turbo kaput, need help with options

Hi all,

My S Reg Freelander's turbo gave up yesterday - clouds of smoke, sucking noises, the beginnings of run away revving.... Got towed to a garage, now being told I can either buy a new one (just a turbo! not a whole car!) for £630 plus £350 on fitting (5 hours labour) plus oil and filter; or I can buy a warrantied reconditioned one for £588 plus fitting/oil/filter; or I can get my turbo collected and reconditioned, which will cost 'up to a maximum of £420, depending on what's wrong with it', then the £350 for fitting plus oil and filter.

I am not a mechanic - is 5 hours about right? Are these prices par for the course? Am trying to get other quotes, but thought I would ask on here too. All advice gratefully received! Thanks a lot

Kat

i take it you have the old l desiel i would have a look around for a second hand good one, seems very high price esecially for a older car

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Plenty out there mate,,for a couple hundred more than they are quoting you
could get another car and swap around what you want and sell the rest off,
making it cheaper overall??

Good luck..

Thanks for your replies, very helpful. I got a couple of quotes from other garages, seems like 4 to 5 hours is about standard for the job. Not a cheap breakdown....

Thanks again

B******s to that!

For my '99 diesel I found a turbo kit online which cost about £100.

A mate helped me take mine off and replace the spindle, which is all I needed from the kit. Took about 3 hours and we didn't work especially fast.

It worked great!

And then the transfer box exploded so I scrapped it for £350.
Wish I'd kept it now though