MOT resulted in grands worth of work????

anewman

hartcjhart wrote: »

but I chuckle when I hear that a while down the line it has packed up:rotfl: :rotfl:

Thing that amazes me is it seems like those things are designed to fail. My car has a chain, 14 years and 111k miles, and never had a problem with the water pump that I know of

jeannieblue

hartcjhart wrote: »

JeannieB
yep I always advise about water pump,but the ammount of people that say no coz of the extra small cost amazes me,

but I chuckle when I hear that a while down the line it has packed up:rotfl: :rotfl:

I know............ specially if its a pain - like an Audi with engine so far forward, that the labour time to do it is so long! Luckily, most of our customers have been with us a long time and children and granchildren start coming to us over the years - then recommendations etc., that they trust the guys and go with their advice.

But there are some - and I've been ripped off in the past - that think they know best. Shame really but understandable.

There are honest garages out there!!!!

goldspanners

anewman wrote: »

Thing that amazes me is it seems like those things are designed to fail. My car has a chain, 14 years and 111k miles, and never had a problem with the water pump that I know of

its a water pump,it will fail eventually,the water/coolant will eventually rot the pump, impeller or housing away,if it doesnt then the gasket will fail and leak.if you dont change this when you are doing a cam belt,then when the pump does eventually fail it becomes a very expensive pump.

neversaynever

well guys some more useful comments than others for me to chew on. Thanks Taadaa, the only one to send me flowers - i need some tlc right now! ok guys ye of course it would have been wise to make sure the cambelt had been changed at 60k IF I KNEW IT NEEDED IT!?!? Give me a break here. Rang VOSA's national enquiry service centre today, they said as the cambelt is not an 'mot'able item it isn't something they get involved in. The guy at the garage is towing my car back tonight, gonna put it on the drive for me. Using my son's car for now, least i can get to work.

tomstickland

movilogo wrote: »

if they were true professional, they should have asked the question
BEFORE the test and mentioned this to OP that this situation might happen!

It is not rare that something has broken on cars while in a garage (either intentional/negligence or accidental damage). If this happens, the garage should provide the compensation. What if the OP had lost the receipt of cambelt change? The onus should be on the garage to prove that it wasn't their fault!

The garage were tasked with testing the car, not asking 100 questions about what had and had not been done to it.
Cam belts do snap, and the OP has learnt the hard way what happens.
I'd advocate simply swapping in another engine, should be possible to do that for a few £100.

Regarding rev limits, I take my engine to the limiter every day and wouldn't expect it to blow up if I sat on the driveway on the limiter for a few minutes.

goldspanners

neversaynever wrote: »

well guys some more useful comments than others for me to chew on. Thanks Taadaa, the only one to send me flowers - i need some tlc right now! ok guys ye of course it would have been wise to make sure the cambelt had been changed at 60k IF I KNEW IT NEEDED IT!?!? Give me a break here. Rang VOSA's national enquiry service centre today, they said as the cambelt is not an 'mot'able item it isn't something they get involved in. The guy at the garage is towing my car back tonight, gonna put it on the drive for me. Using my son's car for now, least i can get to work.

when you buy something new to you,wether it be a car,a phone or a computer,you should read the instruction manual. then you will know things like this.
its not the MOT centres job to maintain your car,you wanted it MOTing,nothing else,they were only checking to see if it was in roadworthy condition.

hartcjhart

NevayNev

no go sit on the naughty step and dont do it again:D

anewman

Unfortunately I think this is an all too common occurrence. As for reading the manuals I think sometimes manuals don't get passed across unfortunately, but obviously it's a good idea to try source manuals if you don't have them in your posession.

The cam belt thing is understandable, but I wonder how many people buy a car, and don't realise you have to get oil changed etc and never get it serviced but meet all legal requirements for MOT, tax and insurance, then wonder why their car breaks down 2 years or so later.

badmumof1

sorry but i dont see how this is the fault of the MOT tester
you said ^^^ that you bought the car at 72k miles and its now done 79k miles so you have done 6k miles. You also said you was unsure of when it was done when you bought it so you really should have had it done within a few hundred of getting it.
I bought a car 2 years ago that had done 25k but i changed then cambelt within weeks of buying it the car was 5 years old as i was aware the problems that a worn belt can cause.

Garages do not rev the car for the emmissions, all they need is a car thats been ticking over for a bit so the engin eis warm and the airflow is even.

Wig

badmumof1 wrote: »

Garages do not rev the car for the emmissions, all they need is a car thats been ticking over for a bit so the engin eis warm and the airflow is even.

The first part I agree with, but this part I quoted.... ??? When was the last time you supervised an MOT? I suggest next time you go you pay attention to the emmissions test. The only time they don't over rev the cars is if it is a pre 1991 car with no catylitic converter. or an LPG car.