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update to noisy idle (below)
Posted by MJP (more from MJP) on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:45:36
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Guys,
'02 Arc, 75K miles
Thanks for all the help. It did in fact turn out to be the water pump. Dealer wanted $700 for the whole job (including 1 hour diagnostic, complete coolant flush, $200 pump, and 3.5 hours of labor). I told them this didn't work for me and asked them to get the part from the Caddy dealer down the street for less than half the cost and to eliminate the full flush (which was done 15K miles ago). Long story short, they ended up doing the whole flush anyway and I walked out the door at just under $500 after tax. While I probably could have found an idie to do it for $100 less, I'm satisfied and felt like it worked out for everyone involved.
It still ticks me off that Saab/GM has the cajones to mark THE EXACT SAME PUMP up by more than 2X and then expect the consumer to simply accept the fact that they own a european car and SHOULD pay more.
-mark
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