Allie said:
Hi all,
I have a 98 Forester, and it's getting a fuel pump replaced. I was
wondering if there's a list anywhere of the standard charge for this
repair? For example, 3 hours? 4?
Thanks folks. I like subarus, but i've replaced the head gasket
twice,
and now the fuel pump, all in the last 2 years that i've owned this
115k mile puppy. ugh.
I was just at the library. They subscribe to AllData DIY
(
http://www.alldatadiy.com/). I go there to get info on my car. I
believe they list repair instructions (often very minimal) along with
average times for the repairs. What you actually get charged depends
on their hourly rate, if they go by hour increments or partial time,
and all the "supplies" they charge you for. I always check what the
dealer charges and what my favorite charges, and maybe one other place
where I know the prices are right but haven't gone there enough to
trust them.
I'd go by how much they charge rather than the hours. The dealer
wanted over $400 to replace the muffler and a section of pipe
connected to it. Other places (Midas, Precision Tune, etc.) were
quoting over $200 and $300 (and they were not using Subaru OEM parts).
I found Auto Max (
http://www.automaxch.com/) that only charged $135
which was the price for just the muffler from the Subaru dealer. I've
been underneath and it looks like good work to me, and they used the
same $70 Walker muffler that all the non-Subie shops said they
would've used (they made the pipe themself so I don't know what the
stock part would've cost). Although Auto Max had a great price for
the muffler and pipe, they're they same as the other on quotes to
replace all 4 struts, so I haven't found a good place for cheap yet to
do that and will probably try the rears myself and then figure out if
I want to bother with the fronts.
