Is anyone able to offer me an approximate cost to pay a mechanic to change the valves and guides/sleeves on a 1995 Cherokee XJ diesel please?

 

I cant say about the pricing around your area, but for a gas car around me its about 6-7 hrs( 7 x $135 = $945, just for labor). Remember diesel mechs are a lil bit more expensive.

 

Be nice to know where in the world you are and how accessible diesel mechanics are near you. I'm thinking around $1200 USD.

 

Im in NY, and that’s for a gas engine. So you’r very close to the price at 1200. Done know about diesel mechs but they are around here, I just don’t deal with them since I’ve never owned a diesel vehicle

 

What city are you near?

 

In the city, lower east side. I used to work in a shop in Mt. Vernon ( good owner, who did right by clients) unfortunately he was to old to keep the business going and closed shop.

 

Okay, this is a bit of a **** for you, but Eric O. at Main Street Auto Repair LLC in Avoca, NY, northwest of Corning (See him on YouTube) does excellent work at a fair price. He worked for his Dad on the big rigs, then opened his own shop working on regular cars. He says you can drop by and get an estimate, but don't call the shop because too many people do and they only want to chat. It takes up way too much time. From his reputation and watching his videos, I can tell he's a straight shooter and won't do a sloppy job. Watch some of his videos and see if you'd like to talk to him. He's got a WJ that he put a long arm lift on and the thing is mint!

 

As Dave stated will help to know where you are located at.

 

Apologies guys, this was my first ever post here — the Jeep is in France, but at least I’ve got a ballpark now for the amount of labour involved. Thanks to all for the speedy replies! 🙏

 

@dave1123 Thx for the tip - Will deffo check out his YouTube vids 🙏

 

I was wondering because not too many early diesel jeeps made it back here. I believe they were only available in Europe. I know one guy who bought one in Germany while he was stationed there and brought it back home with him. He said it was tough to get parts for it.

 

I was not aware the XJ ever came with diesel engines.

 

A 2.1 diesel was a factory option here from 84-86 I believe. They didn't have much power but you could get close to 30 mpg out of them.

 

Well, it probably made a lot more torque than a 2.4L 4-banger petrol one.

 

There was a 2.5l 4 cylinder diesel option in the UK and Europe. It was a pretty common engine over here but I prefer the 4.0 because it's cheaper to run once you convert to LPG and the 4.0 is THE Jeep engine.
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