cost of valve job?

[frusciante fan]

so i found out that my '98's #3 intake valve isn't sealing. the dealer i bought the car from is paying for it. how much more would it cost to replace all the valves, vs replacing just one valve? would it take that much more time to replace all of them?

[3.4 slow to go]

I've always been quoted $150 for 3 angle valve job, whether 6 or 8 cylinder heads.

[frusciante fan]

i'm not too keen around the internals of an engine, but let me get this straight. the cylinder heads are under the intake manifold or valve covers?. there's two cylinder heads, with 6 valves (1 exhaust, 1 intake. 6 cyl.). once one head is removed there is complete access to the all 6 valves.

are the valves themselves difficult to remove from there?

[AZ3.8Camaro]

They are under the valve covers, there are 12 of them (1 intake 1 exhaust per cylinder) X 6.

[frusciante fan]

that shouldn't be too difficult. they're a little more difficult to reach in this car, but not that bad too get at. so you just take off the valve covers and then replace the valve? how hard are the valves to get at? are they simple to remove?

[98Camaro3.8]

You have to remove the cylinder head to replace the valves. It's quite a bit of work, and usually costs about $1000 to have a mechanic do head work like that.