Silmarillion
Observer
2006 LR3, 115k miles. I gave up on trying to replace the O2 Sensor by myself - it's the drivers' side upstream. My shop said it will only come out half way. If it snaps, they have to drill it out and rethread it. They said this would cost $1.7k (including the new sensor I think). They tried soaking it with oil over night to get it to budge - no luck.
Is this price in line? Of course, it's frustrating going in for a $350 repair and having them say $1.5k is the only way to fix the issue! (they found $2.5k of other stuff to fix of course too...)
Should I consider getting a new catalytic converter at that point rather than trying to rethread something that has 115k miles on it? Based on problems when they replaced the transmission filter/fluid, they said the exhaust manifold is not looking good and would likely need to be replaced. I'm waiting to hear how much the cost on this would be.
Is this price in line? Of course, it's frustrating going in for a $350 repair and having them say $1.5k is the only way to fix the issue! (they found $2.5k of other stuff to fix of course too...)
Should I consider getting a new catalytic converter at that point rather than trying to rethread something that has 115k miles on it? Based on problems when they replaced the transmission filter/fluid, they said the exhaust manifold is not looking good and would likely need to be replaced. I'm waiting to hear how much the cost on this would be.