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Old 01-13-2015, 10:11 PM
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Originally Posted by David.X5 View Post
I don't know the labor times, but the 3.0 uses an air cooled alternator that is similar to most other cars. The 4.4 uses a water cooled alternator that is more expensive and requires draining the cooling system to replace.
Yup. They had to replace a worn out hose on mine to the tune of $120. Expensive sucker...but at least they didn't charge any extra labor.
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