My car goes to the hospital tomorrow

[PatrickSimmons]

Wish my LS well because she is going to the hospital for surgery (getting the coils replaced). I hope for a speedy recovery.

Edit: Not just coils but VCG, plugs and a few more things.

 

[LS8]

You can't do them yourself?

Took me less than 20 mins to replace all 8.

 

[steagle]

including cleaning the coil wells, applying the dielectric and swapping the VCG's? damn youre fast

 

[PatrickSimmons]

I am no doctor. I suck at mechanical stuck but could build and install car audio systems all day....go figure.

 

[PatrickSimmons]

It took me longer than 20 minutes to find all my tools, lol

 

[LS8]

including cleaning the coil wells, applying the dielectric and swapping the VCG's? damn youre fast

Ok I lied, more like 25 minutes.

And no that wasn't including the VCG's, don't even get me started, that took most of my Saturday lol.

 

[steagle]

i wonder what a fair mechanic charges for the entire job - think more than 3 hours labor?

 

[PatrickSimmons]

The "hospital" is charging me $200 and I have the coils already and they are changing brakes plus doing all my 100k mile maintenance. They are replacing the gaskets and all.

 

[steagle]

that's actually pretty good im paying $150 for my new rotors & pads installed tomorrow. i'm not very mechanically inclined either so don't feel bad. the LS can be a frustrating car to work on.

 

[LS8]

Wow $200 is a good deal, hope the shop knows what they're getting into lol.

 

[PatrickSimmons]

They deal with a lot of LS'. I felt real comfortable after I called the owner (a good friend of mine) and told him the code I got from Autozone and he said "O that's nothing . All we have to do is replace the coils, put new VCG, check for leaks and a few other things he rattled off." I can't wait. i have been burning through a take of gas in a week and I only commute about 8 miles both ways per day plus a trip to Chicago (about 40 minutes away) every Sunday.

 

[PatrickSimmons]

Well. My car had a successful recovery and it is driving better than when I first bought it.

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program.

 

[LS8]

Good to hear, after doing the same to my car it felt brand new, enjoy it (til the next coil pack fails lol).

 

[PatrickSimmons]

Got all 8 replaced so hopefully it will be a while