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Anyone know how many hours it takes to change the head gasket on a 94 saturn sl1?? Mechanic at the garage says 68 hours !??? Any sense to this?
how many hours for a head gasket??? (2025 Update)
Apr 26, 2004
Last reply: 11 months ago
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2 days, 20 hours? Where did he pull this number up? Is this an "actual" timeed labor estimate? You seriously need to get another mechanic. Fire this one as soon as possible, don't even discuss it with him, just go get another one. I assume this was a private garage and not…
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2 days, 20 hours? Where did he pull this number up? Is this an "actual" timeed labor estimate? You seriously need to get another mechanic. Fire this one as soon as possible, don't even discuss it with him, just go get another one.
I assume this was a private garage and not Saturn? If it was a Saturn retailer garage, then I wold address this with the Service Manager and get a viable explanation.
I recently has the head gasket replaced on my 94 SL2 by Saturn, the labor only took a few hours, half a day at most if they are busy.
We have had much more major work done on our 93 SL1 and they have never kept our car for longer than 2 days and that was to replace the transmission!
marx404
68 hours is ridiculous! That's like almost ten days (assuming 7 hour work days)! Are you sure that it isn't 6.8 ?
6.8 six point eight.
Anyone know how many hours it takes to change the head gasket on a 94 saturn sl1?? Mechanic at the garage says 68 hours !??? Any sense to this?
Maybe that was 6-8 hrs. MR
These are the book values for a 97 SL2. I suspect your numbers for an SL1 would be similar.
Bottom line: They get you for 12.7 hours book for this work.
Labor Skill Level Warr Std.
Cylinder Head Gasket Replace B
7.8 10.8Includes: Remove Carbon &
Make Necessary Adjustments.
Note
With AC Add B
0.8 1.1To Replace Valve Cover
Gasket If Necessary, Add B
0.5 0.8Did mine myself in about 4.5 hours. But i do this daily so others time may vary.
Tim
More important question: How many hours of service can I expect to get from my Saturn car- before the head gasket needs replacing? circle one:
(A)10 (B) 50 (C)100 (D)500
answer: all of the above.
answer: pull the stick out of your ass already.
Are you SURE he didn't say 6 OR 8 hours?
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