Wednesday, November 24, 2010

How badly did I get ripped off?

I left my car in my garage for 5 years without using it. I took it to the mechanic today to get it running again. He charged me $700 for cleaning out the gas tank, replacing the feul pump (with a generic pump, not the name brand pump), cleaning out the fuel lines, and replacing the battery. Also, I will be going tomorrow to another mechanic and spending $300 to replace all the fluids in the car (a 30k which includes coolant, transmission fluid, brake fluid, power steering fluid, oil and the filters). Should I get the fluids changed for this price? The car (Nissan Quest mini van) was in perfect condition when I parked it.How badly did I get ripped off?
there wasn't any reason to replace the fuel pump. If you had put a gasoline additive in to keep the gas at a stable set, everything would've been fine.

Sounds like the guy did good work, but I would question the fuel pump, unless it was very gummed up, some Seafoam or TEchron would've fixed that though.



Next time, sell the car, it's not worth storing it for 5 years, a lot of things can go wrong due to it not being driven... engine oil seals, transmission seals, rust where there shouldn't be..How badly did I get ripped off?
Well, you ripped yourself off by leaving the car for that period.



Those charges seem about right for the amount of work involved.



At least once it's all done it will be better than new!



What mileage was on the car?How badly did I get ripped off?
Shouldn't have paid anything, just fill it up with fresh gas. Theres even an additive you can put in the tank to store it for that long. So I'd say pretty bad. At least it wasn't in the thousands.
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