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As in the above reply Lovel, your work is well known and your opinion valued, what do you think of the state of this gasket and the presence of water in No2 cylinder? If concluding this gasket has leaked would you have gone any further and removed the headgasket? Regards |
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If they were just as generous with coolant as engine oil and topped it up to the top of the expansion chamber I suppose the expanded coolant had no-where to go. Regards |
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20th February 2020, 20:39 | #14 |
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The over filled coolant will automatically find its own level with no damage to the engine.---
The over heating light probably came on as they probably had no idea how to correctly fill the engine.--- Probably still had air in the system.--- |
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Wouldn't a dramatic excess of oil blow out somewhere else first? e.g. post 1
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The lady owner is now trying to get hold of beinet1 (Einar, a fellow Norwegian). Regards |
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A very thankful "damsel"
Hello, all
Your help and support have been extremely important and inspiring! My deepest thanks to vitesse for starting this thread, and also to other members that have advised and motivated me. I have a couple of offers to sell the car for more than the 3000NOK I would get from recycling it, but it feels very wrong to do so, knowing there is hope. Monday I will have a meeting with the garage-owner. You have given me some very good reasons to argue their conclusion, but I wish I had someone by my side in that office. As I see it, they will have to fix the car - probably by replacing the motor – or compensate by offering me the price of the car + the 7000 NOK I payed to let them destroy it... An alternative is that I keep the rental car I have from them, but I cant stand the idea of driving an Open Corsa for months... Thaks again, you wonderful and dedicated Roverlovers! sincerely, May |
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Hello May, If you are on your own at the meeting on Monday, I think your best option would be to avoid making a snap decision and tell them you will be seeking proper advice before deciding anything. Then write down everything they say and post it here for us to see - there are some real experts in this club. I would start by asking why they took the engine out of the car. As Einar says (in post 8) it might be easily repairable. Good luck on Monday and don't let them rush you into a decision. |
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As previous poster, you don't have to accept anything (unless it's very much in your favour), document and photograph, use your Norwegian AA, consumer advisory service etc. Regards Last edited by vitesse; 22nd February 2020 at 12:30.. Reason: lack of an A |
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