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Hello,
I recently did an oil change at the dealer near me on my 2004 civic ex manual since I was nearing 90k miles. I asked them to do an inspection for things that need to be serviced. They seemed kind of slimy, though, compared to the dealer I bought the car from a few years back, so I'm feeling a bit cautious about getting ALL of the service they recommended done since their quote was quite high.
They suggested I replace the timing belt (530$), and that sounds reasonable given the age of the car. They also recommended replacing the plugs/wires (135$), doing "brake maint.(lines/hoses/fluids)" for 90$ and "Induction service" for 150$ (I'm assuming that's a tune up, maybe?).
The car got a tune up, and had the plugs gapped/cleaned about two years/10k miles ago.
I really don't want to just **** away all that money, but I don't really have the tools or space to do any service/inspection myself right now. Do any of the above suggestions sound like obvious rip-offs?
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I recently did an oil change at the dealer near me on my 2004 civic ex manual since I was nearing 90k miles. I asked them to do an inspection for things that need to be serviced. They seemed kind of slimy, though, compared to the dealer I bought the car from a few years back, so I'm feeling a bit cautious about getting ALL of the service they recommended done since their quote was quite high.
They suggested I replace the timing belt (530$), and that sounds reasonable given the age of the car. They also recommended replacing the plugs/wires (135$), doing "brake maint.(lines/hoses/fluids)" for 90$ and "Induction service" for 150$ (I'm assuming that's a tune up, maybe?).
The car got a tune up, and had the plugs gapped/cleaned about two years/10k miles ago.
I really don't want to just **** away all that money, but I don't really have the tools or space to do any service/inspection myself right now. Do any of the above suggestions sound like obvious rip-offs?
Thanks!
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Manual for my 02 Civic says timing belt at 110K but my buddy who is a mechanic says 90K just because I am in Arizona (hot dry weather can dry the belt and crack faster). So depending on where you are I would say timing belt at 90K is reasonable and that price is pretty good if they are doing it right and replacing the water pump while in there. I wouldn't be to concerned with doing the other things they recommended and they can easily be done yourself.
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wonder what they mean about spark plug wires... Far as i know we don't have them in 7th gen...
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