Greetings all. I have a friend who I recently told that she needed work on a noisy PS pump. She didn't want my old bones doing the work, so she took it to some chain repair shop, as in a chain of locations.
Shop said she has tranny leak, oil leak, rear sway bar links (I did fronts about 8 months ago.), tires, and an alternator. It's conceivable that it is the alternator that is making noise, rather than the PSP. I'm still pretty sure it's the PSP. Repair estimate, including new tires, which I don't think she needs, a whopping $3,500! That's probably 1/2 the value of the whole car (2013 200 with 2.4L PZEV.). These guys seem like they're charging dealer prices plus.
I told her to get the car back, and that my old bones will get through most of the repairs. I'll look into the access difficulties that I can almost certainly expect if it indeed does need an alternator.
BTW, my friend says that she only sees rust colored, non oily, drips under where her car parks. I'm thinking that's likely from startup and condensation in the exhaust. That is, if they are non-oily rust spots. But $3,500!?
I have the pdf version of the manual, all ~2500 pages of it. I'll consult that right now. Many thanks, all. Cheers.
Shop said she has tranny leak, oil leak, rear sway bar links (I did fronts about 8 months ago.), tires, and an alternator. It's conceivable that it is the alternator that is making noise, rather than the PSP. I'm still pretty sure it's the PSP. Repair estimate, including new tires, which I don't think she needs, a whopping $3,500! That's probably 1/2 the value of the whole car (2013 200 with 2.4L PZEV.). These guys seem like they're charging dealer prices plus.
I told her to get the car back, and that my old bones will get through most of the repairs. I'll look into the access difficulties that I can almost certainly expect if it indeed does need an alternator.
BTW, my friend says that she only sees rust colored, non oily, drips under where her car parks. I'm thinking that's likely from startup and condensation in the exhaust. That is, if they are non-oily rust spots. But $3,500!?
I have the pdf version of the manual, all ~2500 pages of it. I'll consult that right now. Many thanks, all. Cheers.
