# Labor book time

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [January 7, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512 "2009-01-07T00:46:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![sdfootin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@sdfootin](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sdfootin)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/1 "2009-01-07T00:46:12Z")

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What is the labor book time for Remove and replace a gas tank in a 2000 Nissan Quest? We have bad gas in the tank.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/2 "2009-01-07T00:47:17Z")

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How do you know you have bad gas in the tank?

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**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/3 "2009-01-07T00:53:28Z")

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No idea on labor time but more than likely in the 3-4 hour range.  
Since a diagnosis of bad gas always makes me cringe a bit, what are the details behind this diagnosis?

Any shop or mechanic who has the gall to tell you “bad gas” should have a 1 quart sample in a glass jar for your inspection. Bad gas should not be a wild guess and doesn’t this vehicle have a drain plug in the tank? If so, voila. The crud always comes out first.

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**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/4 "2009-01-07T01:05:55Z")

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If it’s just a liquid contaminate like water, a mechanic should be able to just suck it out with an electric siphon pump. On some vehicles they might need to remove some lines and/or lower the tank a little to get around some anti-siphoning devices, but either way a book rate for replacing the tank probably isn’t all that relevant.

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**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 6:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/5 "2009-01-07T06:02:33Z")

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Any shop will tell you both that and how much they charge per hour.

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**Author:** ![willey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@willey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/willey)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/labor-book-time/24512/6 "2009-01-07T13:16:15Z")

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Per ALLDATA…

1.8 hours/which doesn’t include drain and refill tank.