$500 to clean piston rings?
06-30-2006 | 03:25 AM
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Traction, WTF is that?
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From: College
Originally Posted by Däs Schmoo
I can't fathom why they would charge that much. I replaced my piston rings in about 10 hours in my garage with jackstands and hand tools, so I can assume they can do it a lot faster. Unless they are charging over $100 an hour for labor and taking their sweet ass time, there is no reason it should cost more than $1000 for parts and labor.
And MOST places (dealerships especially) go by the books. They charge for the time it SHOULD take, and not the time it actually takes. If the job takes 8hrs, but should take 10 hrs, you get charged 10hrs. But usually if it takes 11 and should be a 10hr job, they will most likely charge 11. At least thats how it is at my work.
I remember when my GSR needed rings i called my dealer and I believe the quote was about 1300-1500...in the range of that at the same place that charges 99.95/hr