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Model specific boards => Golf mk4 => Topic started by: DunnDeal12 on 14 July 2012, 12:48

Title: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 14 July 2012, 12:48
how long does it take to remove a mk4 1.8t engine? as the garage whos doing it me is charging me 8hrs labour.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: JC on 14 July 2012, 12:51
to do it properly, so its in a reusable condition then I would say thats ok, but top end hours wise   :smiley:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: moby on 14 July 2012, 12:55
Jst do it urself mate, otherwise if you can't then just bend over and be prepared to pay wat they ask. Simples. I wont have thought it be a £80 job tho  :laugh:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 14 July 2012, 13:00
Expensive job if they're charging anywhere from £60-£80 p/h :wink:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: lemski on 14 July 2012, 16:23
4 hours I rekons
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 14 July 2012, 16:30
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: moby on 14 July 2012, 16:48
sounds good tbh
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: lemski on 14 July 2012, 16:50
It would only be 80 at my garage to get it out
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: cullygti on 14 July 2012, 16:58
i paid £400 to have one taken out one put back in and new  timing belt water pump etc supplied and fitted hat was over 2 tears ago though
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: JC on 14 July 2012, 17:08
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?

 :huh:

more time to remove than refit doesnt sound right  :huh:


 :grin: :laugh:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: barrym381 on 14 July 2012, 17:09
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?
so thats 14hrs at 57 quid an hour
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: cullygti on 14 July 2012, 17:38
its only £741   :shocked:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: lemski on 14 July 2012, 17:49
That's a faIr wedge of money, for somethink you could do your self
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: barrym381 on 14 July 2012, 18:05
its only £741   :shocked:
u sure its 741  :grin:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Dan_GTi8v on 14 July 2012, 21:02
bargain  :sick:

I made it 741 as well btw  :undecided:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: cullygti on 15 July 2012, 00:02
i know what barry is saying it will never be the total figure to calcultions a garage if you dont use them reguarly will always be more so more around the £841+ is mor than  likely which is even more  :shocked:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Wayne on 15 July 2012, 00:08
Around 8hrs is correct.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 15 July 2012, 10:54
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?
so thats 14hrs at 57 quid an hour

Confusion is there :laugh:

8 + 5 = 13 not 14 :wink:  so 13 hour is £741 but 14 hours is £798
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 15 July 2012, 11:20
think im going ahead with it as the mrs is having the mk4 when the engine is sorted as ive just brought a t5 sportline.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: barrym381 on 15 July 2012, 13:12
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?
so thats 14hrs at 57 quid an hour

Confusion is there :laugh:

8 + 5 = 13 not 14 :wink:  so 13 hour is £741 but 14 hours is £798
they always add an extra hour or 2 so thats why i put 14hrs  :wink:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Xtrhardcore on 15 July 2012, 13:12
nice :wink:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: brianpologti on 15 July 2012, 13:44
Watch out for extras vat , oil,air con regas  etc etc
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 15 July 2012, 14:18
£57 x 8hrs remove and 5hrs to refit. does this sound ok?
so thats 14hrs at 57 quid an hour

Confusion is there :laugh:

8 + 5 = 13 not 14 :wink:  so 13 hour is £741 but 14 hours is £798
they always add an extra hour or 2 so thats why i put 14hrs  :wink:

god i hope they dont lol

Watch out for extras vat , oil,air con regas  etc etc

I will be providing the oil, coolant, dot4 and all the air con was removed by the previous owner. i was going for a anni look 4motion 1.8t but my plans changed due to me buying a t5. so i had the engine overhauled instead (uprated rods, bottom end bearings, new gaskets, sensors, valve seals, pullys, cambelt, thermostat) and giving it the mrs for her birthday.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Chris. on 15 July 2012, 22:30
How long? :o

I can have one out in about a hour and have one put in and running properly + fully bled up + driviable in around 3 hours in a ibiza.  Even easier in a golf!
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: moby on 15 July 2012, 23:33
Hey bud u ought to do engine conversions n swaps for ppl I be willing to pay u £160 to do a complete swap like engine out n in for sure!
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: CM690 on 16 July 2012, 08:14
A few people are saying do it yourself but if you have little knowledge about what you're doing, no garage/space or the tools and time for the job it's going to cost a decent amount of money anyway and you may end up leaving it for weeks on end because you simply don't have the time or motivation to do it so you may as well just pay someone else if you feel more comfortable doing so.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 16 July 2012, 09:03
A few people are saying do it yourself but if you have little knowledge about what you're doing, no garage/space or the tools and time for the job it's going to cost a decent amount of money anyway and you may end up leaving it for weeks on end because you simply don't have the time or motivation to do it so you may as well just pay someone else if you feel more comfortable doing so.

ive got a ruff idea of what do but just haven't got the space to do it.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Dalo Harkin on 16 July 2012, 13:02
Sounds like you should pull an all nighter with some of the people from here and give them some tokens  :wink:

as for space, the local NCP will be fine  :grin:

There was a post on here of someone working in an underground car park with a car in pieces  :laugh:
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: houston on 18 July 2012, 17:07
for the price its looking at the cost of buying another mk4!

why you removing the engine?

Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: DunnDeal12 on 18 July 2012, 18:15
for the price its looking at the cost of buying another mk4!

why you removing the engine?



was going in have my rods fitted anyway as they've been sitting in my girlfriend house for 6 months lol

going pick it up friday 13hrs x £57 + VAT = £890

but it looks the dogs went up today have a look and they were just fitting the rods in a freshly powder coated bottom end

Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Chris. on 18 July 2012, 19:21
Hey bud u ought to do engine conversions n swaps for ppl I be willing to pay u £160 to do a complete swap like engine out n in for sure!

Haha, somehow might be a bit more than that.  Conversions need extra work like brakes, shafts and looms, not a unplug everything and bolt all back up.

Ive done loads of conversions now and once you know what you doing, easy work.  I could do a 1.4-20v conversion on a golf mk4/bora in a day working hard.  Really isnt that much work.
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: AaronGS on 18 July 2012, 19:25
Hey bud u ought to do engine conversions n swaps for ppl I be willing to pay u £160 to do a complete swap like engine out n in for sure!

Haha, somehow might be a bit more than that.  Conversions need extra work like brakes, shafts and looms, not a unplug everything and bolt all back up.

Ive done loads of conversions now and once you know what you doing, easy work.  I could do a 1.4-20v conversion on a golf mk4/bora in a day working hard.  Really isnt that much work.

Which is what he is paying for. So whay say it can easily be done in much less time?

Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Chris. on 18 July 2012, 19:32
I thought he said 8 hours removal and 5 to refit?  Thats 13hours.  Working days are nearer to 8 hours (which is what I could do a conversion in.)

Does their 13hours include uprating of brakes, exhaust and swapping looms and clocks over?
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: moby on 18 July 2012, 19:48
How much u charge ur customers for a swap i think for a days work its good plus its easy no?
Title: Re: how long to remove 1.8t engine
Post by: Chris. on 18 July 2012, 19:59
I havent done a conversion for anyone else.