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Bogart



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Quote for timing belt and waterpump.

My how it has gone up since I last had one done. Various quotes around £500. Most expensive £550

Am okay with prices for the parts but not the hourly rate, £95 per hour plus VAT.

Hell I am in Norfolk not Knightsbridge.

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Mikey



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What is a fair price to pay?

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Re: Quote for timing belt and waterpump.

Bogart wrote:
My how it has gone up since I last had one done. Various quotes around £500. Most expensive £550

Am okay with prices for the parts but not the hourly rate, £95 per hour plus VAT.

Hell I am in Norfolk not Knightsbridge.


People often value their own goods \ services much more highly than they value the service of others. A service or item is only worth what others are willing to pay for it.

I recently did my own cam belt \ auxiliary belt \ water pump \ coolant etc. The parts came in at less than £150 ( coolant is expensive ).

Factor in the overheads of the garage, £350 for the coolant \ labour \ electricity \ insurance \ rent etc etc doesn't seem bad.

It took me a full day to change mine, I had to buy a timing kit in addition to all the tools I had collected over the years.

If you feel you are being robbed, get your hands dirty and diy. Great sense of satisfaction and knowing you can spend the savings elsewhere.

If for any reason you are unable to diy, I empathise, but that's the reality of running a 7 year old vehicle.

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I Like Chips



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Just wondering how much does the mechanic doing the job take out of the £95 after all the overheads are paid off. Is it a one man band or are there more people to pay in the equation.

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Yesterday had my septic sucked out. Tanker arrived within 4 hours of ringing the company (Camino UK), driver spent about an hour sucking out the contents and hosing down the inside whilst I rodded the backed up blockage. Then took it all away to the nearest sewage works.
£180
Money well spent I thought. Its at least 15 years since it was last sucked out - probably ought to check it more often.

However I still manged to drop my phone into the flooded manhole. Wasn't nice reaching down through shoulder deep poo to retrieve it with wife laughing her head off. Amazingly after a good wash and wipe with IPA it still works. Motorola G8 Power Plus Thumbs Up Jules

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I Like Chips wrote:
Just wondering how much does the mechanic doing the job take out of the £95 after all the overheads are paid off. Is it a one man band or are there more people to pay in the equation.


When I was a main dealer technician (not LR), I was on £8.25 per hour, the dealer charged £75 per hour.

I don't work in the automotive industry anymore. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, my daily driver.
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Nodge68



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jules wrote:


However I still manged to drop my phone into the flooded manhole. Wasn't nice reaching down through shoulder deep poo to retrieve it with wife laughing her head off. Amazingly after a good wash and wipe with IPA it still works. Motorola G8 Power Plus Thumbs Up


Whenever I go near manholes, or blocked toilets, I keep my phone firmly in my work trouser pockets. Hyundai Ioniq 5 Ultimate. The family car.
2009 Rimini Red SE TD4. Gone.
2006 Tonga Green i6 HSE. Gone.
Audi A5 convertible, my daily driver.
1972 Hillman Avenger GT, the project.

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Bobupndown



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Shop around and try a few other independent mechanics. The Freelander 2 engine is a Peugeot / Ford design and used in their model ranges as well. The timing belt change procedure on these will be familiar to most experienced mechanics.
I changed my timing belt and waterpump earlier this year. First one I'd done so took my time, a bit fiddly but not difficult. Is diy an option for you? Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

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jules wrote:
Yesterday had my septic sucked out. Tanker arrived within 4 hours of ringing the company (Camino UK), driver spent about an hour sucking out the contents and hosing down the inside whilst I rodded the backed up blockage. Then took it all away to the nearest sewage works.
£180
Money well spent I thought. Its at least 15 years since it was last sucked out - probably ought to check it more often.

However I still manged to drop my phone into the flooded manhole. Wasn't nice reaching down through shoulder deep poo to retrieve it with wife laughing her head off. Amazingly after a good wash and wipe with IPA it still works. Motorola G8 Power Plus Thumbs Up


Could have been worse you could have dropped your false teeth into the manhole 😂

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riverblanche



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Re: Quote for timing belt and waterpump.

Bogart wrote:
Various quotes around £500. Most expensive £550


I think thats a reasonable price for the job,

when I was looking around for prices local specialist was that sort of money
and local village garage was £100 more Shocked

I dont like paying £1.75 for a litre of diesel buts thats what it cost today

Thumbs Up .
my first ever FL2 and I did keep it longer than most other cars!
But its now gone way up Norf

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I think it's best to ask Mikey how long the timing belt change takes, then work it out from that, you may be lucky and get someone who only charges £50/HR +vat. If you do I'm sure most will want their address, last year I had a service, mot and timing belt and water pump on a Peugeot 2.0l which is basically the same engine for £500. They charged £65/hr+vat small village in West of Scotland my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
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Bogart



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I Like Chips wrote:
Just wondering how much does the mechanic doing the job take out of the £95 after all the overheads are paid off. Is it a one man band or are there more people to pay in the equation.


Just a normal outfit specialising in Freelanders.

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Bogart



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Dartman the one wrote:
I think it's best to ask Mikey how long the timing belt change takes, then work it out from that, you may be lucky and get someone who only charges £50/HR +vat. If you do I'm sure most will want their address, last year I had a service, mot and timing belt and water pump on a Peugeot 2.0l which is basically the same engine for £500. They charged £65/hr+vat small village in West of Scotland


Their quote included 3 hours labour which if a specialist outfit should be ample time.

Post #420704 27th Apr 2022 8:33 am
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Bogart



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Re: Quote for timing belt and waterpump.

Grimdog wrote:
Bogart wrote:
My how it has gone up since I last had one done. Various quotes around £500. Most expensive £550

Am okay with prices for the parts but not the hourly rate, £95 per hour plus VAT.

Hell I am in Norfolk not Knightsbridge.


People often value their own goods \ services much more highly than they value the service of others. A service or item is only worth what others are willing to pay for it.

I recently did my own cam belt \ auxiliary belt \ water pump \ coolant etc. The parts came in at less than £150 ( coolant is expensive ).

Factor in the overheads of the garage, £350 for the coolant \ labour \ electricity \ insurance \ rent etc etc doesn't seem bad.

It took me a full day to change mine, I had to buy a timing kit in addition to all the tools I had collected over the years.

If you feel you are being robbed, get your hands dirty and diy. Great sense of satisfaction and knowing you can spend the savings elsewhere.

If for any reason you are unable to diy, I empathise, but that's the reality of running a 7 year old vehicle.


Am tempted to give it a go. Parts around £100 plus my klabour free. Have the tools just need the incination now.

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