Water Intake Gasket

[RangerXLT]

well, i was leaking coolant horribly so i took my car to albert's auto down the street from my house and he said i have a blown water intake gasket and said it would be around $500-$600 to fix that. Maybe it's just me but that seems a little high..anyone know of anywhere cheaper to get this done?

[TbTalon94]

water intake gasket huh?

[DustinsDuster]

i am assuming he meant "water/coolant is leaking into/out of the engine because of a bad intake manifold gasket". and if the intake gaskets are bad, yeah, $500-$600 isnt that out of the question depending on the motor.

[TbTalon94]

i don't see coolant actually running through the intake manifold. I can see it running through the throttle body...but not the intake mani.

How trustworthy is this guy?

Next he might tell you your muffler belt is bad.

[Ashley]

josh just take it to sweet in ely. dont mess with that place down the street, they're a ripoff.

[Malibu]

On engines with the pistons aligned in the V configuration, there is often a coolant passage on the intake.

Aaron

[SLVR7]

I'm assuming you have a 3.4 liter, 500-600 is the going rate for intake gaskets in that engine.