Realistic price to repair car?

JenL

I have booked my 04 Opel Astra to go into the mechanic tomorrow to replace either the coolant bottle or the hose from the coolant bottle that may have split. (Not sure which it is yet). Any idea how much I should expect this to cost?

biko

Not much, hoses are cheap and the coolant bottle is usually easy to replace.
I think those bottles are 20 euro or so, maybe less.

I changed the bottle on the GFs Micra in 3 mins.

Toyotafanboi

under an hours labour anyway i'm sure.

a bit of a price difference between whether your mechanic goes for new or second hand parts and what exactly is required, but even worst case scenario plenty of change back from €100 i reckon.

JenL

Thanks!

Yawns

Be even cheaper to replace them both yourself. Motor factors and have them give you a new hose. Scrap yard for coolant bottle. If you're unsure of the size hose you need, take off and bring it in to them.

Toyotafanboi

Yawns wrote: »

Be even cheaper to replace them both yourself. Motor factors and have them give you a new hose. Scrap yard for coolant bottle. If you're unsure of the size hose you need, take off and bring it in to them.

with a username like "JenL", probably a woman who isn't to handy around spanners (no offence).

changing the bottle or relevant hose admittedly is relatively simple, but correctly refilling and bleeding the coolant system is sometimes not so simple and can cause unpleasant problems if done wrong.

Yawns

Aye it certainly can, was just saying it could be cheaper again.

JenL

Thanks for the advice! I wouldn't have a clue what to do to replace them myself, let alone have any tools to even take the old ones out.
I don't know any mechanics to get a price and just don't want to be paying way over the odds cos I had no idea if it was a complex job or not.