Well after buying a replacement engine after mine broke and repairing the turbo the garage phoned today with a price of putting it all back together - £2000.

 

Should have set light to it when it packed in, would have been far easier.

 

I am going to have to change my signature from Ultimate Fabia to Ultimate pain in the backside!!

 

 

Bad times fella :(

 

My last cars turbo popped after a remap and left me 1k out of pocket...

 

I feel your pain

£2000 to put it back together, at my garage prices thats 40 hours. Jesus i feel for you

2k?! I'd have put a 1.8t in it.

Well after buying a replacement engine after mine broke and repairing the turbo the garage phoned today with a price of putting it all back together - £2000.

 

Should have set light to it when it packed in, would have been far easier.

 

I am going to have to change my signature from Ultimate Fabia to Ultimate pain in the backside!!

 

Whats that is that just a pure labour cost for fitting a new Turbo and Engine that you have already purchased?

 

If so your been robbed, cos any half decent mechanic with the help of an apprentice should easy be able to complete that job in no more than 5 hours, even at the most extortionate price of £75 per hour labour, which in its self would be robbery, so say 40 to 50 per hour on a still gives you the hump but fair scale, your still taking no more than £400 quid, if I was a sensible type of person I would report that mechanic to whatever agency of fair trading is about that deals with rip off garages, search around and im willing to bet there is some government lines that can be pursued, but then if I was a ****ed off 6"4 225lbs trained MMA fighter who could not believe the cheek of the **** stood in front of me to try and rob well over a grand off me while he held my car random, then I would just hope for his sake that I could contain myself from what I really would like to do too him.

 

I swear never trust any garage that says they don't know how much its going to cost until they have done the job cos that line from the word go is a pure lie, so after such a bull **** comment, they are ether setting you up for ripping you off or completely incompetent, they can and should know that there are resources available to them to to be able to see how long a job should take before they even start, and that's assuming they are the kind of complete idiot you don't want near your car in the first place, since good mechanics for who this is a profession will just know how long a jobs going to take and exactly what's involved form from.

Edited 28 January, 201412 yr by KillerShark1978

Who's old car was it?

Just did a bit of searching

Bossfox old one?

Running standard injectors?

Thats what happens when jabbasport claim stock nozzles can run 260bhp and increase injection duration

Hope you get it sorted buddy i feel for you

Edited 28 January, 201412 yr by BigJase88

I have already paid for the engine and turbo.

 

The cost is for putting it back together again. However they did say they had already spent a day stripping the car and the head had been sent off for pressure testing - which it failed (unsurprisingly)

 

They did also state that when they put it back together they would do the cambelt, clutch release bearings etc etc and would rather put new stuff on rather than use the old. Obviously I am no mechanic and rely on their expertise and take it that what they are saying is what is required.

 

I don't really have a choice as because it is bits I cant really take it anywhere else.

 

Just hope it goes together ok and I have no more surprises.

I have already paid for the engine and turbo.

 

The cost is for putting it back together again. However they did say they had already spent a day stripping the car and the head had been sent off for pressure testing - which it failed (unsurprisingly)

 

They did also state that when they put it back together they would do the cambelt, clutch release bearings etc etc and would rather put new stuff on rather than use the old. Obviously I am no mechanic and rely on their expertise and take it that what they are saying is what is required.

 

I don't really have a choice as because it is bits I cant really take it anywhere else.

 

Just hope it goes together ok and I have no more surprises.

 

I have already paid for the engine and turbo.

 

The cost is for putting it back together again. However they did say they had already spent a day stripping the car and the head had been sent off for pressure testing - which it failed (unsurprisingly)

 

They did also state that when they put it back together they would do the cambelt, clutch release bearings etc etc and would rather put new stuff on rather than use the old. Obviously I am no mechanic and rely on their expertise and take it that what they are saying is what is required.

 

I don't really have a choice as because it is bits I cant really take it anywhere else.

 

Just hope it goes together ok and I have no more surprises.

