Originally posted by: amdforever2
UPDATE:
Had the car fixed.
$366
including parts and labor
Did I get screwed?
They said the problem was:
Spark plugs and wires never changed since new (now at 143k miles)
Round thingie that the wires come out of, the thing that tells the plugs when to fire, had gone berserk. (coil pack?)
Fuel Filter in poor condition, replaced.
Air filter crap, also replaced.
Some tube near EGR had disconnected leading to an exhaust smell issue, in addition to the engine not burning fuel properly.
So they replaced all that stuff. It runs fine now.
They said had I let it continue misfiring and kept driving it eventually the raw fuel dumping into the exhaust or whatever would have destroyed the catalytic convertor.
Hell yes you got screwed damnit.
Spark plugs $2 each=
$8 easily changed yourself
Wires 4 of them $15
Coil pack, highly unlikely that even needed to be changed at all. It is a sealed system and they either work or they dont, considering you went 140K, talk about neglect btw should of been done, oh, about 110K miles ago, it was nothing more then Plugs and Wires.
Fuel filter yes it should of been changed
$8.88 easily changed yourself.
Air filter Yes
$8.44 easily changed yourself.
So roughly $45 in parts if you bought and did the work yourself, like I mentioned, which means you paid them $324 to put your EGR hose back on and to stick you up the ass with no lube, I sure hope they kissed you all over for as much fvcking they did to you. And hell no I wasnt going to sugar coat this and one of the reasons I have my son help me all the time when I work on my cars. What would of been a $45 bill for you turned into a $366 bill.
All you would of needed to do the work is a $10 Chiltons manual book, that all parts stores carry, a cheap $20 set of tools that have spark plug sockets (walmart), and some screw drivers. All of which, as you see, would of paid for itself on this first repair. Time wise this would of taken you about 2 hours which I am sure if you added up all the time you spent going back and forth to the auto shop, or waited for it, used as much time or more. At which point how much is your time worth to you to wait for someone to work on your car and pay them.
Just food for thought the next time your car may need brakes, a belt, oil change, something kinda simple.
Edit
BTW if your coil pack was indeed fubar, like they told you, it would of shot off a code for it when you took it in, not just a mis fire code. Id check to see if they even changed it.
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