No.2 knock sensor, my question why does it cost over 2 grand to replace a 60 dollar part

Why does it cost over 2 grand to replace a no. Bank 2 knock sensor on a 2009 taco part cost 60 bucks

 

Labor?

 

It's not the cost of the part that is usually the most expensive for a repair, it's how much work you need to do to swap it.

How Manu hours are needed to tear into the engine to swap that part?

 

because it is buried under a ton of engine parts and fuel rails
that are more than just loosening a bolt and
moving something aside

it's all labor, and gaskets....at how much per hour ?

since the engine doesn't need to be dropped...you can do it yourself easily
you just need the tools and time

 

Because vehicles are designed by people who sit at a desk, wear a suit, and do not think about what happens after the vehicle is sold.

 

Because they know how to do it, and you don't

 

And have the time, tools, and shop to do it.

 

Easiest way to reach the, it to remove the heads. Resourceful method, is to remove the lower plenum, and have flex head ratchet wrenches. Still isn't easy.

 

Just to f with you. It's a conspiracy I tell ya.

 

I didn't have to pull no heads on mine. You just have to be very flexable.

 

Yep...knock sensors!

Remember this next time someone here tells you how dumb you are and how smart engineers are!

W

 

Glad I don't have a V6!