Hi All,

Newbie here.  I have tried to search through the site but cant find an answer to this so if anyone does know it'd be much appreciated.

Does anyone know how long it takes to change a HPFP on a 2.0TDi 170 VRS?

Assuming everything is ok with cambelt and everything else, i just wanted to know what a garage should quote (in hours) how long this should take?

Many Thanks

Have you actually asked a garage?

Yes I already did, sorry, should have explained. I was hoping to get a second opinion on here?

Has the pump failed and sent metal through the fuel system? I replaced one along with the cambelt and all the fuel system etc on an audi A4 and that took us close to 30 hours due to the amount of lines etc needing removed. Changing the actual pump and cambelt took less than 2 hours, but no idea why you would be changing the pump unless it has suffered catastrophic failure. 

Hi, thanks for the reply. The pump did fail catastrophically as filings/swarf was found in the secondary fuel pump (in the tank). I was also advised to get the injectors changed or refurbed as it is likely these were damaged too? I have managed to get hold of a set of injectors/fuel rails/hoses with a guarantee. The hpfp that I have sourced separately  is a recon unit with a proper warranty. I wanted a rough idea of labour timescales/costs from anyone that has also experienced this? It’s going to cost but finding deals and not needing the car back quickly has helped keep the costs down dramatically 

Well it took me around 30 man hours, parts wise you will also need fuel filter, in tank pump, the sensors on the rail, cambelt kit. Total cost for us was around £1600 in parts

Thanks for the extra info,

I have got all of those bits apart from the sensors, do they fail?
What about the regulator as well? Did you change that or keep your old one?

thanks again🙂

The sensors at either side of the rail can get clogged with particles so I would recommend changing them (one is the regulating valve and one Is the pressure sensor IIRC) the metering valve on top of the pump should come with the recon pump. Not sure if this was specific to the Audi that we did this on but there was an auxiliary fuel pump underneath the car just in front of the filter that also needed replacing/cleaning (we chose to clean it, was barely any metal in it as the filter caught most of it)