Archived oil in vacuum lines - need advise

[T-Bone]

Well, I took the truck in because the vents were stuck in defrost mode and just got a call from the dealer - $2444. 09 to fix it. The word is I have oil in the vacuum lines and need to replace the cruise servo, AC control head, recirc actuator door, defrost actuator door, vacuum harness, and the check valve on the vacuum pump and put in a seal kit. 16. 5 hours of labor.



I know there is a recall (Recall #720) for 1995 and 1996 model years, but nothing for my 1997. It bugs me that a simple seal can end up costing this much.



Any advise/help would be greatly appreciated. I am not set up to do this kind of work at home (no shop and it was zero this morning). Do just pony up the dollars?



Thanks,

T-Bone

 

[Todd T]

does your truck have the isolator valve at the vacuum pump? if not that's your problem. if so, then its bad or was added after the damage was done.



next Question, Dealers are going to charge you double what an independant shop would for the repairs. your best bet would be buy a HVAC unit and control unit from the bone yard and swap it out paying someone to do the work or doing it yourself. or arrange for the dealer to swap in the used parts for you.

 

[T-Bone]

Hi Todd,



Thanks for the help. I think my truck has the check valve. There was a recall for 1995 and 1996 trucks to address the check valve and extend the warranty on the parts that would fail due to oil contamination. My truck is not included.



I'm thinking I need to do some more diagnosis on my truck in order to verify that I only replace the parts that actually need replacing. I've received some great help in this thread. I was not sure where to post, so I posted twice. Probably not a good practice on my part. Sorry.



Thanks,

T-Bone