That price ($1500) came from me some months ago and was from Mal at Dino for parts and labour but NOT including GST. I researched it because I was looking at a Multipla too. Then he said a new clutch was about the same amount for the diesel all up.
dc72,
Apr 6, 12:01am
The beast is actually in Auckland at the moment - they just got the stuff fixed up there, so might ask if they can get a general check up there too.
rovercitroen,
Apr 6, 12:02am
Oh and that price for the cam belt / water pump included a full oil and lube service and I think a coolant change as well.
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 12:04am
O.K Prices are in!
I emailed Italian Autos for a comparisson, not sure if you contacted them as well or not.
Genuine cambelt kit and aftermarket waterpump $546 including GST
Genuine cambelt and waterpump kit imported from the U.K direct approx $500 including GST and Freight.
With regard to the aftermarket waterpump, normally I am very anti after market ones but given Italian Autos use them they are probably O.K. Personally though, if it was my car I would buy genuine.
Also, it seems you can save some money by importing yourself which is actually really easy to do. I can help you with that if you wanted to do that, the only disadvantage is the wait (say a couple of weeks) and its a hassle if you have to return something. But, having done this many times I am yet to need to return anything or have any hassles.
Labour:
Italian Autos were $437 including GST.
The local garage here has estimated "around the $500 mark give or take". I have a lot of faith in them to be honest and fair with pricing though so even though its only an estimate you wouldn't get ripped off and their hourly rate is slightly cheaper than Italian Autos but they might take slightly longer as Italian Auto's would likely do one of these engines nearly every week.
Anyhow, there are some options there. You could of course also get a quote for parts off Dino Enterprises who may be a bit cheaper than Italian Autos as well.
The local mechanic here is more than happy for you to supply the parts so long as I have checked what you are supplying to make sure they are correct.
Best of luck with it all!
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 12:06am
Aha! So you were the dirty scallywag! Thanks for the clarification, it starts to make sense when you add in the extras!
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 12:07am
Incidentally, a bit of shopping around on the net and you may even do better than the price I got for the genuine kit at $500. It was really just the first site I came accross, all you need to do is ask on a Fiat Forum and you will get some good recommendations.
dc72,
Apr 6, 12:49am
Awesome, thanks, sounds like the owners might get the cambelt done before selling (it's a shade overdue by the sounds) but they also said they could take the cost off and let us do it. will see what happens, but good to know the kind of costs we are looking at.
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 1:01am
Sweet! I would suggest though that unless you can be certain they are using genuine parts and doing the waterpump as well that you might be better to do this yourselves then you know everything is 100%. Because of the labour content its one of those jobs that you want done once done right.
dc72,
Apr 6, 1:04am
Sounds like the got the clutch done at Italian autos (that's the auckland crowd right!) so assume they would get the rest done there too. but will certainly double check and insist on the right stuff or we will do it
jasongroves,
Apr 6, 2:32am
You mean the 2.5 litre (GY) petrol engine!
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 2:44am
No the 2.3 which is chain driven from memory (but correct me if I am wrong, my Mazda knowledge is a bit out of date)
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 2:45am
Sweet, not sure they would send it all the way up to Auckland to get it done for you. Would have thought they would just get it done in Wellington (where there should be good Fiat places too) It is a Wellington car isn't it!
So long as you get a copy of the itemised invoice showing that everything has been done then it should be right as rain. Just ask them to list the waterpump is genuine on the invoice.
jasongroves,
Apr 6, 2:49am
Yep, L3 is belt driven. Why the comparison between a diesel 1.9 and a petrol 2.3 out of interest! Wouldn't the 2.0 diesel MPV be a better match! (Which also has a service interval of 20,000km.)
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 3:11am
Fair question, and the new Mazda diesels from what I have seen so far seem to be the pick of the Asian stuff.
However, show me one that this poster could afford around their $8500 budget!
I was really pushing the envelope with the 2.3 Mazda in that price range as realistically I don't think you would see a good one under 10K.
Yeah it's a Welly car but it's currently in Auckland
jasongroves,
Apr 6, 7:04pm
I was just going by Autodata, which says it is belt driven;)
jasongroves,
Apr 6, 7:06pm
Which of course, could be wrong as has been proven before.
thejazzpianoma,
Apr 6, 8:35pm
LOL thats O.K I was really just winding you up. You probably know more than me about those motors.
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 7, 7:10am
Sweet might be a good opportunity to get it sorted. Italian Auto's only have the non-oem water pump in stock but given they would have likely useda lot of whatever brand it is its probably a safe bet.
They would be an excellent lot to give it a bit of a pre-check look over for you as well.
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