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01-30-2019, 02:12 AM | #1 |
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N55 valve cover gasket replacement cost
Hello Everyone. So I got a quote earlier this week for replacing my valve cover gasket from my local Indy shop and they quoted me $700. I'm just curious how much other Indy shops are charging. This was just for the Gasket itself including parts with labor but not the valve cover. I'm considering just doing this myself but still curious what other Indy's are charging every else. Thanks in advance for the feedback.
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01-30-2019, 11:12 AM | #2 |
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My shop quoted $1000 to replace, and warned if the valve cover is warped, a new one is $600 additional. I'll do spark plugs at the same time ($385), and save about $40 in overlap labor.
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01-30-2019, 01:40 PM | #3 |
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I just did my plugs recently but I'll definitely do the Valve cover while I'm on this as well. Kind of surprised to see this @60K miles for my car, is everyone else seeing their valve cover gasket going out at around the same mileage?
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I'm bought the after market Valve cover kit from ECM tuning for $275 and plan to have a local Indy who's gonna charge me $105/HR for labor.
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02-13-2019, 11:56 AM | #7 |
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$650 for a gasket? WTF?!?! I replaced mine when I did my VVT servomotor swap, it was like $60 CAD LOL!! The valve cover would be $650 (it's around $800 CAD).
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I paid $900 parts and labor but on N54. Vic @ EuroSport, Burbank, CA does great work and is a stand up guy!
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02-18-2019, 02:11 AM | #10 |
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My repair included the entire valve cover. There was a crack, but I believe the valve cover itself was only about $140 ish
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02-19-2019, 06:35 AM | #11 |
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Replacing the valve cover gasket is a fair amount of work, since you have to remove the injector hardware. Figure an independent will charge $100/hour for labor and a dealer twice that.
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02-19-2019, 12:42 PM | #12 |
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HyeWarrior could you refer me to your Indy? I'm located Carson but I don't mind making the drive if your Indy can help me out, I'm not getting much love from my Indy's here, they want only an OEM BMW valve cover or they won't do the work. I get that for most of the engine components it would be best to go with OEM BMW, but I have seen enough positive feedback from others using the high quality aftermarket valve cover gaskets with no issues and its half the cost. I Hope they can help me too.
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Go to SPEEDLOGIC in Fullerton and call it a day. No one will beat his price or quality of his work. Better prices if you buy prices through him, and his prices are hard to beat.
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The $700 estimate sounds fair, considering how labor intensive it is.....Here is my advice: I did it myself with a helping hand. I did the mistake of ordering a reputable aftermarket gasket, and it did not fit well. I ended up driving to the local dealer and purchasing a second set from them (it was $85 ish i think just for the gasket) as i did not feel comfortable reassembling everything back only to find out the gasket did not sit well (the few other gaskets that i was replacing with this job, I kept the aftermarket as they fit well), overall i am happy with the results...The reason I am writing this is because with aftermarket its sometimes hit or miss. Spend few bucks extra (about 200 i think to be more exact lol) and get the OEM cover if you need to, it might save you a headache, hence why some mechanics refuse to work with aftermarket because they are afraid if you return, you might blame them for a bad job.
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06-21-2019, 08:05 AM | #17 |
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I just got quoted $729 aud to replace the gaskets or $1970 aud to replace the valve cover by my local Australian dealer
Guess I’ll be taking a day off and tackling it myself. Not sure how they came to conclusion that a new valve cover cost $1240 aud.. ah well. |
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It's pretty labor intensive install. If it's your first-time plan on a good 4-8 hours as it really depends on how smooth everything goes. I wouldn't say it's difficult, it's just tedious.
I'd replace the valve cover and gasket. The valve cover becomes very brittle and prone to cracking, especially after the first removal. |
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I was able to get a discount on labor at my friends repair shop and total cost me about $770 with parts and labor. But now my OFHG is due as well as drive belts so I'll be tackling this myself since I don't want to fork out more cash for labor.
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Reviving an old thread. My VC just started leaking. 90k miles so I'm replacing it. Just got quoted $600 for parts (VC, gasket & hose) and another $1000 for labor. Two Indy shops in town, almost same price. :-/
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