Just had a coolant hose replaced & have ended up with large bill from local garage as they claim it was (almost) impossible to get to!

It was rumoured that the gearbox would have to come out to get to it!

But apparently they persevered and managed to do it in 4.5 hours!

Is there such a difficult hose or was i ripped off?

Dont know which hose but it was short & about 0.75 ins dia.

yes there is such a difficult hose, but 4.5 hours is a bit much tbh.

Here is one such pipe.

 

Jeff TT

dont ya just love engine designers?? what a rubbish idea!!JUST MAKE IT OUT OF STEEL!!!!!

That kind of thing is a bit scary. Seems a bit like moving the haystack straw by straw just to get at the needle.

 

I reckon that a list of all hoses and pipes that are difficult to get to would be really helpful, so that they could be changed as a matter of course at the same time as a major job (ie gearbox swap) is being done......

 

Sensible? or have i just been enjoying too much single malt this evening?

Llanvulig or mccallan i hope!!!would be nice but in the real world it dont happen!! cars like this are a nightmare at the best of times and everyone aint prepared to spend all there money on there car all the time on something that may go wrong..obviously there is exceptions but most people are runnin there Zs on a shoestring due to the nature of the car,,,,,ie goes wrong all the time and costs a fortune to fix!!!

Originally posted by waftycranker

Llanvulig or mccallan i hope!!!would be nice but in the real world it dont happen!! cars like this are a nightmare at the best of times and everyone aint prepared to spend all there money on there car all the time on something that may go wrong..obviously there is exceptions but most people are runnin there Zs on a shoestring due to the nature of the car,,,,,ie goes wrong all the time and costs a fortune to fix!!!

 

LOL! Actually, Glenfiddich but I do appreciate your point. Can`t say that I`m too far away from the "hiding in the corner waiting for the next repair bill" club myself :o

 

Just thought that a bit of peventative medicine so to speak may help....I's still reeling from the £300 repair bill to replace one water hose the week after I had the water pump replaced. Maybe if I had known the location of weak hoses around the pump, I might only have been spending 30 or 40 quid instead of £300.