Popsi

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #1

So, my Landy left me strandy on the motorway last night. It was a very dramatic scene, the police turned up with their flashing cones and I could see the illuminated X5 sniggering at us :/
Then the lovely AA man carried us all home at 1am.

So anyway, I need a new alternator. The garage are calling me tomorrow with a price, what should I expect?

Many thanks guys

 

Datatek

Well-Known Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #2

Alternator from a garage could be as much as £300 Plus fitting which will depend on how accessible it is. Easy job to DIY and you should find an alternator for less than half the garage price.

 

Popsi

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #3

Jesus Christ!!!!!!
How easy? I've seen the part for around £140 on Ebay..

 

Popsi

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #4

They just called... £150

 

mjrimmer

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #5

Not a bad price and best of all no oily stuff to clean up after.

 

Popsi

Active Member

• Mar 24, 2015

• #6

Yeah I thought that was a pretty good price!

 

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Fritz

Active Member

• Apr 1, 2015

• #7

There's a quite a few bits to take off but it's actually a fairly straight forward job tbh. You could probably get your existing alternator fixed for 30 quid or so. There's a place in Croydon (appreciate you're nowhere near there but there must be others) that fixes them as its usually oil contamination in the commutator (not sure that's the right bit tbh)

Fritz

 

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colinco

Member

• Apr 1, 2015

• #8

i recently paid £400 !!!!!
admittedly I was phoning everyone local to fix it for me as I needed it asap and only have the street to park on so I didn't fancy crawling around under there with busses passing by, so I took the easy but expensive option.