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06-30-2009, 07:17 PM

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Classy.

1) Evaporator can leak without warning; $3500 to fix
2) Tranny can fail beginning at 150k miles; regular fluid changes can push that to over 200k
3) Engine wiring harness sheathings degrade with age, causing weird electrical issues ($800)

$3500 sounds high for an evaporator. I thought it was more like a $2000 job.

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07-01-2009, 07:04 PM

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$3500 sounds high for an evaporator. I thought it was more like a $2000 job.

I thought book time was something like 17 hours in labor. That's about $1,700 in labor, plus whatever the evaporator costs (and also the vacum actuated pods that most guys usually replace while they're in there).

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