Car Maintenance Makes Me Cry, Phase 2
Aug. 22nd, 2011 09:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bjarvisLast June, I started catching up on a lot of neglected car maintenance. This past week, I finished the second half: replacing the timing belt and water pump (long overdue), along with the normal oil change.
As expected, it wasn't cheap:
Parts: $460.89
Labor: 447.40
Shop Supplies: 39.99
With taxes, it came to $978.33. Ouch.
Still, if one is to believe the owner's manual, the timing belt replacement is some 60,000 miles overdue so I was really pushing the envelope and a failure while driving could cause catastrophic damage as well as severe inconvenience.
As expected, it wasn't cheap:
Parts: $460.89
Labor: 447.40
Shop Supplies: 39.99
With taxes, it came to $978.33. Ouch.
Still, if one is to believe the owner's manual, the timing belt replacement is some 60,000 miles overdue so I was really pushing the envelope and a failure while driving could cause catastrophic damage as well as severe inconvenience.
