I always ask you guys after the fact but just an opinion. My buddies dad charged me $640 parts/labor to fix a leaky valve, change timing belt, change power steering hose, change a leaky transmission hose? Or tube? Or whatever cools the tranny fluid, and realign my bumper. Sound like a good deal?

 

ib move to cartalk. Depending on the car, it might be a deal or not...

 

Yeah timing belt is usually $600+ by itself.

 

deal unless he fucks up your car even more

 

This is on a TL ? Sounds good to me...

I got quoted 5-600 for just the timing belt and water pump on my CL.

 

1999 acura tl with 136k miles.
@ doucher, schweet that alone makes it a deal!

 

yea it sounds legit. dont think a buddies dad will usually rip u off cuz ur his sons buddy right

 

definitely a good deal! Timing belt and water pump on my 01 TL was 1K.
Stay friendly with your buddy, or at least his dad.

 

I paid $440 for my timing belt and water pump change on my 01 CL-S...

 

timing belt and water pump is around $500.

 

NJ STealership.

<----dumbass

 

Well I got it back. He said there is a noise with the steering wheel now, there wasn't before, because he didn't bleed the line so there are air bubbles which should go away in a few days. Other then that it seems good.

 

not a bad deal as long as everything still works fine

 

My dad paid $230 to some guy who changed the timing belt on his Nissan Xterra.

 

I'd say that's a great deal.

 

Ahh... this is where the story gets fishy... Air bubbles just don't go away by themselves. And a noise in the steering wheel isn't going to be caused by the brakes... If he didn't touch the brakes, there's no way air could get in the system...

Also, what was the deal with a leaky valve ?? A valve in the head ?? That he had to remove the head to fix ??

I'm starting to wonder now...