Official Fiat man hours to change 2011 x250 2.3 cam belt and water pump?

[daveinspain]

Does anyone know what the recommended Fiat man hours are to change my 2011 x250 2.3 cam belt/water pump/etc? I´ve just been quoted 10 hours by my local Fiat Professional garage, seems an awful lot!

 

[Bobcharlie]

Does anyone know what the recommended Fiat man hours are to change my 2011 x250 2.3 cam belt/water pump/etc? I´ve just been quoted 10 hours by my local Fiat Professional garage, seems an awful lot!

I took my fiat ducato to fiat got charged £735 including water pump when giving you a quote try to knock them down

 

[daveinspain]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the Spanish don´t do haggling, its always a case of take it or leave it! The parts alone were 645 euros, plus 10 hours at 75 euros making a total of 1395 euros

 

[Speve]

Adams Morey just changed ours and a 4yr service had it for two complete days and charged £1650 approx
our van is an A-class so a bit more difficult

 

[daveinspain]

Any idea what the service added to the total bill?

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[Bobcharlie]

It seems alot 10 hrs itook my van to fiat stoneacre at 8am they have 1 hour dinner pick up at 5pm 8 hours labour

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I think they are stretching it, ours went into a FP garage at around 08.30 in the morning and we collected it at about 16.30 and ours is an A class that is more restricted. The parts for the full Fiat kit were around £460 inc VAT, a couple of years ago.

 

[daveinspain]

I think its too much - a Fiat garage should have the tools and know-how to do it quicker than 10 hours.

 

[Phill D]

I was charge 4 hours by local independent garage for x250 2.3 belt and water pump change.

 

[Bobcharlie]

Go to fiat stone acre website and fill in details they will give you a price then you will better

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[Speve]

Any idea what the service added to the total bill?

Also had Mot. £54.85 + service £480.12 inc vat of which labour was £200
cam belt change £1012.99 inc vat of which labour was £560

Hope that’s of use?

 

[daveinspain]

Yesit is, thanks. It just confirms that the price I´ve been quoted is OTT, as I suspected.

 

[gus-lopez]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the Spanish don´t do haggling, its always a case of take it or leave it! The parts alone were 645 euros, plus 10 hours at 75 euros making a total of 1395 euros

Go sowmewhere else. 75€hour is pisstake money , 36.50/hour here fords, peugeot, main dealers.

 

[Badknee]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately the Spanish don´t do haggling, its always a case of take it or leave it! The parts alone were 645 euros, plus 10 hours at 75 euros making a total of 1395 euros

I paid £365 last Oct incl parts. Cambelt, water pump and tensioner.

 

[TinaLes]

Taking ours in on the 22nd Sept for MOT & Cambelt been quoted arround £660.00 for cambelt plus £25 for new Auxiliary Belt, then get the MOT whatever that is?, I think no more than £70.
Our dealer is a Fiat Professional Garage, trust them to do a good job, so fingers crossed.
LES

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[mikebeaches]

Just checking my invoice for cam belt change on our 2016 X290 2.3 litre van conversion at the local Fiat dealer (Huttons), Weston-super-Mare last November. The water pump was not changed, because the vehicle is low mileage (15,872) and the dealership advised not necessary.

Labour 3.5 hours @ £80 per hour (£280). Parts £233.73 So total price £513.73 + 20% VAT = Grand Total £616.48 (inc tax)
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daveinspain - 10 hours sounds really excessive, at nearly three times what I was invoiced for. I don't believe there is a significant difference between the X250 and the X290 mechanicals, in relation to the cam belt.

 

[Sapper520]

Just checking my invoice for cam belt change on our 2016 X290 2.3 litre van conversion at the local Fiat dealer (Huttons), Weston-super-Mare last November. The water pump was not changed, because the vehicle is low mileage (15,872) and the dealership advised not necessary.

Labour 3.5 hours @ £80 per hour (£280). Parts £233.73 So total price £513.73 + 20% VAT = Grand Total £616.48 (inc tax)
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daveinspain - 10 hours sounds really excessive, at nearly three times what I was invoiced for.

Did that include a service Mike?

 

[mikebeaches]

Did that include a service Mike?

No, there was an additional cost to the above for an oil and filter change and an MOT. Because of lockdown, I believe the van had done less than 500 miles since it was serviced previously. The total cost for the oil change - parts and labour - was an additional £180 + VAT, so £216 (inc tax). Then another £50 for the MOT.

(The labour element for the oil and filter change, was charged as 0.7 hours - £56.)

