# Quote for PT which needs new timing belt and H2O pump **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [August 16, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640 "2014-08-16T00:18:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PJ23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@PJ23](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PJ23)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/1 "2014-08-16T00:18:57Z")
I drive a 2006 PT Cruiser with 110,000 miles (not a turbo, 2.4 L, 4 cylinder) which needs a new timing belt and water pump. My uncle, who is a car expert, said that it’s a $600 job, but the best quote I can get is $900. Is this a reasonable price for these repairs? ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/2 "2014-08-16T00:32:47Z")
I recommend you write your uncle a check for $600 and have him replace the timing belt, tensioner, idler pulley, water pump, coolant, accessory belts, and have him warranty the job for 3 years or 36,000 miles. That’s a deal you find anywhere else. Otherwise the $900 is in the ballpark. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/3 "2014-08-16T00:42:31Z")
Just a few years ago it was a $600 job. Prices these past few years have risen quickly. $900 is probably more common now. ---
**Author:** ![Yosemite](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/yosemite/32/643_2.png) [@Yosemite](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Yosemite)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/4 "2014-08-16T03:35:35Z")
I did my mothers PT CRuiser a couple of years ago and I think the kit with all the belts, idlers, tentioners, and water pump was over $350 alone. I’d say that the $900 is a fair price. Yosemite ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 3:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/5 "2014-08-16T03:46:55Z")
With tongue in cheek, I’ll ask. What qualifies your uncle to be an expert? ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/6 "2014-08-16T06:09:08Z")
The PT is a non- interference engine. With them I don’t replace them unless they break or the water pump leaks. I know I will be regaled with all the scenarios of being in a bad part of town, on a railroad tracks or in front of a speeding semi etc. but the likelihood is remote and the cost is high. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/quote-for-pt-which-needs-new-timing-belt-and-h2o-pump/86640/7 "2014-08-16T06:58:44Z")
I believe that engine is a free-wheeler as far as valves to pistons are concerned but can suffer damage from valve to valve contact.