Need help-valve jobs-Bay area
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Need help-valve jobs-Bay area
Hi all,
My passenger side valve is making knocking/rocking noise when first start engine then quiets down after 30s or so after idle. After that if I rev, I still be able hear it but not as loud as when first start. I think my valves are bad
Car is 80k mile and just happened 2 days ago.
So how much is the valve job in average?
Can we do only 1 side?
Anyone have a good reference or connection to whom/shop that can do this for reasonable cost?
Thanks in advance!
My passenger side valve is making knocking/rocking noise when first start engine then quiets down after 30s or so after idle. After that if I rev, I still be able hear it but not as loud as when first start. I think my valves are bad
Car is 80k mile and just happened 2 days ago.
So how much is the valve job in average?
Can we do only 1 side?
Anyone have a good reference or connection to whom/shop that can do this for reasonable cost?
Thanks in advance!
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for the last year i have been using Mercedes Connexion in Campbell - Al is the owner and stand up guy - former tech who knows both old and new - great resource and won't do the work unless needed.
408-394-3057
he has done alot on my 55 this last year and will be putting on my short tubes on my 63 wagon very soon. i totally trust him
408-394-3057
he has done alot on my 55 this last year and will be putting on my short tubes on my 63 wagon very soon. i totally trust him
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I've got a guy up here in Sacramento who's a factory trained dealer tech that does side work fairly inexpensively.
A bunch of local guys use him, and he's pretty good. PM me, and I'll give you his number.
A bunch of local guys use him, and he's pretty good. PM me, and I'll give you his number.
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Update:
Thank you all! I am lucky. It turned out just a loosing down pipe nut.
The fun was I spent $75 (1hr labor) to a shop, "I am auto", in oakland ( referenced by a friend) for them to tell me s$$$. Guy could not figure it out and wanted to charge me addition 2 more hrs to drop the exhaust to isolate. Mine down pipe was designed with a claim that I could drop it in 10 minutes. I don't understand why they even call themselves a tech
he even broke my exhaust hing.
I then went back to my exhaust shop and spent $10 to tighten the bolt and to weld the broken part. Yes, it was $10. I owed the tech a lot more than that. I should have come to my muffler shop from beginning. At the end, I am still lucky though!
Thank you all! I am lucky. It turned out just a loosing down pipe nut.
The fun was I spent $75 (1hr labor) to a shop, "I am auto", in oakland ( referenced by a friend) for them to tell me s$$$. Guy could not figure it out and wanted to charge me addition 2 more hrs to drop the exhaust to isolate. Mine down pipe was designed with a claim that I could drop it in 10 minutes. I don't understand why they even call themselves a tech
he even broke my exhaust hing.I then went back to my exhaust shop and spent $10 to tighten the bolt and to weld the broken part. Yes, it was $10. I owed the tech a lot more than that. I should have come to my muffler shop from beginning. At the end, I am still lucky though!
