Importance of a trustworthy mechanic

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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!