# Repair or Sell

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** plymouth, voyager\
**Created:** [July 14, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407 "2009-07-14T22:18:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Anne\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Anne\_C](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anne_C)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407/1 "2009-07-14T22:18:52Z")

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My friend has a 1994 Plymouth Voyager van with 86,000 miles. One fuel injector is bad. His mechanic says that if one goes bad the other 5 will probably go too. To replace one would be around $600, for all 6, $1500–$1600. Nothing else is wrong mechanically now, but he’s wondering whether it’s time to replace it. He’s more concerned about the age than the milage. He’d like to buy either a hybrid or an electric car, but is not quite ready yet. He definitely does not want another straight gas-powered vehicle. He’s retired on a fixed income and can’t make up his mind. He drives less than 10,000 miles a year. Can anyone give him some advice? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407/2 "2009-07-14T22:27:14Z")

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Since he is considering trading the car in a year or so, I’d just fix the single injector. Others could go, but with the low mileage and use it could be a year of two before another one goes bad.

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**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:** [July 14, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407/3 "2009-07-14T22:48:04Z")

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Just replace the bad one. There’s no real way of predicting if the others will go bad.

He should price shop at an independent garage too. That cost sounds like a dealer cost to me.

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**Author:** ![Anne\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f08c70/32.png) [@Anne\_C](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Anne_C)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/repair-or-sell/33407/4 "2009-07-16T01:39:44Z")

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Thank you both for your advice. My friend Bill says it has helped him to make up his mind, and he’s going to follow your suggestions. We appreciate the help.