My Td5 disco chewed up the fan belt so thought straight forward replacement. Wrong. Garage iv never used before says its the ACE pump and they removed it. I have to say the pully on it is rattling like a snake but when I was asked for 650 to get it replaced I queried its failure. Im a half wit with engines. Is alot of play in the pump a sign of failure requireing replacement.

Wow...650...thats steep considering it takes no more than 2 hours...and thats having 2 cups of tea and doing it for the first time. The pump cost between 300 and 350 new at most places but you can pick up a used one on ebay to get you by for some time. If you know how to use a spanner then you could be back to on the road for under a hundred quid easy. Im sure someones posted RAVE procedure for ace pump renewal on here, try a search.

plenty of good used ones about