lexsum Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 . What can i do about not paying the full amount? haggle. Important: Do you have the car back? If so they need to pursue you for a debt. If not you will need to haggle the price down to what is fair and that both sides are happy to live with. (I have a slight knocking noise on front end on bumpy road. My local mechanic spent half a day on it but could not figure it out = no charge.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaing Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 [quote name= (I have a slight knocking noise on front end on bumpy road. My local mechanic spent half a day on it but could not figure it out = no charge.)[/quote] Thats what i mean, most people work like that dont they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDModified Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Hi Guys. I can share my opinion on both sides of the story and try to help with the actual issue. Firstly we are all repsonsible for allowing persons with the right experience to work on any thing that belongs to us, dont take your tv to a general electrician take it to a tv specialist, they do exist, ok it may be a bit more effort getting it there but it pays in the end. The next most important thing is communication, its both parties responsibility to say all they need to say before work starts. For example the owner should make it clear what the budget it if there is one. The contractor with any sense will have a cap on diagnostic time per part of jobs list. Ie we have a cap at 3 hours diagnostic time for any one said issue. If the communication is not that good on either side there are usually dissappointments. The man needs paying for his time, if you give him a open cheque book you know what to expect. We all share responsibility. Some people will offer work for free where they feel dissapointed themselves in a failure to fix, we certainly have but again it all depends on the contractual disccussion. From a "Fairness" point of view which is the angle most commonly used in the forum scenes 10 hours is a joke and the said people shouldnt be working on the car. With the problem at hand. We can work thorugh that here. What year is the car?? Did the problems suddenly appear or have the started since changing something?? Has the engine been compression tested?? James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAT Inter Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Dont pay unless you get a resolution to your problem. Hell ill look at your car fo 10 hours and ill charge say... £300. See we can all do that. Just cause im staring at it doesnt mean im fixing anything. Its also against the law to hold someones car even though they havent paid a bill. They would also have a pretty difficult time proving you told thm to look at the car without anything in writing. Esp for 10 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaing Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Thanks for the replys guys I ended up paying them £300 for the 'work' they did so i am a little happier but not much. The problem now is if it does go anywhere else it all has to be checked over again. But im going to do it all myself now (should have probably done that to start with) I am quite good with cars have all the tools and the toyota workshop manual. It annoys me these days that if you want something do you have to do it yourself! Thanks james for the reply. Its a 1991 mr2 turbo. The cambelt was changed at a different gargae to the one i had problems with (this leads me to think igniton). The other garage checked the cam timing (i have also checked it) and it is spot on! but It has a missfire on idle so the way i see it is that it has to do either with the afm, ignition timing, vacuum leak, or a related sensor. It has had a compression check with good results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JDModified Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Ok so look if its just a idle issue, I suggest you pop some tools in the boot drive down here with it, your welcome to use our parts supplies ie coil etc and swap them out yourself this will encure you no cost and will find the issue and have it resolved same day. Just pay for what you need. On a rev1 I strongly suspect its your coil, take a look at it, most likely its cracked around its mountings are split across the bottom. If you want to call 01252 845645 James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaing Posted March 27, 2009 Author Share Posted March 27, 2009 Wow! what an amazing offer James thanks, But unfortunatly Although it is an idle issue it makes it undrivable. I do have a friend with a gt4 that im can borrow parts of to check mine its just gonna take time. Im actually going to start with a fuel filter change see if that makes a difference? But next step is static timing. Thanks again James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManwithSupra Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 My mate who had a E46 BMW M3 developed a small speed related tapping in the engine (it was serviced regualry and really well looked after) but the diagnosis to say that his engine was pretty much shot due to cyclinder lining damage and subsequent tiny metal shards flying about in his oil cost him £1500 alone in diagnosis costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 Must be a serious misfire if it makes the car undrivable? Yet it only happens on idle? And the engine doesn't stop? Can you describe the symptoms a bit more clearly If it's AFM based and misfires on idle and perhaps on cruise but is fine on acceleration, tendency maybe to stall if you come to a quick stop, I'd say a leak in the PCV system. -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted March 27, 2009 Share Posted March 27, 2009 If it's AFM based No AFM on the rev1 if I remember right, was rev3 onwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDModified Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 Rev1/2 have afm, rev3 dont. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 That'll teach me is it a map sensor on the Rev3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDModified Posted March 28, 2009 Share Posted March 28, 2009 yes mate, nice upgrade for the supra is the rev3 one. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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