Is it really that hard to change one injector? The part is only $70.00 at Autozone. Anyone know what's involved?
2006-11-13 08:13:03 · 7 answers · asked by shadetree11_22 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Who is wanting to buy the injector from Autozone, you or the mechanic. If it is the mechanic, he is an idiot. There are some things you can buy from the zone and a fuel injector is not one of them. If you are going to get an injector, you get one from the dealer that way the spray pattern and resistance in the injector matches OE.
If the mechanic is buying the part from the dealer, then that price is fine. If he is getting it from the zone, then plan on having it replaced in the future.
2006-11-13 14:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds a little cheap to me. You're getting a good price there. Doesn't matter if they are changing one injector or all of them, the labor is the same either way, and the part usually runs closer to $100. Sounds like he's only changing you a couple hours labor. Believe me, it can run much longer than 2 hours to get to it in and everything put back in place.
2006-11-13 08:28:28 · answer #2 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a Haynes auto repair manual for your your year and model car. It will show you in detail how to get to the injector, and repalce it! the manual will cost you probably less than $20. If you have the tools and basic knowledge of "mechanics work", - It should not be too hard for you! It would be worth the effort to try and talk a "friend" with mechanical knowledge to help you do this, -it is not particularly hard,-- but takes a long time to take it apart and put back together! Is it worth $180 to take the "pains" to do it?
2006-11-13 08:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by guess78624 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You have to depressurize the fuel system. and disassemble the pleum on top of the motor. disconnect the fuel line and return line, then pull the fuel rail off. Once the rail is off you need to remove the old injector and install the new one. then put everything back together again. It can take up to 3 hours depending on the Year make and model of the car.
2006-11-13 08:17:12 · answer #4 · answered by gearnofear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes... you have to remove the fuel rail.... than means that he has to drain the fuel back into the tank instead of letting it drip onto the ground (epa and insurance) then mess with all of the fuel connections and everything the fuel rail is connected to. should be a 2 21/2 hr job.... labor is $65-$75 last time i checked.... so let's see $75x2 is $150... &70 for injector... $220.... sounds about right.
2006-11-13 08:20:56 · answer #5 · answered by johnbehrhart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$250 is about right. Labor fees with the parts.
2006-11-13 10:28:48 · answer #6 · answered by ironchain15 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you feel your mechanic is trying to plant one in your giggy??? if'n you don'ttrust him then why do you use him??? i bet you can do a couple hundred dollars damage before you give up and have a mechanic fix your **** up i'll bet he just loves you calling him a crook...good luck with that!!!
2006-11-13 08:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