Carbon Cleaning Pricing?

[imthecleanup]

Hey guys,
Injectors are going bad on my car so I decided to get them replaced, since they were already going to have the intake manifold off I requested a carbon cleaning of the intake. The shop quoted $100 a cylinder in addition to the labor for injectors. I thought that it only takes a couple minutes per cylinder with a walnut blaster? Should I find a different shop?

[adamazing]

I had mine done in 2021. They charged me 6 hours of labor at $115/per + a few bucks for replacement gaskets.

[quantum5]

Offhand that doesn't sound bad, but knowing the whole estimate price (injectors and carbon clean) would help.

[imthecleanup]

This is the entire quote (local independent euro) in USD:

Fuel Injection & Carbon Cleaning
Labor	Hours	Price	Total
Remove & Replace Fuel Injectors	2.90	$175.00	$507.50
Walnut Blast Cylinder Head	1.00	$400.00	$400.00
Parts	Part No.	Price	Total
Intake Manifold Gasket	AAA06F 129 717D	$36.99	$36.99
Upper & Lower Control Arms
Labor	Hours	Price	Total
Remove & Replace Front Control Arms	6.00	$175.00	$1,050.00
Alignment & Adjustment	1.00	$129.00	$129.00
		Labor	$2,086.50
		Parts	$36.99
		Hazmat	$0.00
		Supplies	$116.79
		Taxes	$13.07
		Estimate Total	$2,253.35

[quantum5]

This is the entire quote (local independent euro) in USD:

Fuel Injection & Carbon Cleaning
Labor	Hours	Price	Total
Remove & Replace Fuel Injectors	2.90	$175.00	$507.50
Walnut Blast Cylinder Head	1.00	$400.00	$400.00
Parts	Part No.	Price	Total
Intake Manifold Gasket	AAA06F 129 717D	$36.99	$36.99
Upper & Lower Control Arms
Labor	Hours	Price	Total
Remove & Replace Front Control Arms	6.00	$175.00	$1,050.00
Alignment & Adjustment	1.00	$129.00	$129.00
		Labor	$2,086.50
		Parts	$36.99
		Hazmat	$0.00
		Supplies	$116.79
		Taxes	$13.07
		Estimate Total	$2,253.35

I’m a little confused. Are you supplying the injectors? (and control arms?)

[imthecleanup]

Yeah, went with Meyle HD control arms and Bosch injectors. I always buy parts from fcpeuro, the injectors will get warrantied out as I already replaced them at 60-70k. I had the mechanic do an inspection during my last oil change and under the borescope the injectors appeared to be clogged.

I usually work on my car myself but am at college and don’t have a garage or tools to get work done.

I just think the carbon cleaning price is ridiculous as it seems they don’t charge labor?

[quantum5]

Ok got it. So the injector removal labor plus the blasting labor is pretty close to a typical carbon cleaning service because they need to remove and reseal the injectors anyway. The total you've shown for that is $907.50. (The added IM gasket is a toss up). So $900 is toward the high end for an indy. I think my shop charges about $600 for this. Here’s a couple other (higher) price references:

https://mattsapluscarcare.com/price-list

https://www.034motorsport.com/servic...d-engines.html