I love my truck

[JayJay99]

Now that thats out of the way...my dealer quoted me right under $2500 in labor for a head gasket/stud job with new egr cooler and oil cooler. Said it would take about 26 hrs. Sound about right?

[niftytwofifty]

The amount of hours is dead on, from what I have been told.

The tech at my local ford dealer said 25 hours to do it. He does them on the side.

[screwatts]

That's a good deal , I paid $3500

[94slowbra]

Price wise thats a good deal. Ive seen stud jobs as much as 3.5-4k. Id hop on it

[05 smoker]

doesnt sound bad but i paid less than that. so i would say you are in the average range
mike

[colo_dually]

Labor alone the price sounds about right, as long as they have the reputation of doing the job right. I'll assume that price doesn't include parts.

I would ask them how they check the heads.

[taskforcefreddy]

From what I've read, that's a pretty standard deal.

[Fantom]

I paid $4,700 for studs, oem gaskets, oil cooler and $1,500 of machine work. That was parts and labor. So your labor quote sounds right on.

[Galaxie]

Please please please do not walk out of there until you are 100% sure your heads are going to a machine shop to be checked. No matter what they say, ensure that.

Otherwise 3 months from now you will be saying I hate my truck, 2 sets of gaskets in a year....

Oem gaskets too!

[Fantom]

Originally Posted by Galaxie

Please please please do not walk out of there until you are 100% sure your heads are going to a machine shop to be checked. No matter what they say, ensure that.

Otherwise 3 months from now you will be saying I hate my truck, 2 sets of gaskets in a year....

Oem gaskets too!

This guy's right