Camshaft cover reseal labor?

[Trey T]

Which side is it? If it is to be done with the engine in the car, one side is easier than the other.

I've looked into it awhile back for DIY and it requires a cam hold down tool but to get to it seems painful, especially w/o a car lift.

$140/hr dealer labor around here, I would say it would take any Porsche mechanic up to 2hrs each side.

[supersparker]

Originally Posted by Trey T

Which side is it? If it is to be done with the engine in the car, one side is easier than the other.

I've looked into it awhile back for DIY and it requires a cam hold down tool but to get to it seems painful, especially w/o a car lift.

$140/hr dealer labor around here, I would say it would take any Porsche mechanic up to 2hrs each side.

Thanks for your input...Dropped the car off at the "stealership" this morning. Quoted $550 for right side........

[Trey T]

Sounds high unless there are expensive parts added to it that I don't know about.
$140/hr, that's senior level mechanics (20yrs+ of experience) porsche guys. They can probably knock it out in two-three hrs for both side.

For $550, sounds like they are putting a junior mechanic in there and eats up a lot of time. (Please don't get into flag hrs or billable hrs discussion....)

I believe a competitive price is $350/side. If you don't have a wide selection of reputable Porsche shop in Austin, you'll have to pay a non-competitive (aka high price, $550) pricing.

Keep in mind that the Porsche repair market is very small. You can bring it to a Honda guy that charges you $90/hr but that's gonna take him a maybe twice as long to do the work.

Originally Posted by supersparker

Thanks for your input...Dropped the car off at the "stealership" this morning. Quoted $550 for right side........