Change rear welch plug

[tigerzen]

Car has a leak under manifold, it reveals itself on trips longer than 5 mins. The car is an SV21 Toyota Camry station wagon 1990 model. It overheated on the weekend, RACV says it's probably a rear welch plug. I gather that will mean removing the manifold etc. how big a job is on these cars? What would a reasonable mechanic charge for this?

[trentmeyer23]

It's a pain to do as there is plenty of stuff in the way. Expect 5+ hours of labour as a guess, depending on exact location and the way the mechanic attempts the job.

[tigerzen]

Thanks Trent, this is going to be damn expensive then.

[trentmeyer23]

It may work out to be less. It's definitely not a quick fix.