Hi,

I am a young driver with not a lot of knowledge about cars. Sadly, I wasn’t told by anyone about the maintenance to prevent what has happened.

I have a Ford KA titanium 11 plate. Yesterday, I was driving to work and the heater wasn’t warming up. When I parked my car, there was a screeching sound coming from the bonnet so I opened it and smelt burning. I filled the coolant with water once it had cooled just to get me home after work. When I got home, and parked, I noticed the fan was really loud, and whilst driving the car was rattling.

I took it to a mechanic who my mum vaguely knows who drove it and said the temperature was almost on red, and the fan was “fucked” in his words. I asked for a price but he said he didn’t know and he was going to do it out of work to make it cheaper. He was too busy flirting with my mum to give me a straight answer and I’m not sure if he’s dodgey or not. Can someone help me, what does this sound like? And is there a price estimate ? He didn’t give me one.

Thank you!
Kayleigh knight