Cam Belt and Water Pump Replacement Cost

Hi All,

My Disco has started to make a warbling sounds under load which sounds like the water pump, have spoken to my mechanic who agrees.

I called this morning after dropping the landy off last night and he reackons 600 quid to replace the timing belt and the water pump which seems horrendously steep to me. He reackoned 7.5 hours to do both jobs.

Before i politely collect the Landy and find someone else to do the job i would be grateful for peoples thoughts. I've found the spares on the Paddocks Website

Water Pump Land Rover, Range Rover Parts & Accessories - Discovery, Defender and Freelander

Timing Belt
TIMINGKIT300L | Timing Belt Kit - 300TDI later type

They seems like a good deal. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Steve

snigger sounds like a fine price, hell I'd do it for £50 less- why not do it yourself?

sadly im more at home stripping a server down or rebuilding a network rather than an engine What should i be paying for that sort of work?

local landy indi want £180 for timing belt..

water pumps on eblag £30..

as ya takin most of front off to do timing belt, shouldnt be much to swop pump whilst at it...

seems a bit pricey ,the later cam belt kit aint any good unless you have crank pulley with the guides not shown in your link,unless you already have it fitted,eventhough they are seperate jobs a good bit of water pump removal is done by removal of parts for cam belt job £200 plus parts would seem fairer

£40 for the kit and £25 for the pump off internet or locally more- google is your friend

thats more what i was hoping to be honest, i can see that ECP have the water pump Land Rover | Euro Car Parts UK?s No.1 Car Parts Retailer their Timing Belt kits are 130 quid though, whats likely to be the difference?

stevej69 said:

thats more what i was hoping to be honest, i can see that ECP have the water pump Land Rover | Euro Car Parts UK?s No.1 Car Parts Retailer their Timing Belt kits are 130 quid though, whats likely to be the difference?

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Now many will say different, but I tend to stick to known brands even if the bits were £150 and a £200 fitting subject to no bolts shearing-£600 is way off the mark.

Cheers Fanatic, it felt a bit steep to me to be fair, i'll have a chat with him tomorrow.

stevej69 said:

Cheers Fanatic, it felt a bit steep to me to be fair, i'll have a chat with him tomorrow.

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depends on his hourly rate of course if it is £60 hour x 7.5 =£450 + £150 parts