NorthernDancer

May be buying a 964 a far distance from me. Garage which normally works on car recommended a valve adjustment prior to a leak down test and before I take car on long road trip [> 1250 miles] Car has 131,000 miles and evidently runs well. Car has been maintained at a good small independant Porsche garage. I am assuming a leak down test is about $200 so roughly 2 hours of labor so what I want to know is how many hours is a valve adjustment by an experienced Porsche garage?

Makmov

It is 5.5 hrs and it has to be stone cold so need the car two days.

so 5.5 + gasket set + a oil change.

Rocket Rob

My local dealer estimated 7.7 hours for a full tune up including valve adjustment.

dfinnegan

Quoted $1100 from DeMan, NY (back in '05)
Paid $867 at a reputable place in Ma
Now spend $76.25 on the Valve Gasket Kit from Pelican (wow! used to be $51.13)

NorthernDancer

Thanks guys; so generally we're looking at $800 - $900 obviously depending upon the shops labor rate.

campoj2

Now I know guys suffer through this pain...$900 buys a lot of motor oil

Dave R.

Do you know when the car last had a valve adjustment?