Car Repairs

shaun_from_Africa

fred246 said:

You are better just servicing your own cars from new to stop this sort of silliness.

How do you know that the OP wasn't servicing their own car and sheared the plug themselves?

MinuteNoodles

fred246 said:

You are better just servicing your own cars from new to stop this sort of silliness.

Crossed threads are more likely to be done by DIY mechanic like yourself.

Racey40, find another garage who are willing to actually have the head helicoiled so you don't need a new one. You shouldn't be paying anywhere near what they've quoted. For decades now there has not been a need to replace a cylinder head just because spark plug threads get stripped. Whoever ends up getting your head in exchange will just helicoil it anyway.

George_Michael

There's something that the OP needs to confirm and that is the warranty status of the vehicle.
If it's still under a manufacturers warranty (unlikely if someone was doing DIY servicing or getting a independent garage to do so) then getting the head replaced somewhere other than a main dealer would probably void the warranty. 

fred246

What amazes me is the number of people on these fora who end up paying for the garage's mess ups. Somehow they manage to blame it on bad luck or the car or something else. The garages never seem to pay for their mistakes.

The_Rainmaker

fred246 said:

What amazes me is the number of people on these fora who end up paying for the garage's mess ups. Somehow they manage to blame it on bad luck or the car or something else. The garages never seem to pay for their mistakes.

Can I come and watch you do your own appendix?

bigadaj

The_Rainmaker said:

fred246 said:

What amazes me is the number of people on these fora who end up paying for the garage's mess ups. Somehow they manage to blame it on bad luck or the car or something else. The garages never seem to pay for their mistakes.

Can I come and watch you do your own appendix?

It's easy there's a youtibe video showing you exactly what to do....... 

Hasbeen

fred246 said:

What amazes me is the number of people on these fora who end up paying for the garage's mess ups. Somehow they manage to blame it on bad luck or the car or something else. The garages never seem to pay for their mistakes.

Has the Op confirmed that it was the garage that cross threaded and sheared the sparkplug? 

The way I read the OP was that the car had gone to be repaired at the garage because of a sheared spark plug, possibly cross threaded.

Who sheared the plug? Who possibly crossthreaded it? What service history when plugs were replaced?

Agree there are plenty independent's that could repair the existing head. Far cheaper. But that may invalidate any warranty?

If the Op does come back? Then perhaps there would be more clarification.