My father has been taking the families cars here for awhile and i have always thought their prices were a little high.
before i was just getting my timing belt changed which was going to be around 450 dollars... which i thought was fine.
Now i knew i was leaking some oil so i told them to check it out
turns out they say the headgasket is leaking and its now gonna be around 1200-1300 dollars for everything
isnt that a bit high?
any suggestions?

Go back to the shop after they put the crack pipe away. Man you'd be getting screwed. Headgaskets aren't real hard, just a little time consuming. Make sure that the gasket is blown first. ALOT of shops will jump to conclusions w/o properly testing when it comes to headgaskets. Ask them if they plan to use some lube or something before they were going to give you that kind of est???

I think that's about right, if not cheaper. My friend who has a 97 Stratus had a headgasket leak, and they charged his ass 1800. Thank god for aftermarket warranties!!!!!!!

i guess they want to replace it
=/
i dont know why
my dad refuses to take the car anywhere else
and since the car doesnt have my name on it
its really not my decision i guess
i only have to pay 300 of it
but still

A friend of mine just had his priced at chrysler (neon) for 600. He went to an independent shop and got it down to 350. Get it requoted somewhere else!

when the headgasket went out in my old RS I took it to misubishi because I had a warranty. They told me if not for the warranty it would have cost me 900 bucks.

call chrysler and open a case about a bad headgasket, this problem is well known and they usually either replace it for free or something like a 200 deductable, call them now, even if they say no it was worth a try, but everyone that i know that has done this has had it taken care of, they quoted me 1200 bucks at the dealership too. but called chrysler and got it taken care of for 200 bucks.

who would i call?
i mean you cant really just call the entire chrystler corp
so who would i call
a local chystler dealer
i mean considering my cars a mitsubishi, even tho the engine..., they are probably gonna laugh in my face or not know what im talking about

its chrysler customer service and they will know exactly what you are talking about,its their engine, ill try to find the number and post it.

yes thank you

supposedly they have extended head gasket warranty to 5 years/60K or something like that, but thats on Chrysler cars, not sure about Chrysler motors

well, i just got a recall on the ball joints done and that was a mitsubishi recall but chrysler took care of it, ill post the number tomorrow, im at work and i cant find it. They will take care of it for you, its chryslers headgasket problem even though your mitsu, they have a joint venture thing going on.

it never hurts to call

fak satan!!!

quoted me 10-12 hours of labor at 74$/hr, plus parts...u do the math...

should have her back on friday =(
may have to sell her tho =(
anyone want a 98 eclipse leather etc etc 75k miles new tires and new timing belt and new head gasket and all other belts :)

Satan told me I had a leaking headgasket the day before my turbo install. There full of shit cause I work at another dealer and they said my car was fine and my compression test turned out fine. To bad now I fucked up internals... do a compression test or something.
-Dave

first off...when they put the head gaskets on our cars they used a fiber one. which go out. the whole process takes about a week. by chance they might have to fix the head incase of it being warped. the new gaskets are made of metal, and will not leak....so they say. they always leak in the same spot which is above the oil sending unit. fortunately for me, i am only paying 150 for replacement, a 3 angle valve job, and porting of the head and intake manifold. :P
eat that one guys. lol

my head gasket was leaking and they also wanted to change my timing belt and water pump, all these parts plus labor added up to $960 for me.