150k mile serivce

Just popped into my local toyota dealer to get an estimate on the 150k mile service on my tacoma.

Im currently at 146k, thinking im just gunna do the service myself. prices are pretty insane at the dealer!

spark plugs - $247
transmission service - $295
diff service - $262
t-case service - $130.95
fuel system service - $170
brake fluid service - $137
LOF service - $60
tyre rotate $30

all seems pretty high to me. with regards to diff tcase transmission service, are they just gunna change the oil or strip em down and inspect em? guess the fuel system service is just a bottle of cleaner dumped in the tank for $170

 

Those rates are about what I would expect to pay in my area (near San Francisco). Where are you located? Diff and transfer case will likely be drain and fills. Tranny for that price likely a flush which might not be good given your miles. If you have tools, time, and space you can do half of the items on the list yourself even if you have limited mechanical knowledge. I think it cost me about $120 for fluids and washers to do drain and fills on the diffs, transmission, and power steering (ps was siphon and fill). Tools for these would run less than $100. That took about three hours or so plus the time to get supplies, and I was going at snail pace.

 

im pretty mechanicaly sound. have worked on alot of old trucks, had to fix my 1977 f250 pretty much every weekend something else would break on it and i built an old Series 2 landrover. just not worked on too many modern cars. but changing fluids is pretty simple. spark plugs i can def do. $1222 dealership service. i could get a sweet bumper for that

 

oh and im in Colorado on the western slope

 

LOF service?

 

lube oil and filter service

so ur general engine oil/filter air filter etc

 

Thanks for showing me all the $$$ I save - even more then I thought. I do everything myself but this make me even happier that I do.

 

Wooh buddy! You could buy a tool chest and fill it with the amount of money you will save doing it yourself.

 

Damn those prices... I should become certified and open my own garage.

 

The fuel system service consist of a pour in treatment and a can of carb cleaner as they spray your throttle body. Everything over priced with the exception of transmission service depending it it is a complete flush.

 

For that much money, they better use lube