 

I would demand an invoice regarding there expenses on parts, for there receipts for everything new they claim to have purchased for your car, then go the extra 10 yards and check the receipts by calling the supplies to insure what you are reading is legit, if they claim not to have any receipts for the parts they are claiming to have purchased for your car them report them to the tax man for evasion cos its an offence for a business not to record all such financial info for tax reasons alone, and tell them you want they old parts back so you can assess them to see if they where needed, in the first place, come to think think that maybe a waste of time since they could physically damage such part with intent just to cover there backs, so personally I would stands over and watch them and take the parts myself as they are removed so they never got the chance to pull such a trick.

Edited 28 January, 201412 yr by KillerShark1978

£2k labour and odds and ends?

 

That's mad! :(

£2k labour and odds and ends?

 

That's mad! :(

 

dam right,  Name and Shame them for all on here to see!!

WOW!

 

So lets get this straight.

 

Take head off

 

Strip engine, put another back in?

 

Fit clutch release bearing?

 

Fit cambelt and water pump?

 

Send the head off for pressure testing

 

I have already paid for the engine and turbo.

 

The cost is for putting it back together again. However they did say they had already spent a day stripping the car and the head had been sent off for pressure testing - which it failed (unsurprisingly)

 

They did also state that when they put it back together they would do the cambelt, clutch release bearings etc etc and would rather put new stuff on rather than use the old. Obviously I am no mechanic and rely on their expertise and take it that what they are saying is what is required.

 

I don't really have a choice as because it is bits I cant really take it anywhere else.

 

Just hope it goes together ok and I have no more surprises.

It's times like this I am happy I use a garage ran by someone I grew up with in school.    I know I am not going to get ripped off.  I've had an entire engine rebuild - head off, pistons out and cleaned up + all put back together and I reckon it was 9 to 10 hours tops of labour and about £150 in consumable parts, i.e cambelt kit and gaskets here and there.

Unfortunately not everyone has that luxury, i had ****ty jobs done by garages and learn myself. My dad was never at home so really no one ever showed me how to use any tools LOL.

 

The more i think about the more i think it should have been around half of that so 1k.

I learned myself too!

My dads called Casper so i self taught myself

does sound expensive to me too.

 

 We had the 1.4 16v engine in our Lupo rebuilt last year, this included strip and rebuild, four new pistons, gaskets, head skim and pressure check, we also had new exhaust valves, cam belt, water pump new plugs and all the labour, this cost me £1050 which happens to be £200 more than we paid for the Lupo lol  

 

 I would maybe ask him to recalculate your invoice and itemise it too so as you can try and work out what he is charging for.

 

 Now it is all rebuilt I would say it is worth keeping, at least you will get use out of it instead of getting shut of it at a loss.

Is that the old 24 carat clutch release bearing they are using then?? Sounds like they are trying to steal the car from you, most people wouldn't bother spending 2 grand on a car that's worth 2 grand.

Is that the old 24 carat clutch release bearing they are using then?? Sounds like they are trying to steal the car from you, most people wouldn't bother spending 2 grand on a car that's worth 2 grand.

 

To be fair I think an 09 registered Fabia VRS SE with quite a lot of modded parts on (even if you discount the engine) is worth a fair bit more than £2k.

Apologies, for some reason I thought it was an 03, where did I get that from? Haha who knows... Even still it's an exorbitant amount of money to reassemble a car, I'd be telling them to chuck it in all in boot and I'd put it back together myself.

a fair bit more.

Apologies, for some reason I thought it was an 03, where did I get that from? Haha who knows... Even still it's an exorbitant amount of money to reassemble a car, I'd be telling them to chuck it in all in boot and I'd put it back together myself.

 

It's the 09 registered car I had tweaked up quite a bit. (probably the last mk1 Fabia VRS ever registered in the UK)

So KW V3 suspension, Bremo front brakes, larger rear discs, meths injection, big intercooler etc...

 

Agreed, the price is too much.  Way too much.

But I personally believe they unfortunately had the owner in a difficult position and have taken advantage.

What went wrong that it needed an engine?

What went wrong that it needed an engine?

 

Apparently it cracked the head and block.

You must be pretty ****ed...

I was literally thinking about this car yesterday, wishing I bought it when Boss put it up for sale :(

Apparently it cracked the head and block.

Seems strange. Something else must of happened to have cracked them?

Seems strange. Something else must of happened to have cracked them?

Running dangerous injection period on the standard injectors at crazy bhp levels.

All good for a few miles but ends in tears