Can anyone ball park me a figure on shop cost to replace my valve cover gaskets. My oil leak has gotten to the point of needing this work done.

 

Thanx..................Rooster2

This job is REALLY easy. Like an hour in the driveway easy. Not sure what a shop would charge because it is so easy I've always just done it myself.

 

If you pay a shop to do it, don't let them gouge you. The gaskets are pretty inexpensive and the labor is minimal. Just remove battery and washer bottle, remove plastic air intake, unplug the wires from the spark plugs, undo 12 (or maybe 16?) bolts, change the gasket, put it back together. It takes one guy, a 10mm wrench, and a 12mm wrench. Couldn't be easier.

If you haven't done the plug wires somewhat recently, you might want to just buy new ones now. There's a good chance the metal contact things will rip out and stay on the spark plugs. It's always really annoying when that happens and you didn't just buy new plug wires.

 

The shop I used to work at would probably charge around $60 or $70 for the job, plus whatever it cost for new wires if need be, another $35 or so.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the info............very helpful..............Rooster2