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<blockquote data-quote="sdhow" data-source="post: 23888" data-attributes="member: 8099">Google is full of crap. For good components, you'll pay at least $1,000 for parts alone, $1,500 for OE. This is an &quot;engine out&quot; procedure, so I'd make sure things like the water pump, belt and belt tensioner, idler pulley...etc, are changed at the same time. That being said, $2,700 is about right IF they are doing all I mentioned. Make sure they're replacing all components related to the timing chain; the phasers, tensioners and guides, etc.Then, start changing your oil every 4-5k miles with a superior grade of synthetic. Decide what out of the $1,500 is actually necessary right now and what can be done over the next year. If part of the $1,500 is intake valve decarbonization, DO IT. And do this annually from here on.$3k seems like a lot, but it's only about 6 months of car payments. Doing the timing chain now will buy you at least another 125,000 miles of service.NOTE: My information is based on a 3.0 V6, not a 2.4 4 cylinder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sdhow, post: 23888, member: 8099"] Google is full of crap. For good components, you'll pay at least $1,000 for parts alone, $1,500 for OE. This is an "engine out" procedure, so I'd make sure things like the water pump, belt and belt tensioner, idler pulley...etc, are changed at the same time. That being said, $2,700 is about right IF they are doing all I mentioned. Make sure they're replacing all components related to the timing chain; the phasers, tensioners and guides, etc. Then, start changing your oil every 4-5k miles with a superior grade of synthetic. Decide what out of the $1,500 is actually necessary right now and what can be done over the next year. If part of the $1,500 is intake valve decarbonization, DO IT. And do this annually from here on. $3k seems like a lot, but it's only about 6 months of car payments. Doing the timing chain now will buy you at least another 125,000 miles of service. NOTE: My information is based on a 3.0 V6, not a 2.4 4 cylinder. [/QUOTE]

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