Fault reappears after major engine repair, now garage says problem is something else

atrixblue.-MFR-.

to be honest £1300 would of prompted me into buying second hand or go to another garage.

to be honest you could of baught a reconditioned low miles engine from ivor searl for £1100, and had it fitted £150-200.

bigjl

rkrishna wrote: »

they have changed the head gasket, timing belt, drive belt, drive belt tensioner (pulley), engine oil and other bits and pieces (and also charged for cylinder head skimming).

But did they change the water pump?

rkrishna

bigjl wrote: »

But did they change the water pump?

I don't think so as per my bill, I will check with them. Thanks.

RedBern

As an earlier poster has said, I'd go to AA or RAC if you're a member and ask for a report. The AA will give you info about how much your repair should cost at a reputable garage (and there's a suggestion you have been overcharged for the repair carried out already). If you have been overcharged for the repair i'd tHen go to trading standards and see what they say, and at least see if u can get a partial refund. Good luck.

birkee

What about blown water and oil seals, as a result of engine compression getting into the oil and water systems?

rkrishna

finally some good news for me after a long stressful time. they found something wrong with the "heat exchanger" which they replaced with a second hand part (they warned me new one costs £200) and also they charged me £50 extra for that (so luckily no problem with engine block which would have cost me lot more). in total they took three weeks to fix the overheating problem (replacement of head gasket, other parts and now the heat exchanger). I collected my car now. when I told them to absorb the cost of this part since they charged me main dealer price, they were very angry saying main dealer price would be much more than that and said they spent a long time diagnosing the fault and had to use the service of some engineering firm few times which cost them a lot and said they did me a favour by not charging more this time. but they said its all fixed now and the problem shouldn't come again and can drive long distances without worrying about breakdown. Thanks a lot for all your replies