Is $1,000.00 too much for a '89 928 valve cover gasket replacement?
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Sorry guys, to clear things up a bit Don Jackson Porsche in Pheonix is not a Porsche dealer apparently but a Porsche only mechanic.
Roger probably said it best that I should not be such a whiner and just drive my a$$ home and hope for the best. Roger and Sean will be seeing me on a regular basis I can assure...
Thanks everyone for the input and making it easier for a new guy to jump into owning one of these exceptional cars.
Alex-
P.S. If they find my dead decayed dried out corpse in the Arizona desert clutching a sales reciept, still sitting in the remains of a once sweet red 928, please speak of me well. Cheers.
Roger probably said it best that I should not be such a whiner and just drive my a$$ home and hope for the best. Roger and Sean will be seeing me on a regular basis I can assure...
Thanks everyone for the input and making it easier for a new guy to jump into owning one of these exceptional cars.
Alex-
P.S. If they find my dead decayed dried out corpse in the Arizona desert clutching a sales reciept, still sitting in the remains of a once sweet red 928, please speak of me well. Cheers.
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I think you might have taken my post out of context I was referring to most of there service departments. Either way were each entitled to our opinion but for service work I recommend a specialist garage. That's my $.02.
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I still wouldn't let him work on it unless I got to ask a bunch of 928 specific questions. But, it sounds like you're going to go ahead anyway.
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That's the spirit! (says the wimp who needs to have everything perfect before driving and then have a automobile help card and two fire extinguishers on hand). Just make sure oil isn't pouring out when the engine runs.
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Synthetic oil just smokes. Difficult to make it burn, AFAIK.
(I smoke a lot of it on my leaky '85.)
(I smoke a lot of it on my leaky '85.)
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Your inquiry certainly evoked a wide range of advice & opinions! Good luck with the mission, however you begin it. You certainly have a nest of knowledgeable 928'rs down there.
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As far as working on 928's, a pro mechanic VS a non mechanic, I am sure that we would have a different outlook on some things.