stuey Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Came back from the lakes on monday - wet roads and standing water. Approaching quite a steep incline and the Pathfinder started hesistating - like hitting a rev limiter. Did it in all gears at lower and lower revs, the higher the gear I was in. Not looking good. So, took it to the garage and was told it was one of 2 things - - Blocked/water in the fuel filter (apparently quite common due to the increasing amount of Biodiesel in fuel mixes these days) - £100 - Fuel pump which is a £1600 part plus the fitting Luckily it was the cheaper of the 2 options, so now its back on fine form. Stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 Lucky....... shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 £100 for a fuel filter? they saw you coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun4860 Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 £100 for a fuel filter? they saw you coming. errrm its upwards of £60 for mine (x-trail) they have electric gizmo's on so i imagine stu's is the same then the garage will charge labour and vat......you may be suprised shaun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackbart Posted October 30, 2009 Report Share Posted October 30, 2009 £100 for a fuel filter? they saw you coming. What sort of fuel filter has a pathfinder got Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiiithy Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) Not sure if this is the right one? The main thing is it's fixed with limited inconvenience and it could have been a lot worse Edited October 31, 2009 by smiiithy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungler Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 What motor manufacturer designs and produces a car which requires a £1600 fuel pump? I guess the money is in the fitting because it's located somewhere daft? But, just, ermmm how? How do you get a replacement fuel pump to anywhere near £1600? Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leadbreakfast Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 dealers do rob ya dont they. a friend had a ford ranger what did a simular thing to contaminated fuel they cleaned the common rail,new filter,cleaned fuel lines.new fuel pump and a new fuel tank came to just over £2500 :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shot shot Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 What motor manufacturer designs and produces a car which requires a £1600 fuel pump? I guess the money is in the fitting because it's located somewhere daft? But, just, ermmm how? How do you get a replacement fuel pump to anywhere near £1600? Anyone know? It's not just big cars, the fuel pump on a 2001 1.7 diesel corsa is over a grand. why? well that's anyones guess :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted October 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 No, the dealer didn't see me coming - the part was £25.00, but looking on ebay seems to range from £29.99 to £45.00. They diagnosed the problem, checked the rest of the fuel system and fixed the problem. So parts, 2hrs Labour charges, VAT gives £100 - its not like I'm driving a Micra here....thankfully :blink: Result is car back to fine form, haven't wasted a day picking up parts, scrounging tools etc, haven't had to find a Haynes manual, but have been able to spend my time in good company shooting pheasants and ducks instead laters stu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Downie Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 What motor manufacturer designs and produces a car which requires a £1600 fuel pump? I was chatting to a friend who's a VW mechanic, and he described a recent incident where a guy came in to get a headlight bulb changed on his Passat. Turns out he had been seduced into buying some fancy Xenon lights that anticipate corners, and the whole unit needed replacing, at a cost of more than £1800. Imagine how THAT must have stung! Me, I drive a Defender, and I'm totally lovin' my manual windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune82 Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 My neighbour is a mechanic and tells me it is cheaper to fit a reconditioned engine to a vectra than replace the fuel pump. Apparently the pump is on the engine so a new engine changes the pump as well and takes less time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 What motor manufacturer designs and produces a car which requires a £1600 fuel pump? I guess the money is in the fitting because it's located somewhere daft? But, just, ermmm how? How do you get a replacement fuel pump to anywhere near £1600? Anyone know? Andy, Have you ever looked to see how much a fuel peump is for a TD5 Discovery? I think you may be shocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted November 2, 2009 Report Share Posted November 2, 2009 they are pretty complex bits of kit Mungler, thats why you don't ever want to buy a second hand decent diesel motor thats been run on veg oil etc as when they go wrong they're hellishly expensive for a new one even recon ones are pretty bad cost wise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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