NAC..'00 VW Passat 4Motion...$7200 in repairs!!!

[Bob D]

Also enough to make me not go to a VW dealer if I needed a nw car


Robert Myers wrote:

>
> Steve,
>
> And the estimator's name is Ben Dover?
>
> Generic cats are under $100.  Surely you can find a local muffler shop 
> capable of fabricating the setup for you for under $250 for BOTH cats 
> and include installation in the price.  At onlt 107K miles the cats 
> should still be perfectly fine unless you have been running extremely 
> rich fuel mixtures.  Been getting 9 mpg lately?  I doubt it.
>
> Valve cover gasket for $980?  Ya gotta be kidding.  $100 would be 
> obscene.
>
> Unless the OXS is made of diamond encrusted solid platinum $340 is 
> outrageous.  Come by here and I can put one in your car for you for 
> $50 and still make $10 profit.
>
> I'd look on-line for the parts.  I'm not positive that The Parts 
> Connection (http://thepartsconnection.com) handles VW parts but that 
> might be a good starting point.
>
> At 01:59 PM 6/10/2005, Steve Meyer wrote:
>
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>> I know it's not Audi, but it's close. I recently took
>> my '00 VW Passat 4Motion(107,000miles)in for
>> diagnostic work and got blown away by the list of
>> things needed done. I knew it wasn't going to be
>> pretty, but $7200 is alot of money for repairs.
>>
>> The biggie is two new cats...$4200, including labor,
>> aparently the parts are $3800.
>>
>> Prop shaft with labor...$1400
>>
>> Valve cover gasket and tensior gaskets(?)...$980
>>
>> 1 O2 sensor...$340
>>
>> Vacuum lines...$100
>>
>> And this is all they can say for sure now. The codes
>> for the o2 sensor and the bad cats are in the way for
>> checking any further.
>>
>> Does this seem resonable? Any options besides the
>> dealer on these items?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
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