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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PoManNox" data-source="post: 23863" data-attributes="member: 8300">A timing chain job on one of these at a good independent shop will easily be $1500-2K.   Most of it being labor.  ~8hrs at $100-200/hr.I know everyone has their reasons and justifications, but the problem is continuing to drive it for months after you hear engine noise.   If the noise is from worn timing components, you are going to have metal bits circulated throughout the engine.  You'll never get it all out.   That being the case, I wouldn't put ~$4500 into just these repairs.    You could put that into it and then have a major transmission or AWD problem, ABS, electrical, etc.. etc.IMO, the Equionx gets a bad name because they don't necessarily get the proper maintenance done on them and people just tend to drive the snot out of them as-is until they're REALLY shot.</blockquote>