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Old 03-13-2012, 01:59 PM
Ol'Rattler Ol'Rattler is offline
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Originally Posted by chris808 View Post
108,000 miles and one of my lifters is bad too. Dealer quoted me $1000.00+ for labor plus 1500.00 for parts. Planning on just doing it myself with parts from metalman and help from the local military hobby shop. So lucky the forum has a great DIY. Before the valve cover got poped the dealer suggested replacing my turbo charger. They said they had never heard of camshaft problems. When I showed the forum thread they popped the valve cover for free to confirm my suspicions.
Stay away from that dealer, they don't have a clue.

To some dealers, changing the turbo is part of their throw parts at it until it is fixed troubleshooting process.
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