labor time for heater core job needed.

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I just did a heater core on an 08 Saturn Vue with a 2.4. Alldata says it should be a flat five hour job. It actually took me 11 hours and, while I know I could do significantly better next time, I just don’t believe five hours is a viable labor time for the job. Can somebody dig up actual book time on this job?

Thanks in advance.

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I don’t have access to that info right now but I can say that in most cases labour times for items like heater cores that require removal of the whole dash, there isn’t anything included for evac and refill of the A/C Unit. Service writers like to miss items like that, then you’re an ass for not saying anything about it because you told them what the job entailed etc. etc.

[Greg L]

Mitchell says 7.4hrs inc R&R of dash, evac/recharge of a/c and refill of coolant.

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