Ridiculous marine pricing on IAC valve
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Ridiculous marine pricing on IAC valve
I had a IAC valve fail on one of the 6.2's this weekend. Fortunately I carry a spare and swapped it out in a couple minutes. Just need a 3/16" Allen wrench.
So yesterday I was looking online to get a spare. It is MerCruiser part number 862998. The usual place I purchase MerCruiser parts wanted $123! Everywhere I looked online was $110+. I buy a lot of autoparts at rockauto.com and have found them to have VERY good pricing. Turns out they also carry this part and it is only $43. Just a heads up for those not wanting to throw money out the window.
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So yesterday I was looking online to get a spare. It is MerCruiser part number 862998. The usual place I purchase MerCruiser parts wanted $123! Everywhere I looked online was $110+. I buy a lot of autoparts at rockauto.com and have found them to have VERY good pricing. Turns out they also carry this part and it is only $43. Just a heads up for those not wanting to throw money out the window.
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'Wow' is exactly what I said after seeing the difference in price. I just knew $120 for something like this was nuts. This is the 3rd IAC valve I've had to replace on these 6.2's since 2006.
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Ive got a thread on it around. No doubt ridiculous. Its a oem part for a ford windstar with a 3.8 v6.
I had a IAC valve fail on one of the 6.2's this weekend. Fortunately I carry a spare and swapped it out in a couple minutes. Just need a 3/16" Allen wrench.
So yesterday I was looking online to get a spare. It is MerCruiser part number 862998. The usual place I purchase MerCruiser parts wanted $123! Everywhere I looked online was $110+. I buy a lot of autoparts at rockauto.com and have found them to have VERY good pricing. Turns out they also carry this part and it is only $43. Just a heads up for those not wanting to throw money out the window.
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So yesterday I was looking online to get a spare. It is MerCruiser part number 862998. The usual place I purchase MerCruiser parts wanted $123! Everywhere I looked online was $110+. I buy a lot of autoparts at rockauto.com and have found them to have VERY good pricing. Turns out they also carry this part and it is only $43. Just a heads up for those not wanting to throw money out the window.
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Oh boy. Mine was probably acting up 2-3 years ago, they don't really last long. After the alarms went off, and I got to shore, they came down and did the job for about $250.
That darned cheap crappola IAC valve! It costs me power, RPM's and speed.
That darned cheap crappola IAC valve! It costs me power, RPM's and speed.
Last edited by VtSteve; 06-26-2013 at 05:39 AM.
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