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Originally Posted by Plattus1000
They suggested A repair to the gasket (less than 9 months old) for a, I hesitate to call it a leak. Oil seepage? Barely visable. They only wanted $2,400 to do it. I guess it takes 15 hours and hundreds of dollars for the gasket...
One other thing I'd like to mention: As they did the inspection on our X with 181k on the clock, they noted the tiniest things that weren't important. The CV boots had cracks, oil dampness on the edge of the guide cover you can hardly see... Etc, etc.
You would think that they might have asked if the timing chain guides had been replaced seeing as how at this milage/age you're driving a rolling time bomb if you haven't. They did not.
I'll assume that they hope the guides will fail and boom, new car sale or money for a new car for them to repair it when it lets go
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Never, never trust the salesperson unless you fully understand their motivation.
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cracked CV boots aren't anything to ignore. They'll let all the grease out and the CV will fail as will the wheel bearing if it goes long enough. Very expensive repair.