Burnt exist valve cost to repair/replace

Hi,

If you look at the attached picture, it shows labor rates for this type of repair. Keep in mind, the list indicates one or both heads and it would include all valves, so it would be a bit less time if only one is done.

This doesn't include gaskets and shop supplies. I can't imagine it would be more than $100.00 for those

Simply take the number of hours and multiply it by the average labor rate in your area. That will give you the approximate labor cost.

I hope this helps. Let me know if you have questions

Joe

so it is just the number 7 valve the rest are all good. how meany hours do you think it would take to repair?

Hi,

The majority of time is removing and replacing the head. Once it is off, they will need to remove the valve and regrind both the head and valve. Since there is only one, I would think you could knock an hour off. I would suspect 6 hours.

I hope this helps.

Take care and let me know if you need anything.

Joe

I wouldn't stop with just the one side. I would go through both heads with the mileage stated. I would also check that there isn't a cam or lifter issue as something held the valve off the seat so it burnt. Being this is a 318 and very common if it were my personal vehicle I would probably hit a you pull it parts place, remove a set of heads from a 85-90 318 in a wrecked vehicle and clean those up, then do a valve job on them and swap the heads and replace the gaskets and such to cut some down time. The other thing is that machine work isn't cheap, at least in most places. So if you got it done yourself and then had a shop do the swap, it might save you money overall.