What engine work did you have done?

(And how on earth did a list of suspension and steering issues cost £3500 to sort out?)

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Rich

Could of bought about 5 gti6's with that!

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]

he mentioned on another post about it being 46 items and over 50hours work done on it

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1997 blaze GTI-6 bought january '11 £800

Spend to date on parts £827.88

Thats insane you need your head testing.

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Cherry Red 306 HDI
Championship White Integra DC5 Type R

sounds like the cambelt has snapped from what you are saying, you would not be the first to have this happen. you must be living for the 306 spending that dough on it. Before you start booking it in anywhere you have to let the guy who fixed it have a look first or you will be p*ssing in the wind should it go to court. this happened to me some years back when my reverse idler went bang on a car. had a repair done to avoid a 2k bill costing 700 only for it to fail again reversing it out of his workshop and because i did not let the original repairer have a look at it and got a gearbox specialist to repair it i had to foot both bills!!!

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pugless
Phase 1 GTI 6 1996-1997
Subaru Impreza GB270 2007-2008
rare spiderman comics
same day international courier

before i went to the garage the cars suspension and steering was shot along with many other things. really squaeky, f*cked basically

i really wanted the phase one as i prefer them and when i saw this white ex sislverstone one for 700 spare and repairs i rang the dude and he said its not brilliant but everything is there it hasnt been broken for spare yet at all.

so i had it well knowing itd need some fair amount of work/money i just wanted it relaible. i gave the man a list of things and he said yeah ok and also pointed out many other problems which id missed and i said yeah ok. and paid and he has done everything hes charged me for.

i got him to focus on the steering/ ride /less jangly gearstick side more as the engine was fine and was due a cambelt + service. i wasnt thinkign hmmmmm i need more power right then. imagine the step up from a 75bhp 1.4 306 to a 167bhpish gti6

my point is if hes f*cked up my engine i want a new one and hes paying. if he hasnt i still need a new engine and yes id like pug one off or someone else that way inclinded to make it a bit more cheekily powerfull when they rebuild /replace the engine if needed.

it might turn out to be something be something silly that ive missed or it might not need an extensive rebuild etc. however if it does and i take it to the original mechanic and its his fault hes not gonna tell me hes f*cked up. hes gonna naill my wallet again.

get my point. i want someone who definately can rebuild and engine and knows there shit to fight my case if it is his fault. would be nice to get some money back.

thanks for the help so far anmyways

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the world is changed by people in sheds

you can get a 2nd opinion but you have to give the guy the opputunity to fix it prior to 2nd opinion. think you are within your rights to watch what he is doing to make sure he is not digging himself out of a hole

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pugless
Phase 1 GTI 6 1996-1997
Subaru Impreza GB270 2007-2008
rare spiderman comics
same day international courier

50 hours labour? Are you kidding?!

Even allowing for a very stubborn rear beam there's no more than 15-20 hours work there, absolute maximum.

I'm also concerned about why new rear ABS sensors were needed. The beam can be rebuilt around them if they're seized into the hubs.

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Rich

Take spark plugs out, examine condition and see if you can see into the bores, while plugs are out try and turn engine over clockwise by putting socket on bottom pulley, if it don't turn over at all I would say engine is scrap, cant really see it being the mechanics fault as even if the cambelt snapped the bottom end would still turn over unless it dropped a valve and jammed things up good and proper, are you sure there isn't a con rod sticking out of the side of the block?

Also f*ck me £3500? so you spent £700 on car then £3500 to fix her up, total of £4200? is this right? -cos you do realise that you could have bought a proper sorted low boost Gti6 for that kind of money,

Sounds like new engine time but cant see your mechanic paying for one, he may drop a second hand one in for free maybe considering what you have paid already but you might have to source and pay for it,

I would get a mechanically minded friend to have a look at it first to confirm what's fooked, hope you get sorted

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Team Supercharged Gti-6™

So they didn't bleed the cooling system and have admitted that to you ?

Sounds to me as if the engine has cooked and seized the bottom end due to the oil boiling over and thinking out ?

Do you not know any mechanically minded mates to have a look at it?

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Team Supercharged Gti-6™

I don't think so. It would pop the head gasket and die due to lack of compression before the oil got that hot. I had a thermostat jam shut on me once and cooked the head. It died due to lack of compression, and the oil temperature was only marginally above normal. The engine was fine again after a top end rebuild. No bottom end issues at all.

Besides, an airlock in the heater matrix wouldn't stop water circulation in the block on these engines due to the bypass pipe on the back of the block. It would only stop water circulating in the matrix.

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Rich