Labour cost audi temp sensor

Ozziej

I brought my a4 in to my indy specialist with faulty dash engine temp needle. Ran diagnostic and then changed out engine temp sensor. Cost 193 euro including 130 euro labour.

Ripoff or going rate?

What do people think?

Neilw

Ozziej wrote: »

I brought my a4 in to my indy specialist with faulty dash engine temp needle. Ran diagnostic and then changed out engine temp sensor. Cost 193 euro including 130 euro labour.

Ripoff or going rate?

What do people think?

I changed one on a 1.8t and it took 10 mins but that was a transverse engine, don't know what access is like on the a4.

Ozziej

Neilw wrote: »

I changed one on a 1.8t and it took 10 mins but that was a transverse engine, don't know what access is like on the a4.

Mine is 1.8t

mickdw

Sounds expensive

sean1141

Ozziej wrote: »

Mine is 1.8t

Neil meant on a golf platform. The engine is turned different in the a4/passat

George Dalton

€193 to diagnose and replace a faulty coolant temp sensor would be bordering on extortion IMO.

However very often the thermostats in these engines also like to stick open and cause erratic gauge behaviour so very often when you change the sensor you find you also need to change the thermostat as well. €193 for coolant temp sensor, o-ring, retaining clip and thermostat, o-ring and thermostat housing wouldn't be too far off the mark. Is it possible that this was done as well as the sensor?

Ozziej

George Dalton wrote: »

€193 to diagnose and replace a faulty coolant temp sensor would be bordering on extortion IMO.

However very often the thermostats in these engines also like to stick open and cause erratic gauge behaviour so very often when you change the sensor you find you also need to change the thermostat as well. €193 for coolant temp sensor, o-ring, retaining clip and thermostat, o-ring and thermostat housing wouldn't be too far off the mark. Is it possible that this was done as well as the sensor?

Nope just sensor I'm afraid. It was a Specialist place with diagnostic computers for any make car. Maye their labour is dearer as a result. Pity. I will think twice now with next service.

George Dalton

Did you get an invoice with a breakdown of parts and labour? Was it €130 for labour, €40 for sensor then VAT on top?

repsol

Ring an Audi dealer for a quote.If the independent isn't a fair bit cheaper then it defeats the purpose of going to an independent and you were ripped off

Ozziej

George Dalton wrote: »

Did you get an invoice with a breakdown of parts and labour? Was it €130 for labour, €40 for sensor then VAT on top?

That's it

George Dalton

Ozziej wrote: »

That's it

Well if the job was as straightforward as it usually is with these sensors (plug in, do scan, retrieve code, confirm fault, change sensor) then I'm afraid you were way over-charged compared to what you could have got it done for. We would normally charge about €75 fitted for a genuine sensor just for reference.

navara man

are you a women is that why they robbed you overcharged you

Stheno

navara man wrote: »

are you a women is that why they robbed you overcharged you

Talk about a generalisation
OP those are main dealer labour rates, that was massively expensive!

Did it include work to do diagnostics or just to replace the sensor?

nogoodnamesleft

Very expensive! The part from VW/Audi is 30euro. Otto car parts stock the same sensor for 20euro. A litre of coolant is also required to replace that which is lost when replacing the sensor. I would ask for a receipt for a break down of charges.


Here is a few pics in a thread i wrote describing how to change it in a VW:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055757452#8

George Dalton

nogoodnamesleft wrote: »

Very expensive! The part from VW/Audi is 30euro.

The part from VW is actually €36.83 + VAT. The clip and o-ring cost about another €3 + VAT on top of that.

Alanstrainor

navara man wrote: »

are you a women is that why they robbed you overcharged you

Any more posts like that and you'll get yourself banned from the forum.

Do not reply to this post. PM if you wish.

navara man

name and shame that garage op

Idbatterim

If I felt I was robbed, I wouldnt waste my breath complaining, Id just never give them another cent of my money again... Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice...

Ozziej

Stheno wrote: »

Talk about a generalisation
OP those are main dealer labour rates, that was massively expensive!

Did it include work to do diagnostics or just to replace the sensor?

It included diagnostic too he said. I will ring for clarification today to break down labour for all my boards buds. Pity as they had been reasonable before. I have male genitals by the way for the patronising poster.

ION08

These sensors are well known weak point on VAG cars.

I changed this sensor 2 occasions: on my previous Golf GTI 1.8T (same engine as your A4) and on my current A4 1.9 TDI.

The sensor cost me less than 40 euro from a dealer and it took me 10 minutes to replace and I am by no means a mechanic.

I have a mechanic friend who said he would have charged me for a drink to fit it if I couldn't have done it myself or 20 euro for anyone else.

As for these overrated "Diagnostic" scans, you can buy an OBD reader/scanner for 40 euro off eBay these days and its yours to keep.

So it definitely seems you were throroughly ripped off.

Tell him he's a thieving cowboy and never go to him again.

unkel

Ozziej wrote: »

It included diagnostic too he said. I will ring for clarification today to break down labour for all my boards buds. Pity as they had been reasonable before. I have male genitals by the way for the patronising poster.

Definitely get back to them and grill them on the details. For the 40 part, 30 diagnostic and 30 labour (do you really need to top up coolant / bleed the system if you change it quickly and competently?) would give a total of €100, which would seem on the highest end for an indy

Replaced the CTS on my Rover75 myself for £12 (BMW part ordered online). That said, that was a very easy job

BigEejit

If all they did was replace that part after reading the diagnostic data then OP should name and shame. I'd imagine that a main dealer would charge prices like that, an Indy should be far far cheaper.

el tel

That's insane. The parts are £30 and takes 10 min to fit. Done it myself just recently.

Ozziej

BigEejit wrote: »

If all they did was replace that part after reading the diagnostic data then OP should name and shame. I'd imagine that a main dealer would charge prices like that, an Indy should be far far cheaper.

They are named on the site as a good garage. Pm me and I'll let you know who they are. I rang and said it was a small job and I thought labour was excessive. He said that is a small job cost.