Faulty car part from Ebay

Geodark

cajef wrote: »

Just how much do you know about car engines, a new thermostat is fitted into the existing housing in the car that is bolted to the block/cylinder head, even if fell apart internally there is no way it could come out of the housing and spray water externally everywhere unless the engine overheated and a hose blew.

Depends on the car fella, mine is a complete unit that you need to replace. The housing and the thermostat are replaced as a single unit. Have to agree though, I can't see how a fail could spray water everywhere unless a hose popped.

Might help if we had some pics, or were told what the car was.

usefulmale

BrentMeister wrote: »

How's that relevant to my question?

It's relevant because you need to understand the principle of false economy.

Buy cheap, buy twice, is the phrase.

You should have let the garage supply and fit the thermostat. Then, you would have had just one point of contact should things go wrong.

As it is now, you are going to get bounced between the garage and the eBay seller which will only be resolved by taking the matter to court.

Don't forget, your time and effort is not free, and you are going to expend a fair amount of both to settle this, all for trying to save a few bob.

takman

arcon5 wrote: »

Well presumably changing a fuse doesn't involve getting dirty hands, requiring a small selection of tools and the potential of cuts depending on how accessible it is.
Your comparison to a fuse is utter rubbish. Ignorant also

My comparison is perfectly valid because I'm saying you don't use a professional to do simple jobs!.
I don't get dirty hands working on my car (I wear gloves). Yes you require tools but they can be bought for less than the price of the garage labour, then used again in the future. You can potentially cut yourself during any activity, you just need to be sensible.

I regularly do work on my cars that is a lot more involved than changing a thermostat!. I think your the ignorant one thinking that having anything done on a car it needs to be taken to a garage!

NotRichAtAll

takman wrote: »

My comparison is perfectly valid because I'm saying you don't use a professional to do simple jobs!.
I don't get dirty hands working on my car (I wear gloves). Yes you require tools but they can be bought for less than the price of the garage labour, then used again in the future. You can potentially cut yourself during any activity, you just need to be sensible.

I regularly do work on my cars that is a lot more involved than changing a thermostat!. I think your the ignorant one thinking that having anything done on a car it needs to be taken to a garage!

Lets be fair some people are not mechanically minded so what may seem like a simple job to you or i may not be that simple to someone else.
Out of curiosty OP what make / year car is that the thermostat failed?