Originally Posted by JayRS2000
well hes told me is was "sound" and was looked over by a mechanic of sum sort a blind one maybe ???
it looks like its been attcked by a obseive wire cutter every wire in that engine bay has been cut and wired back up with tape !! well nearly all the battery to altinator cable was the worse left hangind and welded it self to the turbo !
the fan was on constant which ive bin told could have been dun to stop it over heating
and he still insists it was perfect when i got it it definatlly wasnt boosting properlly coz i didnt just as i pulled away and thought it was strange
and they are lil bits like when i toke the rocker cover off the tappets were in bits broke and the lifters tightened down solid wrnog size nuts etc
there was a grinding noise from the wheel which has got worse so he must have know that parts of the engine ie head,manfold etc was lose and had play
enigine had 2 bolts holding it in !!!! thats it and a diff gear box
ok i mite be being a bit of a moaner but i have waited along time to work my way up to a rs paying shit loads for insurance etc and then get bumm fooked by this dude
he just could have been plain honest i would have saved a 200mile trip and being stuck with a shitter
Not taking sides here but thinkgs like the fan being on constantly you would have know about when looking over the car surely?! and you didn't take it for a test drive when getting it to know it wasn't boosting properly?
In a way I guess its "sold as seen" or "swapped as seen" in your case
Sorry mate but I'd have given it a proper going over before doing the deal or get someone who knows what they are looking at! to late now I know! just break it up for spares and make some cash back if it's that bad!