How much for an engine swap?

[crossy67]

Got talking to a friend today who started ranting about the price charged by a local mechanic for replacing an engine on a car. Someone told him it was "only a days work". I don't have any details as to which vehicle but take it as a run of the mill car, something like a Scenic diesel with ac.

I know what I'd want for changing an engine, obviously it depends on the vehicle but I don't think his quote was outrageous. The thing my friend forgets is the job was well outside of his friends skill set and for such things you have to pay or take years to learn how to do these things your self.

Just interested how much you'd expect for fitting a supplied engine into a run of the mill car.

Ta peeps.

[PhillipM]

A million pounds.

[crossy67]

Don't need any engine swapping do you?

[Ozzie Osmond]

crossy67 said:

the job was well outside of his friend's skill set

Brilliant.

[Lozw86]

Number of hours spent on job multiplied by hourly rate

[Rolls]

too many variables...

[AmitG]

Very variable as people have said but for an ordinary runabout, I have paid 1000 GBP plus the cost of a reconditioned engine plus any other parts required. This was for a very competent job by an independent specialist, including renewal of anything that needed it.

This equates to 15 - 20 hours labour which seems reasonable to me.

[BritishRacinGrin]

Hard to guess at. It could be 6 hours it could be 16 or more depending on complexity. In the days of the old 2CV it could be done in a lunch break

[crossy67]

Thanks for taking the time to reply, I do appreciate them and that it is a piece of string question.

The person in question was grumbling, no, more outraged at 500€ (so £400). Bearing in mind that the government here will take almost 50% of that I think that's a fare price.

[speedking31]

I paid £1100 to supply and fit an engine to a Freelander, which I thought was reasonable. I think to some extent it depends on the value of the old engine and how busy the garage is. Better to have lads working and earning something than sitting around costing money. That price was borderline though, much more and we could have bought another complete vehicle.

Immediately after Christmas was a good time for me

[Olivera]

A local garage charges me a flat £250 for an engine swap.

[confused_buyer]

On a typical mid-sized car they tend to book at about 9-10 hours.

It depends also on what the new engine comes with and what needs swapping over in terms of ancillaries.

So, for a quick cash-in-hand job to a bloke-with-a-van or in the back of someone else's workshop, £250.

By a mid-range independent charging £50 an hour, £500.

I'd say €500 about right for a proper workshop charging VAT unless it is a Ford Ka.