mwmosser

Hi all -

Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
last as long as possible.

The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:

Timing belt
Water pump
Plugs
Wires
Coils

All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)

Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
its 60,000 mile service.

thanks -

MM

Irwell

On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
> last as long as possible.
>
> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>
> Timing belt
> Water pump
> Plugs
> Wires
> Coils
>
> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)
>
> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
> its 60,000 mile service.
>
> thanks -
>
> MM

Seems about right for that sort of service.
My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this
year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up.

mwmosser

thanks. always hate to spend huge $$$ on a car but I need this one to
last (and I still love it, so there's that). Glad to hear it's not far
out of the ballpark.

m

On Aug 4, 2:47 pm, Irwell <h...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote:
> > Hi all -
>
> > Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
> > it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
> > price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
> > driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
> > last as long as possible.
>
> > The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>
> > Timing belt
> > Water pump
> > Plugs
> > Wires
> > Coils
>
> > All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)
>
> > Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
> > its 60,000 mile service.
>
> > thanks -
>
> > MM
>
> Seems about right for that sort of service.
> My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this
> year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up.

Clive

In message <6ghw5kryrh1q$.1ts4ruvm64vgc.dlg@40tude.net>, Irwell
<hook@yahoo.com> writes
>On Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:43:58 -0700 (PDT), mwmosser wrote:
>> Hi all -
>> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
>> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
>> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
>> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
>> last as long as possible.
>> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>> Timing belt
>> Water pump
>> Plugs
>> Wires
>> Coils
>> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)
>> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
>> its 60,000 mile service.
>> thanks -
>> MM
>Seems about right for that sort of service.
>My 60K on a 2001 Elantra was about $400 earlier this
>year, just the timing belt was replaced and a mini tune up.
I'm astonished, I'd have expected a complete rebuild form the ground up
at this mileage for a Korean car.
--
Clive

Ed Pawlowski

"Clive" <Clive@yewbank.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> I'm astonished, I'd have expected a complete rebuild form the ground up at
> this mileage for a Korean car.
> --
> Clive

Hyundai has improved considerably since 1988. Back then you'd be welding
sheet metal panels to fill the holes too.

Ed Pawlowski

>>
>> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
>> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
>> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
>> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
>> last as long as possible.
>>
>> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>>
>> Timing belt
>> Water pump
>> Plugs
>> Wires
>> Coils
>>
>> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)
>>
>> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
>> its 60,000 mile service.


The prices tossed around here for a timing belt is $350 to $450. The water
pump at the same time adds $80 to $100. Let's take the high side and figure
$550 total. That means plugs, wires, coils, cost $650 to replace. That
seems awfully high to me but check out the cost of parts. A set of wires is
probably $45, plugs about the same.

mwmosser

Just back from the shop. Some prices were higher than you posted, Ed,
while some were lower.

High-dollar items were as suspected. Timing belt was $104. Wires were
$86. Water pump was $170.

Low dollar stuff was belts, gaskets, seals. Various rib belts came in
at $12-$14, total on those belts about $42.

Total parts cost was $555. $360 of that was just the timing belt, wire
set, and water pump.

Labor was $634. Besides the fun job of replacing the timing belt and
water pump, I had them do a valve check since I heard some whirring -
sticky lifters. No issues with the cams which is good but of course
once you pull that part of the engine apart, it adds $$$ to put back
together.

Actually I am not upset. These guys are really very good and
honorable. The prices quoted, while higher than they were back in my
former home (Kansas) are in line with what I found.

I guess it's just something I needed to do, just wish I were more
mechanically inclined (and had the time) to get in there and muck
around myself. But my uncle the mechanic says don't mess with timing
belrs - a bad job on an interference engine will end up making you
wish you had taken it in to a shop the first time around. He's got a
sign, and I'm sure every mechanic has this one:

Labor

$50/hour
$60/hour if you watch
$70/hour if you already worked on it yourself



thanks for the input -

MM



On Aug 4, 4:01 pm, "Ed Pawlowski" <e...@snet.net> wrote:
> >> Just took my 02 Hyundai Elantra GT in for 120,000 mile service. Took
> >> it to a highly-regarded shop here in Austin (NOT the dealer). Knew the
> >> price would be high since 120,000 is a major service interval. Also
> >> driving this car 500 miles a week starting mid-August and need it to
> >> last as long as possible.
>
> >> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>
> >> Timing belt
> >> Water pump
> >> Plugs
> >> Wires
> >> Coils
>
> >> All this ended up costing me $1250 ($550 parts, $700 labor and taxes)
>
> >> Seem high? Need to know whether or not to take my other car there for
> >> its 60,000 mile service.
>
> The prices tossed around here for a timing belt is $350 to $450. The water
> pump at the same time adds $80 to $100. Let's take the high side and figure
> $550 total. That means plugs, wires, coils, cost $650 to replace. That
> seems awfully high to me but check out the cost of parts. A set of wires is
> probably $45, plugs about the same.

hyundaitech

On Aug 4, 1:43 pm, mwmosser <mwmos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The shop followed the Hyundai manual list, and replaced the following:
>
> Timing belt
> Water pump
> Plugs
> Wires
> Coils

Price seemed reasonable for the work that was done. Water pump,
wires, and coil are not per manual, but the water pump and wires are
probably a good idea at this point if they've used quality parts. Not
sure about why they'd replace the coil. Failures are few and it's not
a scheduled maintenance item. If you keep driving with a misfire it
can cost you big, but if you stop driving after a coil failure, it's a
simple matter to replace it.