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8th September 2019, 11:53 | #1 |
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Importance of a trustworthy mechanic
I mentioned in another thread that I'd had the cylinder head on my 1.8 turbo replaced with what I was told was a reconditioned head and that some 12 months later I was noticing water loss. That head was replaced the other day by another mechanic who tells me that never on earth had the head been reconditioned and that it had been replaced with the cheapest gasket. The faulty head -pitted and over skimmed - was replaced and now the car is fine. The moral of the story I think is to find a trustworthy mechanic and stay with him!
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8th September 2019, 18:49 | #2 | |
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I reckon they did not bother, what do you think This is brake fluid that is less than a month old according to the invoice. I think they just charged him £50. |
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8th September 2019, 21:08 | #3 |
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Did he ask them to bleed the brakes or CHANGE the fluid ??
If just bled you can still get fluid that colour out of the system.--- Based on my experience of bleeding brakes from 1954 onwards.---Lol. Last edited by COLVERT; 9th September 2019 at 14:54.. |
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Personally if I worked in a garage and had this come out I would have replaced the fluid if I was bleeding the brakes, maybe it is me ? |
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9th September 2019, 16:48 | #5 |
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Yes, agreed. I would have changed it all as well.---
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9th September 2019, 18:13 | #6 |
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my local mechanic is a trustworthy guy . and he's not very expensive rgds mark
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