The difference in the quotes wasn't due to one including heads and the other not--the estimates are $500 apart for the gasket job only. But furthermore, the mechanic with the cheaper estimate says he most often CAN reuse the same heads, and the other fellow says almost always needs new heads at $500 each. Now, I don't wan't to just go to the guy who's gonna give me good news, but I don't want to pay $1000 needlessly. The engine has 99,000 miles and a pretty significant leak causing obvious daily loss of coolant (ie, need to top it off every day). what are the probabilities here? Thanks all, Doug |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.