2000 Avalon timing belt job cost?

[posguy]

Was quoted $500.00 for timing belt job. Is this excessive for a non-dealer job?

Thanks,

Posguy

[kegunder]

Not bad. You might save another $100 by shopping around.

[aznstylez]

$500 for a timing belt change!!? Well someone is charging you an arm and a leg. Usually it's around $200 bucks.

[TMack409]

With coupon, the dealer is around $235 to $240 now. But then you should look at doing the water pump while you are at it. Which will indeed get you up to $500 or more esp with accy belts included.

[Zee]

Originally Posted by JJJJJJ

Standard price is $200 and takes 20 mins for an experienced 2 person crew to do, but they will bill you for 3 hours.

I am thinking about doing my '96 timing belt myself. But what takes two people?

[ChowChilla]

$500...... Well is that price quote for just a timing belt? or with a waterpump, tensioner, ilder???

[TMack409]

Originally Posted by ChowChilla

$500...... Well is that price quote for just a timing belt? or with a waterpump, tensioner, ilder???

$500 was the dealer price for waterpump, timing belt and hopefully the tensioner and idler - the dealer should know [hopefully] when these parts are necessary? They never hesitate to charge me for anything else

[ChowChilla]

If this was my car and the timing belt was due by mileage, I would do the waterpump, idlers, tensioners, and or any other seal behind the cam/crank gear. I did a timing belt once and didn't change anything, because I thought... If it ain't broke don't fix it.... well 6 months and 10K later my waterpump started to leak, lesson learned!!!!!! Had to do it all over again.

[wonger]

Originally Posted by ChowChilla

If this was my car and the timing belt was due by mileage, I would do the waterpump, idlers, tensioners, and or any other seal behind the cam/crank gear. I did a timing belt once and didn't change anything, because I thought... If it ain't broke don't fix it.... well 6 months and 10K later my waterpump started to leak, lesson learned!!!!!! Had to do it all over again.

but its soooo easy lol if you done them before

dealerships being more completive now and we do them for around 200$..

wtf 20mins and a two man crew.. i never share my hours on tbelt jobs

[posguy]

Thanks for all your input! I did shop around and found a recommended shop that would do same job for $300.00.

Makes you wonder what else the first guy would have come up with once the engine was apart!

Posguy