2014 Ford Focus · Repair Cost Breakdown
The case
“Smells like burning oil after I park. White smoke from under hood. Oil level dropping.”
What it turned out to be
Valve cover gasket leaking onto exhaust. Replaced gasket and spark plug seals.
The repair bill
Total
$385
$385
Parts
$95
$95
Labor
$290
$290
Did you know?
Valve cover gaskets typically last 80-120k miles. Cheap to fix if caught early — much worse if oil drips into spark plug wells.
🛠 Tools & parts for this kind of repair
- → Spark plug seals on Amazon
- → Ford focus valve cover gasket on Amazon
- → OBD2 scanner on Amazon
- → Engine oil (5qt) on Amazon
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Could you have guessed it?
Test yourself on today’s repair puzzle.