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<blockquote data-quote="David2012" data-source="post: 2007778" data-attributes="member: 24428"><p>This was the same dealership family that told me I needed a new compressor on my '05 Grand Marquis... that it would cost between $900-$1,200 for the repair. I drove it for 3 yrs without air because I couldn't afford the repair. Then a guy at a little auto supply store in town wanted to look at it and made the repair + charged the system with coolant for approx. $85. Turned out it was a 'O' ring and a $2 valve leaking. That was many months ago and it is still blowing 39 degree air on a 100+ day. </p><p></p><p>It should be a heads up to get a second opinion on a repair when the head of the service department you are talking to is driving a 2013 F-150 Platinum Edition truck w/ auto retracting step rails and all the bells & whistles that cost well over $50,000 at his discount.... you know he is making his bonus money off of the repair work he schedules.</p><p></p><p>The pump through NAPA is going to cost around $350... Dealership wanted $490 originally.. but when I told them I had found another place to do the work for $498 out the door.. suddenly they decided they could get another pump that would only cost $380 with a life time warranty. But said I'd need a $180 fuel tank flush.. drain a full tank of gas and flush the system of any crude.. but they were gonna put the same gas back in the tank afterwards, so I didn't see where that was a real preventative measure. Both places were planning on dropping the fuel tank and then installing the pump.. versus just raising the bed to get to it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="David2012, post: 2007778, member: 24428"] This was the same dealership family that told me I needed a new compressor on my '05 Grand Marquis... that it would cost between $900-$1,200 for the repair. I drove it for 3 yrs without air because I couldn't afford the repair. Then a guy at a little auto supply store in town wanted to look at it and made the repair + charged the system with coolant for approx. $85. Turned out it was a 'O' ring and a $2 valve leaking. That was many months ago and it is still blowing 39 degree air on a 100+ day. It should be a heads up to get a second opinion on a repair when the head of the service department you are talking to is driving a 2013 F-150 Platinum Edition truck w/ auto retracting step rails and all the bells & whistles that cost well over $50,000 at his discount.... you know he is making his bonus money off of the repair work he schedules. The pump through NAPA is going to cost around $350... Dealership wanted $490 originally.. but when I told them I had found another place to do the work for $498 out the door.. suddenly they decided they could get another pump that would only cost $380 with a life time warranty. But said I'd need a $180 fuel tank flush.. drain a full tank of gas and flush the system of any crude.. but they were gonna put the same gas back in the tank afterwards, so I didn't see where that was a real preventative measure. Both places were planning on dropping the fuel tank and then installing the pump.. versus just raising the bed to get to it. [/QUOTE]
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