Tomorrow she gets new UIM, LIM gaskets, Tstat,cooant elbows,oil chg, coolant flush
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Its my 2000 Lesabre...105k....cant wait to see the gaskets and plenum....I flushed the dex at 25k miles and put in Prestone mix with all.....
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Take some pics if you are able to, hope the job goes well for you or whoever is doing it.
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we I decided to take it to a ocal shop....I bought al the parts...labor was 220.00
I just stopped over and he is changing the oil ...the UIM looked fine,,,no signs of burning but the LIM gaskets were shot...deformed and cracked...again I removed ALL the Dex at 25k miles.....
so I suppied the parts so I figure total 320.00....that was 2 gallons of coolant,gallon of oil, oil filter, new tstat and gasket, 2 new aluminum coolant elbows, new Dorman UIM and new FelPro metal LIM gaskets
I was going to do it myself but time needed right now I decided to have him do it
I just stopped over and he is changing the oil ...the UIM looked fine,,,no signs of burning but the LIM gaskets were shot...deformed and cracked...again I removed ALL the Dex at 25k miles.....
so I suppied the parts so I figure total 320.00....that was 2 gallons of coolant,gallon of oil, oil filter, new tstat and gasket, 2 new aluminum coolant elbows, new Dorman UIM and new FelPro metal LIM gaskets
I was going to do it myself but time needed right now I decided to have him do it
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That'* not a bad price at all... I'm not even sure if my Buick needs that stuff done (could have occurred prior to my ownership?) but I feared a $400-500 price tag minimum for the labor involved. I guess it all depends on labor rate of the shop.
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Around here that'* an $800/900 job if you go to a reputable shop, what a bargain. Can't believe you had it done for that cheap. Shops here will not warranty/install parts that you bring in.......................
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this is a local shop the guy runs out of his 4 bay garage,,,very meticlious,,,I brought him 2 gallons of antifreeze,gallon of oil, oil filter, aluminum coolant elbows. felpro li gaskets amd Dorman upper and a new tstat..everything looks great, no drips,leaks etc..im very pleased..He was about 6 hrs.total that he had my car...
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