£150 for a exhaust gasket

[Leigh_X172]

had a new exhaust gasket fitted today and it cost me £150 im totally f**ked off.

 

[Jaffa182]

This is well in the wrong section lol

 

[clionoob]

^+1

eh wtf for? which one was is?? exhaust manifold gasket or what?

 

[Leigh_X172]

its the bit where the spings are on the exhaust.

oh shat sorry wrong section my bad

 

[mark989]

owned i got mine £22 from ktec delivered, fitting it myself mind you

 

[Leigh_X172]

owned i got mine £22 from ktec delivered, fitting it myself mind you

the garage told me they had to get it from france and the had to drop the sub frame to get to it?

 

[blakey]

Renault are such cheaky b******s. I wanted a bolt for mine the other day and they said that i would have to buy the ABS sensor it passes through to get the bolt. PRICKS!!!

 

[Djw John]

Sorry?! You must have forgotten a decimal point or something, I read that as £150 for a small bit of metal

 

[Leigh_X172]

Sorry?! You must have forgotten a decimal point or something, I read that as £150 for a small bit of metal

nope.£150

 

[clionoob]

rip off. i woulda charged 30 inc fitting. 20quid kit and 10quid for fitting. 2 10mm bolts and a gasket pfff saw you coming

 

[Alastair.]

lol they saw u coming, bet they had a good old chuckle when u left

 

[Leigh_X172]

probably but at the end of the day my car is sorted and runs alot better

 

[Ian_182]

You have been had.

Ring some other dealers for quotes and then go back to the one you had it done at and ask for a price match,otherwise say you go to renault UK

 

[SBV116]

The manifold - downpipe fitting kit is about £30 plus VAT from renault.

 

[Henry]

was that fitted by a Renault dealer?

 

[Longy]

I heard the 172's are a b**ch to fit? but £150! mine cost me £20 and changed in 2mins.

 

[len_beach]

I heard the 172's are a b**ch to fit? but £150! mine cost me £20 and changed in 2mins.

You didn't change the manifold gasket in 2 minutes! It will have taken you longer to wheel the jack out.

Edit: Just read you have a 182, different ball game.

They probably charged 2-3 hours labour as it's a tw@t of a job which is £70-£105 if charging £35 per hour. Plus the price of the gasket kit which was about £37 I think when I last bought one.

Much cheaper but far more hassle to do it yourself.

 

[Andyman]

Does nobody get quotes before letting garage folk loose on their cars anymore or something?? :dead:


Was this a Renault dealer?? if so, ring up Renault UK as theres book times for jobs and this clearly is well over the recommended time unless they have 100 quid a hour rates + vat

Renault charge book figure. If they go over through the mechanics slowness or if they have a prob etc etc you DONT pay more (or shouldnt)

 

[Fred@BTM]

takes me 30min to do it, no need to drop the subframe, amateurs, you've been had fella

 

[mattih5]

Feeeecking hell, i had mine done for £10!!!!!!!

 

[McBunny]

takes me 30min to do it, no need to drop the subframe, amateurs, you've been had fella

this is man that can change an exhaust almost single handedly on a driveway in the dark though lol

 

[Fred@BTM]

^haha those were the days

 

[Shervi]

Feeeecking hell, i had mine done for £10!!!!!!!

Where was that dude? I just went to have mine done, and they want to drop the subframe, saying the bolts are too tight to get it out

 

[Martin_172]

pmsl i done one a few weeks ago for a roll and chips

 

[Gray]

Jesus 150 whole English pounds?!

I paid £12 for my fitting kit, took about 2hrs to fit on my own

 

[Andyman]

Spring kits are the biggest con going. Got sick of mine blowing every 2 mins so just bolted the fooker up tight flange to flange and never been a problem since lol

 

[Martin_172]

need to watch doing that ^ can end up cracking exhaust manifolds especially if your engine mounts are worn

 

[sideways danny]

Spring kits are the biggest con going. Got sick of mine blowing every 2 mins so just bolted the fooker up tight flange to flange and never been a problem since lol

BAD idea. It's a flexible joint for a reason.

Never heard of dropping the subframe to get to the gasket before, it's not very pleasant, but it's definitely not as tight for space as that

 

[Andyman]

need to watch doing that ^ can end up cracking exhaust manifolds especially if your engine mounts are worn

So far so good and iv been running this way for 2 years approx without problems. Theres very little exhaust movement and if there was the other 2 mounts soak it up plus would probably wear before damaging manifolds as its front to back movement etc.