Valve cover gasket replacement ($3,200)

[vindio]

2011 LR4 HSE, with 195K miles, but in great shape overall. We absolutely love the truck.

We have leaking around the valve cover gaskets. When we turn off the engine, white smoke can be seen (& smelled), as the oil drips on the hot exhaust, based on my research?

Got a quote from a local indy rover shop, to replace both gaskets, and injectors (I guess they typically have to come out, and often bend/break during this job), as well as oil change and filter. $3,200 out the door.

Sound reasonable? Anybody invested in this kind of job for a high-mile engine?

Thanks!

v

 

[Rover Range]

Nothing breaks when doing valve covers.
$3,200 seems excessive.
The job pays 8hrs. Plus seals.

 

[festus]

I've got 197K on my 2013 and my local shop quoted me $2,050... although they're replacing the seals, not the injectors.

 

[powershift]

It seems silly to pay for that. My shop charges $200 hr (the most expensive) and with 8hrs of work its $1600 + parts which aren't that much in the Land Rover world. If that indy breaks the injectors then they should pay for them. I'd take it somewhere else since they are unable to remove the injectors without breaking them. My shop did my valve covers and just needed new injector seals is all (and the valve cover gaskets). You might want to do plugs too while your in there.

As an aside, white smoke is from coolant. Oil smoke is blue whether its from the pipe or the exhaust manifold, but if you smell oil then its oil.

 

[scapistron]

I have heard of some challenges removing injectors from these 3.0 and 5.0 motors. With that kind of mileage I'd replace the plugs, coils, and injectors if you don't know their history.