Can someone help me figure out whats wrong with my car ?

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Aside leaks, I'm wondering when the intake was last cleaned?

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I live in Houston and I charge 350 bucks for a WN blast for n54 and 375 for n55.
I appreciate the offer, but my pops and i are well experienced mechanics. Not as much as him but i can figure stuff out fairly easily, we already bought the adapter and walnut shells, just gotta get the job done.
 
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I appreciate the offer, but my pops and i are well experienced mechanics. Not as much as him but i can figure stuff out fairly easily, we already bought the adapter and walnut shells, just gotta get the job done.

It is not a bad job. Should take 3 hours. 1 hour disassemble, 10 minutes per cylinder, 1 hour reassemble. You can do it quicker, 1st time maybe 3.5 hours.

Why shops charge $450 or more is beyond me. I have considered doing these in my spare time at my home garage but then I have a random person watching over me for 2.5-3 hours which I don't like. Still it would be $100 an hour no tax which is decent.
 

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It is not a bad job. Should take 3 hours. 1 hour disassemble, 10 minutes per cylinder, 1 hour reassemble. You can do it quicker, 1st time maybe 3.5 hours.

Why shops charge $450 or more is beyond me. I have considered doing these in my spare time at my home garage but then I have a random person watching over me for 2.5-3 hours which I don't like. Still it would be $100 an hour no tax which is decent.
We would have moved this fast but I did not have a big enough compressor and we frequently clogged the walnut feed. Otherwise I'd agree with the 3.5 hours. Some of the deposits can be rather stubborn. Don't discount the time spent closing up valves, cleaning up, etc. The problem with estimation is always the small whirling razor blades that just add up, including setup and teardown, and the time spent interacting with customers, generating invoice, shop material costs, et cetera. People take the $$$$/hr and ignore the 30% of shit they never counted. Basically amateur hour for professionals - we've all been there.

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We would have moved this fast but I did not have a big enough compressor and we frequently clogged the walnut feed. Otherwise I'd agree with the 3.5 hours. Some of the deposits can be rather stubborn. Don't discount the time spent closing up valves, cleaning up, etc. The problem with estimation is always the small whirling razor blades that just add up, including setup and teardown, and the time spent interacting with customers, generating invoice, shop material costs, et cetera. People take the $$$$/hr and ignore the 30% of shit they never counted. Basically amateur hour for professionals - we've all been there.

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I had clogged feeds only when using 'coarse' grade media... switched to 'fine' media and never clogged again. Just a heads up.
 
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@matreyia we used the walnut material from HF ... let me guess ... that was probably coarse grain :sleepy:. Now I know for next time. @barry@3DM Thanks!

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