I made an enquiry to Perrys around cost as I was curious and they quoted £2200 to replace the wet belt in my 65 plate Fiesta which has only done 26,000 miles. Obviously no where near 100,000 or 150,000 miles but will be 10 years old next autumn. 

2 hours ago, John 8740 said:

£2200 to replace the wet belt in my 65 plate Fiesta which has only done 26,000 miles.

Quite a few independent specialists springing up now, several of which have been reported on here. Worth shopping around.

Also a whole new engine for not much more:

https://pumaspeed.co.uk/product-Brand-new-Ford-Service-10-Ecoboost-Engine_18898.jsp

On 4/16/2023 at 11:44 PM, unofix said:

The official recommendation is now 100,000 miles or 10 years which ever comes sooner.

Personally I'd say this is crazy as that implies the car/engine is expected to last 200,000 miles or 20 years which I highly doubt. Yes I acknowledge there will be a few that do but in the great scheme of things not many.

If I had a 1.0 ecoboom then I'd get the wet belts changed at 90,000 miles or 9 years.^*  This of course still doesn't guarantee it will make it to those figures but at least it's in with a chance.

Currently Ford main dealers are charging between £1400 and £1800 for the work. Not all garages change all of the same parts so you should check what you're getting for the money.

There are a small number of independent specialists who will do the replacement belt work for £900ish

^* Of course you could just run it till destruction (which is what I would do) and then replace the engine with a brand new one which currently costs £2051.00 inc. VAT 

 

Can I just ask where you got the price of 2051 quid for engine replacement? My daughters fiesta has only made it to 80000 miles 

On 3/7/2024 at 5:16 PM, Eric Bloodaxe said:

Also a whole new engine for not much more:

https://pumaspeed.co.uk/product-Brand-new-Ford-Service-10-Ecoboost-Engine_18898.jsp

Prices have gone up since the 16th April 2023

19 hours ago, unofix said:

Prices have gone up since the 16th April 2023

I wonder how long new wet belt engines will be available? There was another potential supplier a while back who I was also going to mention, but I looked the other day and they are now only offering used, reconditioned, or remanufactured engines, not brand new.