martinmace

picked up my97 sti v3 this morning and it looks the bollox, did 40 miles in it got as far as cardiff on the m4 bringing her home and yep she went bang!!!! got it recovered back to the garage and they are going to rebuild it, seems like the oil pump said fuck you and died
not a good start,
yep i know ........ should of bouudht a ford

RickyLee53

Bad news, what exactly did it do?

Spin a shell on number 4 (can't remember how there numbered but near side front cylinder)

Maria.

oh unlucky fella! At least it is getting sorted for ya!

Ginge !

oh shite, sorry to hear mate

how was it before it went bang though, ive been warned about the oil pump by a few people but mi,,,,,,,,, actually im not gonna risk saying it incase in get the same

sorry to hear though, if you need any help ect give me a shout though

Dangerous Malcolm..

As long as the garage are footing the bill jobs a good 'un.

martinmace

yeah thanks mate
the garage seem to be a good bunch as they sorted the recovery for me as im not with the AA or RAC, and they gave me the car i put in p/x back to use til she,s all better again.
a lot of other garages simply would of said

Paulo P

I replied to your thread on Scoobynet earlier but I didn't realise it was you So sorry to hear what happened there but at least it wasn't a private sale and the garage are sorting it out for you.

martinmace

well it started to knock then squeek like a loose fan belt...... or i suppose thinking about it now dry bearings. then just shut down pretty quick, all happend over bout ten seconds
im so glad the garage are a good tidy lot who are going to get it sorted, and recon i can have it back next weekend

martinmace

went to the garage today as they where just about to start her up after a few little remaining things to do
GREAT!! i thought
she fired up and sounded ok for a good 30 seconds!! WTF started tapping or more like a knock!! on the one side. they recon its a shim??
they have put a new block in as the other was fucked but im guessing they didnt strip down the heads paid 5k for a car thats fucked up twice and i havent even got the fucker home yet!!

vinnyvangough

Real unlucky mate, must be really disheartening.

tabetha

Quality garage you are using there!!
tabetha

AlexF

At least they are fixing it - and if it really goes tits up and they cant you can get your money back!

As said above if you'd gone private that would have been your problem.

Nath

Yeah, fair play to them for sorting it out. The plus side is you'll have a fresh engine, the downside is waiting to pick it up. Out of curiosity who is the garage? They sound like a fair bunch to deal with ...

LHD220Turbo

iTrader: (4)

To be honest i wouldnt want the car back unless its a subaru main dealer sorting the issues

i'd get my cash back

sorry to hear about the problems tho

C4llyT

Yeah money back, not fit for use/purpose.
Sure a search online will throw up your rights etc.
I don't think they're being especially good, just doing what they're obligated to.

fuzzy

bad luck dude.. i think you should name the garage so they can bask in the glory of some good feedback instead of the usual sort of wrong uns we hear about

C4llyT

Glory of repairing an engine and it's not repaired?

fuzzy

many of the places we hear of on here would tell him to fuck off as soon as they have the cash. at least they are doing something about it.

martinmace

rang them today and engine is coming back out as they have decided one of the heads are fucked!!! will i ever get my car!!!

lardypants

hmmn as good as they sound i think id walk with the cash back

EIL132

Love this thread, a garage bending over backwards to help someone and everyone shouting get your money back/wankers. No wonder some garages just say fuck them

lardypants

there in this for the money theres every chance a corner will be cut if its possible, most garages refer you to the warrentee.

they are being v good i must admit sounds great but... i think id still walk, he has every grounds to, although would be hard to get out of

i can understand sitting it out giving them a chance, unless its a main dealer id be a small bit concerned

Ginge !

mate not all garages are full of conmen, this is a importer of jap cars,,, i bought my car from one and he PRIDES he rep soo much that the car i bought was a car he imported 5 years ago and sold it to the customer whi then part ex'd it back for a forester due to the blokes service,,,,, and my scoobie has given me no trouble apart from a split rad and a fucking high fuel bill

if they ARE conserned then they would not let him have it back till its fixed,,,,, some places just want it out the way and use the " take if and test it for a few weeks and tell me how it goes,,,, the rattle will settle after a few running in miles " bullshite

id say the blokes doing hes best,,,, not the usual dealer that there has been in the past,,,, but then again rogue traders in the car game have moved onto property rentels ive noticed

EIL132

If everyone walked without giving a garage a chance to repair a problem there would be no garages left! You have to give people a chance to correct things, I had a problem with a 5th injector from MSD, would you still say I should have asked for my money back or given Stu a chance to repair it with first class service?