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Originally Posted by Xist
There must be a reason mechanics charge $1,250 to replace the head gasket and only a fool would expect me to work as efficiently as a mechanic.
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$1,250 is about 8-10 hours labor, A head gasket on a 4-banger should only take a proficient mechanic about 4-5, unless there's something unusual about your model that makes it more difficult, which is definitely possible.
be glad it's not a 6.0 powerstroke, at shop rate head gaskets on those (an every 100k or so occurrence) is a $10k fix. When I worked at the Ford garage we saw so many that the diesel guy started taking the income from every one of those and putting it in savings, called it his retirement fund.