I've just paid £670 to locate a coolant leak, it turned out the leak was from the radiator.

 

The repair involved the replacement of the radiator which in turn required the front bumper to be removed.

 

Does anyone have any experience of this sort of work and does the cost seem reasonable?

 

The car has done 154K miles so I'm not too surprised that things are starting to wear out, but thought I would ask for your thoughts.

No experience on the S2 yet. It sounds like maybe 2/3 of the cost maybe labour for bumper removal etc. 

3 hours ago, Lawlesstce said:

Does anyone have any experience of this sort of work and does the cost seem reasonable?

Well, not unless you were paying main stealer labour rates.

The £670 was not the charge to locate the leak, it was the price to locate and repair.

?

So how was the bill broken down in parts,

& the coolant and labour time including diagnosing the source of the leak?  then there was VAT included in the £670 total bill.

2 years parts and warranty if a Skoda Main Dealership.         

 

 I hope the water pump is OK for a long time into the future.

Edited 30 May, 20215 yr by e-Roottoot

6 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

The £670 was not the charge to locate the leak, it was the price to locate and repair.

I go that, and was allowing for labour to swap the bumper off and on, a new radiator, and a coolant refill.

@KenONeilli meant that post for the OP not you.

2 minutes ago, e-Roottoot said:

@KenONeilli meant that post for the OP not you.

Kewel. I still think the actual expansion of work done and parts used is helpful though.

The job was done at a main dealer, and the breakdown was as follows.

 

Labour       £350.0

New Rad   £184.85

Fluids        £22.47

Total         £557.32

VAT           £111.46

 

The water pump was replaced when the cam belt was changed at 110 K.

 

Thanks for your thoughts

 

54 minutes ago, Lawlesstce said:

Labour       £350.0

Exactly; you'd have paid about half that at an indy specialist, and that would save another £35 in VAT.