£1100 to fit a new diesel pump!

[dominicnp]

Hi all,

After a bit of advice please.

My father in law, who lives in north wales, has called me to tell me that his local garage have told him that his diesel pump (no further information was forthcoming from him!) needs replacing at a cost of £1100.

The car is a 12 year old Renault Laguna.

Is this a reasonable price for this job or is he being totally ripped off. I assume that if this is reasonable he needs to start looking for a new car!

Thanks in advance for your help.

[Pew Pew Pew Lasers!]

And why have they said the pump needs replacing? What is the fault?

Impossible to answer your question without that information.

[vikingaero]

Get a new car!

Your FIL's car is a banger. He would be better of spending the £1,100 on a newer banger.

[goldspanners]

maybe just get a second hand pump? or get his pump reconditioned. look for places near him that will refurbish pumps and injectors.

[tomstickland]

Or transfer a pump from another car.

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

divide it by 5

[Phlik]

If the Laguna in question is a common rail diesel then that's about right for the high pressure pump. The pump on my 406 is £1k+ for the part, let alone fitting it, and seeing as it pressurises the fuel to over 1000 bar this is not a job for the diyer unless you know what you're doing.

the new generation of diesel cars are great until you need to repair them, service and repair costs are far more expensive than the petrol equivalent.

Phlik

[swiftnick]

Yep this sounds about right to supply, fit and code a new fuel pump.

We had our local Ford dealer to cost one for us on a diesel Focus last year, they wanted £1800

Nick

[hewhoisnotintheknow]

take it to an independant and get them to do it with recon parts

a new engine with a 30 day warranty will probably only cost 300!

[gilbert and sullivan]

The bit about diesel ownership that diesel drivers tend to describe wearing rosy coloured glasses.

As said above, when modern diesels go wrong costs can be eye watering, and Renaults always were a PITA to work on anyway.
People with 4 or 5 year old Espace diesels have had quotes of £4000+ to supply and fit new injection pump (and always needs new injectors apparently).
It'll be better in 12 years time, as well as a pump the current Laguna will need a new DPF, DMF, turbo, ecu and recalibrated injectors, £1100 won't cover the deposit.

[goldspanners]

i thought this age of laguna was just the older direct injection (with optional turbo) rather than the new fangled common rail overly expensive modern diesels?
i may be wrong.