Hi There

i have an 06 Superb 2.5TD and yes I l know Roto all things said about them.

I was out in it yesterday morning, no problems. Came home, had lunch and went out white smoke belting out of it and no power. RAC used small PC diagnosis Fuel Pump. Took to Skoda Garage Diagnosis Fuel Pump. Warranty Direct "Probably is Fuel Pump but engineer needs to examine before authorise warranty". "Unusual for fuel pump to go on car only done 31k miles"

They are telling me it will cost over £2,000. I am still shock! Cannot believe it!

I have asked Garage to change Timing belt whilst they have it stripped down as it is almost 4 years old.

Is this a real price for a fuel pump for Superb?

Hi There

i have an 06 Superb 2.5TD and yes I l know Roto all things said about them.

I was out in it yesterday morning, no problems. Came home, had lunch and went out white smoke belting out of it and no power. RAC used small PC diagnosis Fuel Pump. Took to Skoda Garage Diagnosis Fuel Pump. Warranty Direct "Probably is Fuel Pump but engineer needs to examine before authorise warranty". "Unusual for fuel pump to go on car only done 31k miles"

They are telling me it will cost over £2,000. I am still shock! Cannot believe it!

I have asked Garage to change Timing belt whilst they have it stripped down as it is almost 4 years old.

Is this a real price for a fuel pump for Superb?

Ouch, sorry to hear your bad news. The price sounds about right though as all new deisel cars (common ral) have fuel pumps with sealed fuel lines attached, and are sold as one complete item.

So you have to change the pump and fuel lines; quite a big job, in labour costs along with part costs.

(I only know this as my dad is a ford mechanic and has come across this before, my brother also had this with a deisel Honda civic)

This is the big down side to modern deisels, when they go wrong, they are expensive to fix.

Hope you get it sorted ok

The V6 diesel is not a common rail engine - so no problems with fuel HP lines.

The pump fitted to this engine is an electronic version of the old rotary Bosch VE - which was fine as an all-mechanical pump, but not so fine when they decided to put electronics inside it.

I'll say no more - hope you get it fixed without too much grief.

rotodiesel.

I thought white smoke was a fuel injector problem......seems strange that the pump should fail at the low miles you said your car has done...hope you get it sorted under warranty

It's a timing problem.

rotodiesel.

Thanks to everyone for replies. Timing part seems correct as garage said that the Timing was all over place and could not get it re-set because of fuel pump.

I have a Gold Warranty with Warranty Direct so here's hoping.

RAC Put laptop on it and said it's a fuel pump. Garage used their system and said it's a fuel pump. Warranty Direct say, "It may be a Fuel Pump but we need an engineer to inspect it and ensure that is what it is"

It really does not fill me with confidence, especially as I am now informed "I do not qualify for Hire Car as cover only commences after eight hours. The estimate for the job is three and half hours so no Hire Car. I was informed they do not consider car being unfit for purpose as time but whet they call "Spanner Time" IE only the time a mechanac actually takes to do repair. I have to fork out a £150 for hire car and no re-compense.

As a follow up can I ask, The garage has told me they have to take the front off the car to do repair.

As the car is four years old next month I have asked if they could do the Timing belt whilst it is stripped down.

Head mechanic has told me I am looking at an additional 3 hours work (£58 per hour) plus parts and VAT.

Sorry to be ignorant but I do not have the first clue about engines.

Is an additional 3 extra hours to do timing belt at the same time as the Fuel Pump about right?

thanks again for replies

rjimw

Fella, never be worried about asking questions, that's exactly what forums like these are for.

VW mechanics allocate 3½ hours for this on a passat 1.9TDi if I remember correctly. Being as the front is already off of the car I'd imagine they would still bill you for roughly 2½ - 3 hours.

Never had to remove the front into it's "service position" but I hear it's only a 15 minute job. 2 X 15 mins = 30 mins.

So 3 hours doesn't sound too far from the mark.

Edited 30 January, 201016 yr by allclownsareevi

Hello.

Have you taken your car to a deraler to be repaired or your local garage that you use all the time??

If not a dealer as them if they remove the pump you take it to a specialised diesel shop and get it tested on a diesel test rig first. And if is knackered get them to mend it and the garage to refit it for you.

Then YOU will know the pump is U.S. before you start.

From my time in the motor trade dianostics are not 100 per sent at finding mechanicle faults.

Chris K

The fuel pump will be knackered - all the electronic VE pumps fail sooner or later this way. Yours didn't take as long as some others do.

I wish you luck trying to get a good deal out of the warranty. They know their business (which is to make a profit) and they will try to stitch you up with exclusions at every point. They've had loads of practice.

I think you would be wise to take a long hard look at this car. If you pay extra money to get the belts changed (which don't need doing at this mileage and the 4 year stipulation is a VAG MK con) you are throwing good money after bad. There is absolutely nothing to stop a new fuel pump doing exactly the same thing after another 31k miles - it could very easily happen.

Get the best possible deal you can out of the warranty co. (I really wish you luck here). Then do the absolute minimum work to fix the problem and nothing else - then sell it.

Don't buy another V6.

rotodiesel.