Just wanted to find out what you guys think...

Dealer wants $1550 for new head gasket, $550 for rear differential, and $500 for a relay for the aux fans and a/c recharge....

Do you guys think the prices are way to high? and if so, how much could I save going somewhere else?

My othe roption I guess is to sell the car for a small amount....

Sucks to be faced with this type of bill...

Oh and I have a 94 C280...82K miles

 

look for a mercedes junk yard and get the parts there....

 

I think the headgasket is a little high priced...average is about $1000-$1200. Get a second opinion on the cost of the job. The other stuff i'm not really sure about.

Good luck!

 

They quoted me 12 hrs labor for the head gasket which is around $1150. and the the other $400 I guess is for parts...

I gues sI should just pay them forthe inspectionad take it somewhere else, seems liek everyone is gettig better prices than me.

 

the part is only about $200 and 10-11 hours labor for my headgasket.

 

i dont know about the rest but i paid $700 for the headgasket which included a new water pump and instalation of that watter pump...

Elvir

 

a little pricey, and independent shop will do a lot better for you. but i say you sell, once things like that start going, its not long before others follow.

 

Does it REALLY take 11 hrs to change out a head gasket? Jeeez!!!!!

 

 

Where are you located maybe one of the members can recommend an independent shop in your area

 

Well unfortunately I already gave the dealer the ok to go ahead with the head gasket job. I am going to look fro a good shop to do the rear diff and the aux fan relay. Thanks for the input guys, I needed to delay buying a new car for at least another year due to finances...

 

Well I got my car back after doing only the head gasket repair. It turns out though that the technician didn't want me to drive with a bad aux fan relay so he put in a new one for me with no charge. That was super nice of him. turns out he even replaced my light bulb that was out in the cluster (the light for the outside temperature). No mention of that on my printout. I think I will bring some donuts by tomorrow to thank him. Also my CEL is out now after being on for a year now...I wonder if it was related to the headgasket or if he fixed something else...

Feels goos to have the car back up and running, last fix isthe rear diff leaking. I will dothat when I save up enough cash. Now my fear is for the wiring harness, I heard ithappens afer a had gasjetrplacement sincethey jostle the wires around during the fix....