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Originally Posted by ifAbbie
I've been quoted £800 by Halfords to replace the egr cooler on the V70 I have.
Plus the engine mounts need replacing passenger side
I've already spent way over that on a new clutch and other odds and sods. So three questions....
1. Is that a reasonable quote? (£600 part and the rest labour)
2. Do you have any idea what it normally costs to have the engine mounts done? (It's the rubber bits I'm told and it passed its MOT)
3. When would you call it a day and get another car?
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1. You can determine correct EGR operation with diagnostics so how exactly have they determined you need a new cooler?
The cooler is also just a huge hole which at worst gets clogged and just needs cleaning, never replacing.
Attached to the cooler is the valve which once again needs cleaning at worst and the EGR actuator which generally needs nothing ever.
2. This is the P2 platform section and I'm not aware of any passenger side engine mount so what model and model year are we talking about?
3. You can keep these running for years for reasonable money if you use people who know the cars and don't replace expensive parts unnecessarily.