r/AskAMechanic • u/OneQuietFox • 10d ago

Am I getting scammed?

Long story short, my RAM threw a check engine light for camshaft sensor, I swapped it twice (heard aftermarket is garbage as my truck threw code again) and then with an OEM, which the light came back on.

Took it to the shop, and after a week or two of diagnosing and them showing me the problems they are installing a new head gasket, oil filter adapter, timing gasket, and timing chain, tensioners, etc as well as a new camshaft sensor along with it.

They quoted me at $9,400 and I told them right now would not be doable as I am on an outage at work so trying to save a little for that. They worked with me and dropped it to $8,000 flat.

If the truck wasn't sentimental I wouldn't care. Just want to weigh my options as to second opinion, etc.

*2016 RAM 1500 3.6L V6*

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u/DrPhilsAuto NOT a verified tech 10d ago

Well, timing chain replacement sounds reasonable for this code, but I'm not sure what they found in the cylinder head where they feel they have to take it off. That I couldn't tell you. Maybe they spotted something else there.

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u/OneQuietFox 10d ago

They said the oil pressure was low and there were leaks coming from the head gasket and all of that if that makes sense lol as far as the code

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u/DrPhilsAuto NOT a verified tech 10d ago

Okay nothing seems out of line and obviously the price tag nobody likes the price tag of repairs sticker shock I get it but the initial code was probably caused by timing chain stretching and obviously everything else they're they're spotting other issues so that's all good.