Big labour job potentional costs + parts question

[Chiddo]

Hi guys, so I have taken advantage of the great discount gsf parts are offering today, bought my car a few weeks ago, didn't come with any service history for the last few years and I don't know if the cambelt, water pump and aux belt was changed if they ever have been plus the car is running a bit heavy on fuel so could do with a service.

So I have bought the following parts and I was wondering how much do you think it would cost a garage would charge to do everything?

Oil filter
fuel filter
spark plugs
front & rear brake pads
front & rear brake dics
cambelt kit
aux belt
water pump
brake fluid change

All comes up to £240.00 in total

P.S does anyone know if the tool is 100% right when you enter vehicle reg? I know people have had problems with wrong parts with euros in the past? thanks!

[Adrian E]

might help if you tell us what it is....

and for a price I'd ring a garage - they won't be thrilled you're providing all the parts, especially if any of it doesn't fit properly, or is incorrect - but since labour rates vary so much regionally we'll be guessing tbh

[rich83]

Chiddo said:

Hi guys, so I have taken advantage of the great discount gsf parts are offering today, bought my car a few weeks ago, didn't come with any service history for the last few years and I don't know if the cambelt, water pump and aux belt was changed if they ever have been plus the car is running a bit heavy on fuel so could do with a service.

So I have bought the following parts and I was wondering how much do you think it would cost a garage would charge to do everything?

Oil filter (you providing Oil too???) 30mins
fuel filter ............................................10mins
spark plugs ......................................... 10 mins
front & rear brake pads ......................... 1hr
front & rear brake dics............................1hr
cambelt kit ......................................... 3 hrs
aux belt
water pump
brake fluid change...................................1hr

All comes up to £240.00 in total

P.S does anyone know if the tool is 100% right when you enter vehicle reg? I know people have had problems with wrong parts with euros in the past? thanks!

So ~7 hrs labour. @£50-60ph

[silentbrown]

Adrian E said:

might help if you tell us what it is....

and for a price I'd ring a garage - they won't be thrilled you're providing all the parts, especially if any of it doesn't fit properly, or is incorrect - but since labour rates vary so much regionally we'll be guessing tbh

+1 to all the above. This is false economy, because if the parts aren't right you're going to be paying for all the extra labour involved in sorting it.

Learn to do basic servicing yourself (oil & filters, brake pads) and be prepared to pay a professional to do any jobs you can't.

[Chiddo]

Adrian E said:

might help if you tell us what it is....

and for a price I'd ring a garage - they won't be thrilled you're providing all the parts, especially if any of it doesn't fit properly, or is incorrect - but since labour rates vary so much regionally we'll be guessing tbh

Hah stupid me! It is a 04, 1.4 Volkswagen polo twist.

Yeah I will phone around and get some quotes as I do know some of them are fussy fitting own bought parts, even if you tell them don't worry about any problems that may arise if the parts are faulty.

I would probably be easier if I got a garage to get all the parts but sometimes they rob you for the cost of the parts saying it's more then they got it even cheaper so that has put me off a bit.

[subsea99]

Adrian E said:

might help if you tell us what it is....

and for a price I'd ring a garage - they won't be thrilled you're providing all the parts, especially if any of it doesn't fit properly, or is incorrect - but since labour rates vary so much regionally we'll be guessing tbh

I've never had a problem ..used to buy all the parts for my db9 and take to main stealers especially when they wanted to charge me £150 for oil when I bought the same stuff for £60.

I always bought genuine parts and would save around a 3rd off what they would charge.

Hate getting ripped off

[Adrian E]

Agreed there are circumstances where it's worthwhile - I usually supply my own oil too. Pattern parts are usually the issue, as there's more scope for incorrect fitting/parts variation model to model that isn't quite right.

For cambelts I'd only ever get the fitting garage to supply them as you're then fully warranted against a failure down the line - if you supply the parts then you'll be paying the labour on anything that goes wrong down the line, as the garage fitting them aren't liable, nor can they claim their costs back as they can with original equipment stuff bought from TPS.

Given those risks, and building a relationship with a decent garage where they'll discount the labour bill on bigger jobs etc, if you rock up with all the bits which they aren't supplying at RRP and using the trade discount they get to offset your labour bill, you'll be paying full whack on the labour so probably aren't saving anything much overall.

[subsea99]

Yeah totally agree with you Adrian stick to genuine parts.

[Dr G]

Book times:

Major service (4cyl) 2.5hrs
Front discs/pads 2hrs
Rear discs/pads 2hrs
Belt & pump 4.5hrs
Brake fluid .5hrs

[btcc123]

If I was in your position I would take the list of parts you want fitted/changed and the prices from the internet to a good independent garage.Say you bought the car without a service history am short of money so do you think that you could get the parts cheaper and do me a good deal on the labour.

You may be pleasently surprised.