Where's Justin Woodham - need his help?

[Biggles62]

That's the truth!! I got charged £280 just "to have a look", they told me what I already knew and then wanted to charge me £1800 plus vat to take the engine out, a further £2500 to fix it and another £1800 to put it back in again... when it could've been repaired in situ.

Precisely what I was getting at.

For further confirmation, I got a price for a replacement power steering pump from my local Ford dealership, just in case I needed one when I had the problem described above. Their quote was £600.00 for the new pump plus £200.00 to fit it - plus VAT at 20% on the lot. Thus, almost £1000.00 just to replace a little power steering pump on a car worth, at best, £1800.00. Now that, surely, is taking the piss.

I had a quote for a factory rebuilt pump at £120.00 and secondhand pumps were available for just a few quid.

Fortunately, I did not actually need the pump but it was an interesting exercise - and a timely reminder to carefully avoid using Ford dealerships for Explorer parts.

Regards

Mike
P.S. Good luck with this one, Simon. Based on my own experience with this very same work, I feel sure you will be okay having it done by Justin.

 

[simonkn8574]

Cheers everyone..

The LPG service has had to be postponed, family health issues... but gives me time to contact Justin and perhaps sort the idle problem before the LPG issues...

regards
SK