 

[daveinspain]

Go sowmewhere else. 75€hour is pisstake money , 36.50/hour here fords, peugeot, main dealers.

The problem here is finding someone else you can trust to do the job properly- that´s the only reason I went to the Fiat Professional garage in the first place.

 

[Sapper520]

No, there was an additional cost to the above for an oil and filter change and an MOT. Because of lockdown, I believe the van had done less than 500 miles since it was serviced previously. The total cost for the oil change - parts and labour - was an additional £180 + VAT, so £216 (inc tax). Then another £50 for the MOT.

(The labour element for the oil and filter change, was charged as 0.7 hours - £56.)

I paid £227 for a minor service, due to low mileage, last September.

Mine is booked in at Hutton’s, on 2nd September, for it’s 2 year service. It’s going to be £400+.

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[Sapper520]

The problem here is finding someone else you can trust to do the job properly- that´s the only reason I went to the Fiat Professional garage in the first place.

I can not find an Independent with half decent reviews in my area. Fiat Professional is as to be.

 

[Gellyneck]

Dave Newall (ex trade member on here) did our X250 a couple of years back (belt, pump and tensioners) in around 5/6 hours.

 

[daveinspain]

I´ve just found my old receipt from when Dave Newell changed everything 2016 - he charged for FOUR hours labour. Makes 10 hours look ridiculous! I´ll have to have another go at finding an independent to do it, but I need it done soon as we´re going away in the van early September. Thank you all for your replies

 

[mikebeaches]

I can not find an Independent with half decent reviews in my area. Fiat Professional is as to be.

Our van is just over six years old now, so guess I could think about using an independent garage, but I've used Huttons for about 12 years for doing our MHs, and I've generally been happy and feel they are pretty fair with their prices. Also, they should really know their way around the vehicle and have access to comprehensive technical support for any queries they might have.

I reckon they are probably a lot more competitively priced than the main Fiat dealer in Bristol, which would be our other option.

 

[SpeedyDux]

Our van is just over six years old now, so guess I could think about using an independent garage, but I've used Huttons for about 12 years for doing our MHs, and I've generally been happy and feel they are pretty fair with their prices. Also, they should really know their way around the vehicle and have access to comprehensive technical support for any queries they might have.

I reckon they are probably a lot more competitively priced than the main Fiat dealer in Bristol, which would be our other option.

I got my cambelt changed by Huttons in June this year, and they insisted the water pump needed to be done as well although my Rapido Van is a year younger than yours and has only done 10,000 miles. With a low miles service, and MOT, including VAT the total came to £1,310.95. I'm not sure that is a fair price compared to what they charged you. I'm thinking of writing a letter of complaint to the owner.

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[Taran_Las]

I had my cam belt/water pump changed last week at a Fiat professional workshop. A class 2017

Parts £449.15
Labour (no number of hours specified) £624.00
Vat £214.63

Total £1287.78

 

[Lofty1]

Independent garages use a guide by reg number for hours , a 250 pump and belt. Kit quotes 4 hours max

 

[mikebeaches]

I got my cambelt changed by Huttons in June this year, and they insisted the water pump needed to be done as well although my Rapido Van is a year younger than yours and has only done 10,000 miles. With a low miles service, and MOT, including VAT the total came to £1,310.95. I'm not sure that is a fair price compared to what they charged you. I'm thinking of writing a letter of complaint to the owner.

That is strange that they insisted the water pump be changed, when they said not on my van? I specifically asked the question about it.

I believe that does increase the parts and labour cost significantly.

I guess, like everything at the moment, there will probably have been a significant increase in prices in the eight month difference between my van being done and yours.

My grand total bill, including cam belt, oil change and MOT was £815.34.

 

[Sapper520]

I got my cambelt changed by Huttons in June this year, and they insisted the water pump needed to be done as well although my Rapido Van is a year younger than yours and has only done 10,000 miles. With a low miles service, and MOT, including VAT the total came to £1,310.95. I'm not sure that is a fair price compared to what they charged you. I'm thinking of writing a letter of complaint to the owner.

Although our van is only 2 years old, I asked them about the water pump for when the time comes. He checked on his computer for parts required for my van, and it came back not requiring a water pump…..let’s see in 3 years when it’s due. .

 

[bobandjanie]

Hi Dave, we had our cam belt water pump and service done just before Easter, seem to remember about €1000, we used a German ( Gerald ) that has a big workshop in Bennisa, we dropped it off and he phoned when it was ready, after our experiences of using a couple of English and Spanish mechanics we would use Gerald again. Bob.

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