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Old 11-16-2005, 07:02 AM
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hmmm, unless all the parts are original SUBARU...
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Old 11-16-2005, 08:50 PM
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About how long should each one of these repairs take to do, if a shop is doing them? As of right now, the labor charges on my estimate are as follows (This is on top of the $287 I paid for parts):
$68/hour (not that bad actually)
Cam seals: .9 hours
Crank seals: .6 hours
Valve cover gaskets: 2.5 hours
Water pump replacement: 5 hours

I'm not terribly concerned with the first 2 charges, but its the last 2 that seem alittle high to me. But then again, what do I know?
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Old 11-16-2005, 08:57 PM
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I don't think a shop is going to charge you for 6. or .9 hrs. They will probably round up to 1 hr for each .
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Old 11-16-2005, 09:25 PM
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About how long should each one of these repairs take to do, if a shop is doing them? As of right now, the labor charges on my estimate are as follows (This is on top of the $287 I paid for parts):
$68/hour (not that bad actually)
Cam seals: .9 hours
Crank seals: .6 hours
Valve cover gaskets: 2.5 hours
Water pump replacement: 5 hours

I'm not terribly concerned with the first 2 charges, but its the last 2 that seem alittle high to me. But then again, what do I know?
Cam seals, crank seal, and water pump are all in the same place. Most of the time is in removing other parts to gain access to the front of the engine were all the items to replace are located. If you replace one item, then you can do them all in just a little more time. If you elected not to have the waterpump done, then I'm sure the cost for the crank seal and the cam seals would go up considerably.
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Old 11-20-2005, 08:51 AM
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Well heres another question for you guys. During all of this, I always assumed that since the timing belt is so close to the water pump, I might as well have that changed as long as they are in there. But after going back through my service records that were given to me when I bought the car, I found that the tiing belt was just replaced 15,000 miles ago. Subaru recommends that the T-belt be replaced every 70,000 miles or something like that, so what do you guys think? Should I just go ahead and have them replace it with another new one while they are in there, or should I return the one that I ordered, and save myself about $90?
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Old 11-20-2005, 09:14 AM
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As long as there is no damage to the one that was put in 15k miles ago, you can reuse it. They seem to be pretty tough. I did my t-belt at 105k miles, and it looked perfect.
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