Am i being ripped off...ford mondeo high pressure fuel hose?
Discussion
Doesn't sound that bad, suspect that may be quite fiddly, the high pressure hoses are quite substantial as well so wont be super cheap.
I would ring for a quote from a motor factors or Ford Dealer for the part only, have a look how long you think you would need to change it and then have a think.
I would ring for a quote from a motor factors or Ford Dealer for the part only, have a look how long you think you would need to change it and then have a think.
Possibly. Possibly not. How much of that is the part and how much labour?
As an example fairly recently replaced a power steering hose on a Mazda 6 MPS, the part alone was IIRC something like £160, plus two hours to replace. Ouch.
Alternatively as I'd imagine that the hoses are actually part pipe part hose and in an nice intricate shape, you might find you need lots of pieces removed to manoeuvre them into place (and so a nice high labour cost).
As an example fairly recently replaced a power steering hose on a Mazda 6 MPS, the part alone was IIRC something like £160, plus two hours to replace. Ouch.
Alternatively as I'd imagine that the hoses are actually part pipe part hose and in an nice intricate shape, you might find you need lots of pieces removed to manoeuvre them into place (and so a nice high labour cost).
Work involved would be (I presume)
Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off
)
Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off
)Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Edited by SturdyHSV on Tuesday 26th August 12:43
TankRizzo said:
LukeR94 said:
Get a few quotes from other garage's and see for yourself.
You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
Was there really any need for that?You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
fordmon said:
Hi
I need your advise.
I have been quoted £200+vat to replace high pressure fuel hose on my ford mondeo zetec 2008 Petrol. The price quoted seems quite high but am not sure how much work it takes to fix this.
Am I being ripped off?
The price can't 'seem' high until you know how much the new part costs and what exactly is involved in fitting it. What you mean is that you don't 'feel' like paying for it I need your advise.
I have been quoted £200+vat to replace high pressure fuel hose on my ford mondeo zetec 2008 Petrol. The price quoted seems quite high but am not sure how much work it takes to fix this.
Am I being ripped off?
TankRizzo said:
LukeR94 said:
Get a few quotes from other garage's and see for yourself.
You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
Was there really any need for that?You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
berlintaxi said:
TankRizzo said:
LukeR94 said:
Get a few quotes from other garage's and see for yourself.
You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
Was there really any need for that?You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
SturdyHSV said:
Work involved would be (I presume)
Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off )
Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Not familiar with Fords at all but if it's direct injection, running the engine knowing there is a crack/failure in the high pressure line wouldn't be the smartest idea in the world.Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off
)Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Edited by SturdyHSV on Tuesday 26th August 12:43
Low pressure fuel is relatively harmless, it's actually fairly hard to set fire to a big blob of liquid fuel. A cracked high pressure pipe will fire out a fine mist of vapourised fuel. Which is rather more dangerous.
berlintaxi said:
People who can't make their own decisions, shocking.....
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Brilliant. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
SturdyHSV said:
Work involved would be (I presume)
Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off )
Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Thanks for the detailed info.Remove fuse for fuel pump
Run engine until it dies to empty fuel rail of fuel (or just put a towel down when you take it off
)Remove plastic engine cover
Unclip each end of hose.
Replace hose.
Put cover back on.
I'd be surprised if the fuel hose is that difficult to get to, I mean, the fuel rail is going to be near the top of the motor, the fuel lines will arrive at the firewall somewhere reasonably sensible, couple of clips, job jobbed?
Have you tried looking under the bonnet? Might get a better idea of what's involved if you can identify the hose? It'll be the one that goes to the fuel rail, which will be the bit with 4 plastic injectors in that goes into the intake manifold somewhere (or possibly lower if it's direct injection? Don't know that exactly...) It'll be the bit that there are 4 of that aren't spark plugs...
Edited by SturdyHSV on Tuesday 26th August 12:43
I can see the pipe where fuel is dripping from...and to me it seems like "it's just a pipe that needs replacing....seems straight forward.....it should not be expensive ".
Don't know much about the mechanics and didn't want to mess anything up so i took it to garage.
TankRizzo said:
berlintaxi said:
People who can't make their own decisions, shocking.....
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Brilliant. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
xxChrisxx said:
Not familiar with Fords at all but if it's direct injection, running the engine knowing there is a crack/failure in the high pressure line wouldn't be the smartest idea in the world.
Low pressure fuel is relatively harmless, it's actually fairly hard to set fire to a big blob of liquid fuel. A cracked high pressure pipe will fire out a fine mist of vapourised fuel. Which is rather more dangerous.
Hey, I told him to put a towel down... Low pressure fuel is relatively harmless, it's actually fairly hard to set fire to a big blob of liquid fuel. A cracked high pressure pipe will fire out a fine mist of vapourised fuel. Which is rather more dangerous.
Is it a DI motor? I don't know much about Mondeo engines I'll be the first to admit!
OP, if you can see each end of the hose, I'd suspect it really isn't that tough to change, just bleed off the pressure in the hose, take it off, stick on new one. There's generally some sort of fitting to connect it to the hard lines that run to the pump etc. but they're normally a standard fitting that there are tools for on ebay for a few quid...
fordmon said:
TankRizzo said:
berlintaxi said:
People who can't make their own decisions, shocking.....
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Brilliant. http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
berlintaxi said:
TankRizzo said:
LukeR94 said:
Get a few quotes from other garage's and see for yourself.
You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
Was there really any need for that?You would think people would be able to think for themselves these days.
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff