recently i got my mk2 serviced a workshop, because i couldnt be stuffed doing it my self.... i asked for the basics oil change,filter, gasket and just a quick check over the car. the dumb ass calls me back 2hrs later, your car is ready mate.....so i went to pick it up. he explained to me that he couldnt get a rocker cover gasket in for at least a week *bull***** so he nipped up all the nuts to stop the leak, the car didnt stop leaking from the rocker cover, in fact it got worse. so i decided to run down to unique auto parts yesterday , got my self a gasket so i could slap it on, only to find that the mechanic had done more than just nip up the nuts. he tightend em to the **** house. he even broke the bolt on one of them tham comed out of the block, so the nut and the bolt spin..... to cover that up he had 2 nuts on top of it to hold it down...? wtf, also a bolt is now missing from my timing cover, should i get this guy to fix what he created???
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Stupid Mechanics!!!
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ask him to fix it, if he doesn't get someone else to who is registered mechanic to fix it and send him an invoice, personally I wouldn't let him touch it again, cause he ain't too brightSpark ignition is a threatened species
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That's the joy of working on older cars; you never know what is beneath....
As for sending him a bill for fixing it:
It could be hard to prove that all the bolts and nuts were in serviceable condition.Performance Tunes from $850Wrecking RS OCTAVIA 2 Link
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