Am i getting ripped off here?

[chenko]

My Golf has been dropping oil like crazy of late and its rego time so needed to get it fixed

Its losing a couple litres every month

Have replaced the sump plug before with a oversize plug as that was a previous problem but leak is back from there and they want $180 to get a new one and machine it or some crap and make sure thread is right

Other leak is coming from rocker cover gasket and they say that needs to be replaced to ........been quoted $350 on that, apparently need to take off the manifold and some more jibberish i dont understand

Clearly i know little about fixing cars but the members here do.....so does it sound like i am being taken for a ride?

[Mrk_Mickey]

Did they say you only need to replace the rocker cover gasket? I'd GUESS for a competent mechanic that'd have to be about a 2-2.5hr job at most..That price may be a little high (depending on where you're taking it though...)

Aaaaand I'm not sure about the plug mate

[chenko]

Did they say you only need to replace the rocker cover gasket? I'd GUESS for a competent mechanic that'd have to be about a 2-2.5hr job at most..That price may be a little high (depending on where you're taking it though...)

Aaaaand I'm not sure about the plug mate

Dont laugh but i take it to my local Midas ......they seem ok and have been taking it there for a while mostly out of convenience for general servicing but when something like this comes up i dont know what to think

Yeah said replace rocker cover gasket and just clean/degrease everything which i think was another $70

Ok so maybe a little high but not a total rip ......cheers

Have had bad experiences with VW service centre but even with this place it was the forums that diagnosed my MAF problem about a year ago when they were clueless

[DUB 20V]

where abouts do you live people may be able to point you in the right place.

[chenko]

where abouts do you live people may be able to point you in the right place.

At moment living in Kellyville and working Parramatta

Might be moving in couple months to Eastern Suburbs area of Sydney

Any recommendations appreciated!

[DUB 20V]

there are a few

tcca motorsport in artarmon
seb (bug_racer here) in girraween
euro autotek in monavale

thats who most use.

[Manaz]

At moment living in Kellyville and working Parramatta

Talk to Seb/bug_racer - he's at Girraween, maybe 15 minutes down the Great Western Highway from Parramatta. Well worth the effort to see him IMHO.