I bought my car of Arnold Clark under 2 years ago.  It has roughly 60,000 miles. 
My car felt very under power so long story short I need a turbo vacuum pump and wet belt which is costing me well of 2k ..more like 2.5k 

Is this standard price and do I have any legal against ford 

thanks 

 

Hi David,

It sounds about par for the course for a main dealer. Independents start around £900 for a wet belt change. The change is due anyway at 10 years max but many consider it prudent to have it done at 8/9 years.

The car is well out of warranty, of course, but If you have a full service history you could try your luck with the Ford goodwill scheme:

 

 

Thanks ..  

I know to avoid fords eco boost engines in the future ..

20 minutes ago, Wi1son73 said:

I know to avoid fords eco boost engines in the future

Far safer with a Peugeot Puretech 🤣

Or try your luck with Citroën, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen

Yes, try Volkswagen.  No wetbelts on those!

They've also recently decided that dry belts never need to be replaced though, which is a bit strange...

24 minutes ago, unofix said:

Far safer with a Peugeot Puretech 🤣

Or try your luck with Citroën, Vauxhall, and Volkswagen

Citroen and Vauxhalls also have the Puretech these days, though I believe the later versions of that engine now have chain cams:

 https://www.italpassion.fr/en/guides/stellantis-1-2-puretech-engine-list-of-belt-driven-and-chain-driven-models/

4 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

No wetbelts on those!

.....mmmmm 🤔

2 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

They've also recently decided that dry belts never need to be replaced though, which is a bit strange...

They seemed to give different intervals in different countries anyway. In Europe, the 1.0 3 pot is usually "for life'", here it was 5 years or 60 k miles.

1 minute ago, unofix said:

.....mmmmm 🤔

I'll bet that's a Transit van with a VW badge.  VW don't use wetbelts.

21 hours ago, TomsFocus said:

I'll bet that's a Transit van with a VW badge.  VW don't use wetbelts.

Then there is the wet oil pump belt used in the VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI, and SKODA 2.0D 🤣

Edit: Also used on the 1.6 engine

8 minutes ago, unofix said:

Then there is the wet oil pump belt used in the VOLKSWAGEN, AUDI, and SKODA 2.0D 🤣

Which particular 2.0 TDI is that?  I've had a few of them, the older ones certainly didn't have a wet oil pump belt.

The engine changed considerably around 2013 though.  I have one of each currently.  Swapped the newer one for the Mk4 Focus, partly to get out of Ford finance, but also specifically chose another VW TDI as I thought they were safe from wetbelts.   The newer one is a 1.6 but generally VW make 1.6 & 2.0 TDI on the same platform using many of the same parts.

2015 onwards I believe.

 

22 minutes ago, unofix said:

2015 onwards I believe.

My last VW Group diesel was a 2005. Phew!😀

Well, that's fairly conclusive.  My Mk7 does have a wet oilpump belt according to the parts catalogue.  

 

Hasn't had an oil change for nearly 3 years.  And that was done by the used car retailer so probably wrong spec as well.

 

In comparison, the older Mk6 TDI has a gear driven pump.  Also has a balance shaft that I wasn't aware of.  I had noticed the later 1.6 was a lot rougher when revved stationary at specific RPMs than the older one so that's probably why.  I thought the engine mounts were just knackered at 40k miles...  

Well I drove to Edinburgh 60miles and back after I finished work. The car has been amazing, power easily in 6th gear. It’s actually better now than when I bought the car.. 

Maybe electric is the way to go now,