not sure if this is in the right section but here we go. My mom has a 97 buick skylark v6. The car is leaking and or burning a decent amount of coolant and its been looked at by a few shops and according to them its the intake manifold gasket.Which is a common problem with buicks.I would fix the problem my self but ive never touched a v6 or a buick for that matter and just dont have the time with work and school.She just doesnt trust me with her car, and i dont either. So has anyone on here ever done it before??Ive heard its a little bit tricky, but do able. The shop wanted a ridiculous amount of money to do it because she takes it to these scumbags ( karychezks) sorry if anyone on here knows them but the rip people off terribly there , i kno from my own vehicles and personal experiences.
So to make a long story short if anyone on here would be willing to fix it for her, and has a price in mind please post up or pm me and let me know how much youd want.
Yeah done a few of those in my day. Just wondering what you consider ridiculous?
Because I know a good gasket set is ~$100 and labor time is 5.6 hours and most shop’s labor rate is $65 per hour. I would put that job around $475-$500 plus tax at most shops
Get a book and learn how to do it. Take your time, and follow every step. It’s about as straight forward as a repair job can get. You have a ton of posts, spend less time typing and more time learning :spank: Or, just take it in and expect to pay like J&J posted.
i explained this in the first post.Im in school and work full time, i do not have the time to dick around with this car , i know nothing about.My dsm takes up any spare time i have.Thus the reason why im asking someone else if theyd be willing to do it.
Its not fun and a lot of work. Especially since this would be your first time…it would take you a good 4-6hours easy. You would be better off letting someone capable do it. Also, the price J&J gave is about average if not a bit cheaper.
It is not that hard, a lot of nuts and bolts and if your doing the intake gaskets, just bite the bullet and do the head gaskets. When you get down that far into the motor there is no point to cheap out.
John if you want to do it I will go partners in on it since I have done them before. I have also swapped these engines, just swapping the sub frames is the easiest way. I also have a friend who does these cars all the time and is quick.
Not a hard job, goo backyard mechanic can mess with it and not screw it up horribly. The 3100 is pretty idiot proof, no valve lash and such.
Done it before, my buddy had an achieva with 188K on it, we were not sure if it was intake or head gaskets leaking. When we got down to it the intake gaskets were clearly blown but at that point with that kind of miles I think you are dumb to not pull the heads. You have done 85% of the work might as well finish it off. How someone cant understand the logic on that is beyond me. Our thought was what if it was not only the intake gaskets but perhaps an external HG leak starting, none the less it takes a few extra steps but not much.
Do you guys really think the 3100 is that bad? We did it pretty quick, straight forward, no messing with timing or anything, no OHC, no problem. The biggest bitch was the alt bracket I think it was, had to pull the engine mount to fish it out. Once the intake gaskets, it is like 8 head bolts on each head, take the crossover pipe off (3 10mm bolts on both ends) and pull the manifolds with the heads. Really not bad at all.
thanks for all the info guys but J&J gave her a decent price so i guess hell be doing it.And for all the people saying i should just do it and do the headgaskets as well.Its not my car and i DO NOT HAVE THE TIME BEING IN SCHOOL AND WORK FULL TIME. But once again thanks for all the help
PLEASE tell me you are joking about doing the head gaskets also??