Paying with hard earned cash for lazy work is insulting to the person paying but some garages seem to consistently get away with it.

 

Case in point, a zed in at the moment having had a replacement engine recently at a garage that advertises on ebay.

 

Following the fitting and collection the car broke down ( over heated ) on the return journey and so went back for more work.

 

The car was collected again and ran but in the loosest of terms, as the car was used more it got worse, the owner had another garage look at it and they found many air and boost leaks, correcting as many as they could find the engine ran much better.

 

But oil and steering leaks made the owner take another look and he discovered the engine supplier / fitters had not connected the oil cooler supply pipes to the engine at all (linked out) having used the engine oil cooler for the autobox...very clean eh?

 

So he added a separate cooler to sort that out, the engine supplier was again contacted and their reply was it was an import engine and they did not have the facility for the oil cooler ????????????

 

So with further running issues and the engine supplier not playing ball we were contacted and so sent the recovery truck to go get it.

 

The photo`t below are just a sample of what we have found and have to correct, but added together tell a sad story.

 

With missing gearbox bolts, missing engine to bell housing brackets, missing oil pipes, missing pipe brackets, wrongly fitted vacuum pipes, blanked pipes, timing issue, wrong dipstick fitted, overfilled, damaged ancillary belts the list goes on and on, but the front anti roll bar drop link been disconnected beggars belief.

 

So a few days of correcting the issue should see what actually seems to be a fairly good engine that was just fitted poorly running correctly as it should have been in the first place...oh and the real pi?? take was the cost??? over

2K!!! jeeezzzzzz!

 

Be careful out there.

 

Jeff TT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 7, 201015 yr by JeffTT

cmon jeff, we need to know lol

From their e-bay engine sales shop...... read and weep....with laughter! like they are doing you a massive favour fitting the engine for you, to save you stress!!!

 

WE ALSO OFFER A FITTING SERVICE WHICH GIVES YOU A PEACE OF MIND THAT THE JOB WILL BE DONE CORRECTLY AND WITH NO EXTRA STRESS FOR YOUR SELF OF FINDING A QUALIFIED WORKSHOP. WE CAN ARRANGE COLLECTION FROM ANY PART OF THE COUNTRY.

 

THE ENGINE YOU WILL BE PURCHASING WILL BE AN ENGINE ONLY WITH NO ANCILLARIES UNLESS OTHER WISE STATED

 

Established in the Midlands, is one of the U.K’s most reputable automobile import companies.

 

We offer the most comprehensive Japanese part sourcing and supply service in the U.K.

lol nice jeff... a quick nipp on google shows that you have a nice workshop!

^ :D did that come out autosmatically?

i live in the northeast and i will be taking my car to jeff if its having major problems. and also when i get the timing bel done it will be jeff who is doing it :)

lol nice jeff... a quick nipp on google shows that you have a nice workshop!

and add a Auto instead of goggle

A good post .

But i am not sure about the whole name and shame side of things.

I see many many crazy jobs on z's come through d2 here and i always keep my name and shameing between me and my customer.

Or it can end up a bit of a keyboard war between people etc.

And somtimes the facts arnt always clear when a car is presented at the garage.

And i have seen that tons of times.

 

daz.

D2

The club does not have any garage endorsements for the simple reason, that one member might have a good experience with a garage and another a bad one at the same place.

 

Its common knowledge on this forum, who is trusted and capable of working competently on our cars, its down to the choice of the individual to make the decision.

Its not just about the club making a recommendation, you might get a job that goes pear shaped, then come back and have a go.

 

There are many threads on who to use and who to avoid.

 

 

Graham

if anyone has ever read previous posts from me regauring my car then the paranoia is now explianed :/ sadly this all occured when id jut got the zed and i didnt appricate the complexities of the car. i guess i just trusted people too much sadly i got my fingers burnt im currently in talks with them over compensation. thankyou very much jeff its nice to see the pics so soon. cannot recommend zedworld enough. cant wait to drive it properly again

Yes well noticed, given the o/s turbo actuator pipe was wrongly installed the turbo was unrestricted.... a recipe for disaster, lucky the massive boost leaks prevented that happening.

 

Jeff TT

 

would this be the same route for the actuator pipes if you have a boost controller fited if so them ive found my problem?

Roll on shocking jeff, i here you have had the company of my old car. That car is going to be amazing.

A good post .

But i am not sure about the whole name and shame side of things.

I see many many crazy jobs on z's come through d2 here and i always keep my name and shameing between me and my customer.

Or it can end up a bit of a keyboard war between people etc.

And somtimes the facts arnt always clear when a car is presented at the garage.

And i have seen that tons of times.

 

daz.

D2

 

I agree with you there Darren!

 

The club does not have any garage endorsements for the simple reason, that one member might have a good experience with a garage and another a bad one at the same place.

 

Its common knowledge on this forum, who is trusted and capable of working competently on our cars, its down to the choice of the individual to make the decision.

Its not just about the club making a recommendation, you might get a job that goes pear shaped, then come back and have a go.

 

There are many threads on who to use and who to avoid.

 

 

Graham

 

Well said Graham - club policy exactly!

 

Richard:cool2: