover gaskets will be cheap from Holden and will take all of 5 minutes to fit.
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up in hervey bay mate, so with all these things being fixed they are cheap apart from the rack? if i need one?Originally Posted by acarmody
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$150 for a muffler to supply and fit. And rocker (tappet) covers are $30 a pair from Holden! More expensive elsewhere and there piss easy to change
three 0's for a steering rack?? is it made out of gold, a new one will set you back about 500 recon 250
hey johnno
i said 2 or POSSIBLY 3 o's
2 o's = 250 or 500 yeah? 3 o's = more. so u pick my guess as half possibly wrong. nice one.
no its not made out of gold. duh, ahahahahaha :| .
and he didnt say he was fitting it himself. he indicated a mechanic would be going to fix it, so, how do you know that his labour charge will be stuff all?????
WELL?????????????
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lol dont fight haha. il come back on monday with what it cost me.
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I would replace the steering rack, mine was leaking so decided to replace the whole thing.
yeah thats around the amount if he was to do it himself i wouldnt of thought the mechanic would charge 500 for labour + 500 for new one, hence why i said 3 0's (1000) is a bit outrageous
Racks are pretty easy to replace yourself, two main mount bolts, the steering shaft bolt, the the two oil lines and the tie rods. If you do it yourself you will need a wheel alignment done after.
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its about 280 for new one then all adds up to about 500 for labour.
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Hey mate where bouts can you get a new steering rack for $280, as i got little bit play in mine and thought bout getting it redone, but for $280 sounds good to just replace it, does it come with boots and tie rod ends?
im down towards brisbane..
cheers mate...
Last edited by matqld; 25-07-2011 at 12:11 AM. Reason: typo
yeah, i was just taking into account the last mechanic i went to gave me a quote to do the p/s pump. he quoted me $380. when i said wtf? he told me $120 for labour and $260 to get the pump recoed. i reckon his recoing price was a lot lower and he just gave me that breakdown to get out of looking like he was trying to rip me. as i went and bought a recoed non change over pump for a hundred bucks that week. lol. point being, mechanics can vary from awesome and honest to shonkey pirates pretty much. im sure the guys i went to for the pump quote woulda said $1000 for a rack reco for sure.... maggots
anyway, i probly got my panties in a bit of a twist the other day anyway, so sorry if i acted like a bit of a knobhead
yeah i could understand how they would rip you for a steering rack i suppose, pump is pretty easy to replace tho
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first place i check when something needed for my car, ebay. do a search guys as you will find prices for new ones on ebay are pretty good
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well i got my car back today all off the above things cost me 790$ with a new steering rack, and boots, new engine mounts both sides, tappet covers, wheel alinement, muffler and other bits.
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WoW man thats sweet...well i got my car back today all off the above things cost me 790$ with a new steering rack, and boots, new engine mounts both sides, tappet covers, wheel alinement, muffler and other bits.
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Yea cheers man, i had neglected to look there before-hand lol, and yea its a good place to start and that price for 240 exchange seems pretty good...
that is very cheap, you must have a good mechanic
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yeah is a friend of my dads so its kind of good.
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