Hi,
My car's had a burning smell for the last little while. It smelled like burned rubber so I thought maybe it was my tires but it smells even when the car hasnt moved. Today I had it taken to a mechanic my dad knows and the guy said the Head Gasket set is leaking and needs to be replaced. He said the cost for the parts will be around $300 and then he said it'll be 7 hrs labour at $50/hr so around 350 for labour. He said he has to pretty much take the engine apart and then put it back together with the new parts. Is this all reasonable? The labour also includes simple things like Oil Filter, Oil Change, Antifreeze, some plugs etc.
as Robin knows, I know nothing about this stuff. I know the guy wouldnt rip us off as he's saying he can get to work on it in January. Plenty of time for us to research prices. Anyone know if the price of the parts are accurate?
The car is a 2.0L NT Automatic. SLOW as hell and im hoping when this is fixed it'll be able to at least go as fast as the 91 corolla i drove today!!