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Good evening ....I left the van in for a check up ,as it broke down, the mechanic said i needed a new fuel pump and the fuel was running at 14 percent what ever that means, he also said it must have back fired as the hose off the airflow was parted and the vane inside needed adjusting total cost including vat 300 euro, he said he put a bosch pump in, which cost 245 euro so 55 euro for labour, is there any questions i should ask before parting with my dough,thanks in advance....... 1989 2.1 petrol engine carat model.
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28 lurkers and no reply
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ladybird wrote:28 lurkers and no reply
37 and rising
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hah,we aint lurking, unless we have the info you want then we shall Lurk.. can you post up precisely what the pump is and your engine and we can have alooksee
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Can "we" take it this is an injected engine then ? (or carb)
Got a new van, but it's a 165bhp T4 [shock horror] Accurate LPG Station map here

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metalmick8y wrote:hah,we aint lurking, unless we have the info you want then we shall Lurk.. can you post up precisely what the pump is and your engine and we can have alooksee
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All i know is its called a bosch dont know if they do different types for t3 the engine is a 2.1 digi petrol
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ghost123uk wrote:Can "we" take it this is an injected engine then ? (or carb)
Injected What does he mean running at 14 percent
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try here for your bits http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/
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A fuel pump from brickwerks is £131.40/161.85 EURS.http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... ory_id=114
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Might it help if you tried posting it in Technical Forum instead of Gen Chat ?

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Ian Hulley wrote:Might it help if you tried posting it in Technical Forum instead of Gen Chat ?

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Good idea hulley
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Can't do the euro to £ conversion so don't know what you are really paying. However, please bare in mind that you are paying for parts, labour and the years of training the mechanic has (hopefully) had. Why not ring a different garage and get a quote for the same job and then compare the prices. I am assuming you are questioning the price rather than the job. Maybe I'm wrong.

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300.00 EUR = 243.55 GBP
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R0B wrote:A fuel pump from brickwerks is £131.40/161.85 EURS.http://www.brickwerks.co.uk/shop?page=s ... ory_id=114
Thanks rob for the effort
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R0B wrote:300.00 EUR = 243.55 GBP
Thanks Rob. Some mark up eh?

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