Peugeot 206 - exhaust snapped

katie241

Hi.
Centre part of exhaust in my 206 snapped. The garage quoted £250 for the repair for replacement of front and rear part of the exhaust (without middle part). It it a good price? It seems like a lot to me for not replacing the whole exhaust.

Thanks.

DUTR

katie241 wrote: »

Hi.
Centre part of exhaust in my 206 snapped. The garage quoted £250 for the repair for replacement of front and rear part of the exhaust (without middle part). It it a good price? It seems like a lot to me for not replacing the whole exhaust.

Thanks.

Try more than one garage.

LeafGreen

Is it a local garage that came recommended to you, or Kwik Fit?

If the latter, go to the former!

katie241

Local garage in Kent.

AdrianC

What engine, what age?

katie241

2008 plate 1.4L petrol

AdrianC

So this is what the full exhaust looks like (assuming 8v not 16v)...

http://www.bosal.com/en/catalog/exhaust/69786985350155/SYS04616

I doubt they'll replace the short bit and the back box without doing that long centre section. Pointless, and it'd probably cost you more by the time they've mucked around with it.

A quick google for prices suggests you'd be spending somewhere half that total bill on the three sections for DIYing it, plus fixing kit etc. And that's shopping around, rather than just calling the local factor to put 'em on the next van.

You're in the SE, so that leaves somewhere around an hour, hour and a half labour? Not ridiculous at all.

Drive-in, drive-out, £250 inc VAT doesn't seem too high to me. More, obvs, if the cat and downpipe need doing.

Jackmydad

Shop around. With labour costs being what they are, I'd get as much of it changed as is practicable if you intend to keep that car for a while.

[Deleted User]

I had the back, middle long pipe and front short pipe replaced on an 8v 206 back in 2010 for £90 at a local garage.

AdrianC

Deleted_User wrote: »

I had the back, middle long pipe and front short pipe replaced on an 8v 206 back in 2010 for £90 at a local garage.

A decade ago.

Can't get the parts for that now.

ratrace

katie241 wrote: »

Hi.
Centre part of exhaust in my 206 snapped. The garage quoted £250 for the repair for replacement of front and rear part of the exhaust (without middle part). It it a good price? It seems like a lot to me for not replacing the whole exhaust.

Thanks.

Hi op, Depending on where it has snapped sometimes you can either weld a small pipe inbetween the snappped area essentially making a join, not all places will do this as its not really worth it for them, i do it my self at home. but note this is only a short term fix it may last months may last years

Is £250 a good price? well that depends on what brand of exhaust they are using and what they charge per hour. if you do go the new exhaust route dont get it from euro car parts they exhaust's are not correct and they are a pain to fit. let us know how you get on