help! with your opinion

[spicerak]

my mecanic looked inside my engine said one of the pistons kinda looked bad, said water was getting in there he said he could put it back but not sure if it would last long. should i just have him clean and fix them and change all the seals. how much should that cost thanks

 

[olehoggvalley]

Re: help! with your opinion

Man that sucks! Well man thats a tuff one. Um i think you should really consider this really hard but i mean if you get this fixed there is still a posibility that water can still get in. So..... i mean thats up to you i know that its hard. And i really don't know what the cost is. Did the Mechanic say where the water was coming from?

Rich-

 

[F_R]

Re: help! with your opinion

my mecanic looked inside my engine said one of the pistons kinda looked bad, said water was getting in there he said he could put it back but not sure if it would last long. should i just have him clean and fix them and change all the seals. how much should that cost thanks

What he is entitled to charge is according to how deep he has gone into the motor. Does he have the pistons out? Then he should get just as much for his time as if he had put new ones in. Actually, if it were me, I'd refuse to put faulty parts back in. Either fix it right or take it home in a box.

 

[spicerak]

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ya he said one piston was i think maybe cracked so he said he would take them all out clean them replace the ones that bad i think and change the seals for a thousand does that sound good

 

[jbjennings]

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What hp and year motor do you have? Did he say where the water was coming from? If this is a big hp motor I would think $1000 wouldn't be that bad at all with all the labor involved. He will stand by his work with new pistons and seals, right? If you mean he said it may not last long even with new pistons and such, I sure wouldn't do it. I'd fix the water problem and get a good used powerhead.
JMO,
JBJ

 

[spicerak]

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ya its a 150 and i think a little water was getting in from the seal does that sound right he said one piston was wearing.ya he will stand by his work he said my compreesion will go up when he is done

 

[Dhadley]

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Sounds like from both of your posts that both ends are bad. Might be time to rethink your options.