V6 12valve question

[Efraim]

The going labour rate at non-dealer repair shops is $65/hr. Nineteen hours
to replace a sensor?? $300 for a sensor? Wow! Are you sure you haven't
missed the decimal points in the quoted prices?
Efraim
'88 5KCDTQ  327K km (203K mi) , 1.8 Bar
'90 90 103K km (64K mi)
Vancouver, Canada

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gaidos, A." <agaidos at got.net>
To: "Quattro" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: April 16, 2001 5:10 PM
Subject: V6 12valve question


> All, on behalf of my Canadian friend I'm asking this question. The car is
a
> 90q with the v6 12valve motor. He is getting a check engine light and the
> fault code is saying it's the oxegen sensor. His Mechanic gave him a quote
> of $1500 total with $1200 in labor to replace the sensor. This seems a
> little extreme. The mechanic tells him there is some serious R&R to get to
> the sensor. Anyone have any information on this?
> Thanks
> Anton
>
>