hi everyone im new here obviously.
well I joined the forum to learn how to work on my girlfriends grand fathers '04Focus. Well I have been driving his car on and off for about a month and it started to over heat this weekend so I checked the collant levels and it was low. so I had a mechanic check it out this morning and he quoted me about $600 with parts and labor.
here is the list he gave me
thermostat- he said the housing was $125 for just the part
water pump- he said was another $140 just the part
coolant- he said 2 bottles for $20
and I asked him about a tune up.
he said the tune up parts were about $120 for oil, oil filter, spark plugs, fuel filter.
labor $240
by my calculations
125
140
020
120
240
total $645
I know i can do most of is not all of this myself. just need to read up on how to do it. I have worked on other cars before like hondas and integras. so this focus is totally newto me.
So off i go to do some research.
well I joined the forum to learn how to work on my girlfriends grand fathers '04Focus. Well I have been driving his car on and off for about a month and it started to over heat this weekend so I checked the collant levels and it was low. so I had a mechanic check it out this morning and he quoted me about $600 with parts and labor.
here is the list he gave me
thermostat- he said the housing was $125 for just the part
water pump- he said was another $140 just the part
coolant- he said 2 bottles for $20
and I asked him about a tune up.
he said the tune up parts were about $120 for oil, oil filter, spark plugs, fuel filter.
labor $240
by my calculations
125
140
020
120
240
total $645
I know i can do most of is not all of this myself. just need to read up on how to do it. I have worked on other cars before like hondas and integras. so this focus is totally newto me.
So off i go to do some research.