I have a Ducato 2002 minibus 2.8JTD
After driving a couple of miles on Saturday, something didn't sound right so I stopped and saw liquid dripping and fanbelt obviously broken. Got recovered home.

Mechanic is saying water pump broke and caused fanbelt to go. Also says the water pump is connected to a tensioner on the cam belt, so likely needs replacing anyway (I have no problem with that, I guess it's good to replace while I have the chance).
Firstly, does that all sound about right? I trust him, but would be good to check.
He seems to think it's very tricky to access everything and likely to be £170 just in labour. Again, does this sound reasonable?


EDIT: ignore that, now says it's too much for him and it's much, much more work and I'm unlikely to get change out of £500 in total

It is best to replace the water pump with the timing belt

how many KM do you have

Water pump is not connected to tensioner on cam belt its tensioned by the alternator he's talking through his ass or you have wrong end of the stick. That being said £170 doesn't sound terrible for water pump, timing belt change, Consider changing crankshaft seal too it only takes 5 mons when doing the timing belt.

It's very possible I got the wrong end of the stick!

He's saying that the main problem is the fanbelt change, with it being very inaccessible. He's now said it's too big a job for him, and the garage he uses has quoted £490 (not including cam belt), when they looked up the job on the computer.

Too big a job!? It's all doable on the drive. If you have air-conditioning it's an additional hassle.

I really appreciate your reply.
Very confused though. I've now had a 2nd garage quote 5 hours labour and a total cost around £700

Hi
Having done our previous 2.8 JTD back in 09 I wrote up a Guide on changing the Timing belt on our 03 Ducato 244 2.8 JTD.
See Guides section for more info - https://www.fiatforum.com/ducato-guides/454000-2-8-jtd-timing-belt-replacement.html
Cheers

Is it an A class motor home by any chance and does it have air conditioning.

FreeSpirit said:

Hi
Having done our previous 2.8 JTD back in 09 I wrote up a Guide on changing the Timing belt on our 03 Ducato 244 2.8 JTD.
See Guides section for more info -
Cheers

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Thanks. I'll read through this. It looks super-helpful!

corcai said:

Is it an A class motor home by any chance and does it have air conditioning.

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Nope. It's an ex-minibus which I'm converting into a camper