Daylight Robbery

[Chris]

Went out in the FTO lastnight to my Mum's house... came back out and the car wouldn't start.... it wouldn't even turn over, so a new starter motor was needed. Had a bit of a hunt round today to find out how much a new starter motor would be for my FTO and I couldn't believe how much they were.

Have a guess at how much a new one is remembering it is an Import V6 2.0 Manual FTO.

The person to get the closest gets a pat on the back and a sexual favour from Your Lovely Moderator Scott. :D

Chris :)

[Karl]

£360? x

[saxodan]

£140 ?

[Mystic]

£150??

[saunders]

300quid ?

[Chris]

Blimey... a couple of you aren't far off actually...... I never realised starter motors were expensive as I swear my Mum payed about £40 for her old Rover one and about £50 for her Peugeot one.

Chris :)

[saunders]

how much then? there normally around the 50-60quid mark i thought?

[saxodan]

Blimey... a couple of you aren't far off actually...... I never realised starter motors were expensive as I swear my Mum payed about £40 for her old Rover one and about £50 for her Peugeot one.

Chris :)


Whos closest!!??

[Chris]

Mystic

[dannyjay]

£172.99

[Mystic]

awesome, £150 was my guess for simos monies tin too :P

£150s alot for a startermotor i think though, in reality id have guessed more like £50 :\

[black_rat_uk]

£180 at a guess

[S9_DAN]

£144.99

[Chris]

It's 162.80 + VAT + P+P + Fitting at the local garage, so in all will be about £240. :o

Think I might look in to finding a reconditioned one or see if any scrappy's have got any V6 FTO's in.

Chris :)

[saxodan]

ooo £140 i was close!

lol thats a rip of £240!! YOu can get a car for that! Yesterday my mate bought an old 106 with 12 months MOT and tax etc for £180 lol

[Mystic]

lol his cars cheaper than my tax :(

[BLUE_DEVIL]

Starter motors cam be checked once removed from the engine using jumpleads. Connect the +ve and -ve respectivly to the battery and see if the motor spools up and extends (also check the battery for a 12V charge).

[Chris]

Starter motors cam be checked once removed from the engine using jumpleads. Connect the +ve and -ve respectivly to the battery and see if the motor spools up and extends (also check the battery for a 12V charge).


Hmmm... that's good to know, cheers! I know the battery has got 12V charge as it says so on my Volt Meter in the car.

Chris :)