EGR Cooler labor time

4.2 hrtypical
3.5 to 5.5hours on most vehicles
$630typical labor at $150/hr

EGR Cooler takes about 4.2 hr of shop labor on a typical vehicle. Across 3,466 vehicle and engine combinations from 22 makes, most fall between 3.5 and 5.5 hours, and the longest take up to 6.7 hours. BMW, Land Rover and Mercedes-Benz vehicles tend to take the longest; Porsche, Peugeot and Mitsubishi the least. The exact time depends on your car, so look yours up below or pick it on the home page.

per hour

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At $150 an hour, labor for this job is usually $525 to $825, about $630 on a typical vehicle. Parts are extra.

How long it takes across all vehicles

Hours, in half hour steps. Each bar is how many vehicle and engine combinations fall in that range.

EGR Cooler time on popular vehicles

EGR Cooler time by make

MakeTypicalMost vehiclesVehicles
BMW5.5 hr5.2 to 6.3205
Land Rover5.5 hr4.6 to 6.371
Mercedes-Benz5.2 hr4.6 to 5.5326
Audi5.2 hr4.6 to 5.5123
Ford4.2 hr3.5 to 6.5775
Chevrolet4.2 hr3.5 to 4.8630
Ram4.2 hr4.0 to 4.2308
GMC4.2 hr4.0 to 4.8249
Nissan4.2 hr4.2 to 4.817
Toyota4.2 hr4.2 to 4.215
Volkswagen4.0 hr3.5 to 4.0245
Dodge4.0 hr3.5 to 4.2156
Mazda4.0 hr2.4 to 4.06
Jeep3.5 hr3.5 to 4.2253
Mitsubishi3.5 hr3.5 to 3.524
Peugeot3.5 hr3.5 to 3.520
Porsche3.4 hr2.6 to 4.632

Other exhaust repairs

Hours are what a professional technician takes with the right tools, the same way shops quote jobs. Figures come from the Open Labor Project database.