Thursday, February 23, 2012

How much would a 2002 VW with 4 bad valves cost?

I have a 1.8T 2002 Volkswagen with 125k miles and just changed its Timing belt but found out the 4 valves are bent. I am thinking on selling this car the way it is. How much do you think I can get from this? Please just serious answers :)!How much would a 2002 VW with 4 bad valves cost?Probably not worth more than $1500. However if you did the timing belt already, then you can probably get the head off pretty quick since you know your way around the car already. The valves themselves shouldn't be more than $10 each (although I could be wrong, this car has $100 ignition wires which was a real shocker to me, so who knows what they charge for valves). So if you just swap them out or even getting a head from a junkyard, you could greatly increase the value of the car to 3 or 4, maybe even $5,000.How much would a 2002 VW with 4 bad valves cost?This is how you figure it out. How much is the car worth if it was running? A valve job on a VW turbo isn't going to be a cheap repair and while you've got the engine apart you might as well do the entire top end so it's more than just replacing 4 bent valves. Estimate the cost of repairs.



Subtract the repair costs from the value of the car if it were running and that is your sellng price.

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