andy_bray Posted February 12, 2006 Posted February 12, 2006 Evening dudes, sorry to hear both Andi's are moving away but best of luck to you all. Nix[] Morning all dudes Thanx Nix , But it has to be done and Kirstie will be closer to her hospital...and best of all more scooby meets in the UK and europe...
Manx minx Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 This is true andi, Best of luck and hope Kirstie gets sorted out soon. Nix[]
andy_bray Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 Thanx Nix....[][][][] Good morning all dudes...[]
Jimmy Mc Posted February 13, 2006 Posted February 13, 2006 Morning dudes. Haven't been on for a few days as i've been preparing myself mentally for looking at this new layout again![^o)]
andrew_field Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 Morning dudes, no word from the garage when my car will be ready [], but they have said that if it is not ready they will give me a better courtsy car and deliver mine to me in the north east when it is ready. Not too bad.[]
andy_bray Posted February 14, 2006 Posted February 14, 2006 I would be kicking off if I was was you Andy dude...... When are off to the UK Andy ???
andrew_field Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 Moving on the 25th, a week on Saturday.
andrew_field Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 Morning dudes. Just had a call from the garage about my car. £840 per cylinder head and a total cost to me over aboyt £2.5k []. Turns out that the work carried out on the timing belt replacement has probably caused the problem. They did not refit a bolt properly on the thermostat housing, which has allowed a gap to appear and the car to loose coolant. This inturn has caused a high heat which has fried the head gasket and cracked both cylinder heads. [:@]. I have been in touch with the garage which changed the timing belt and am waiting on a reply. But the cylinder heads needed are on back order and also look as if they are shimmed (???), which means the parts will not been here until mid march and yet another month without my car. [] But hopefully I will be able to recover some of the cost from the garage and get my car sorted asap.
heazille Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 Morning dudes!!!!!! Bummer Andy, hope ya get it sorted, Least you have a courtesy car, least that will 'encourage' them to get on with the job Ta Ta Richard
heazille Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 Moving on the 25th, a week on Saturday. Best pick you up on Friday the 24th then!![] Ta Ta Richard
andy_bray Posted February 15, 2006 Posted February 15, 2006 Not good Andy on the Scooby front...[] Off to the UK on saturday to look at some houses [] And meeting up with some peeps down south , and talk scooby meets in and many of them..[][][]
Dave K Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Everyones leaving! Do you lot know something we dont? lol Sorry to see you both go.
Dave K Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Morning dudes. Just had a call from the garage about my car. £840 per cylinder head and a total cost to me over aboyt £2.5k []. Turns out that the work carried out on the timing belt replacement has probably caused the problem. They did not refit a bolt properly on the thermostat housing, which has allowed a gap to appear and the car to loose coolant. This inturn has caused a high heat which has fried the head gasket and cracked both cylinder heads. [:@]. I have been in touch with the garage which changed the timing belt and am waiting on a reply.But the cylinder heads needed are on back order and also look as if they are shimmed (???), which means the parts will not been here until mid march and yet another month without my car. [] But hopefully I will be able to recover some of the cost from the garage and get my car sorted asap. Bugger.[] Sorry to hear this Andy. But hopefully I will be able to recover some of the cost from the garage and get my car sorted asap. I would expect them to pay for the lot.[:@] And did'nt you mention probs just after it was done aswell? ie not getting to far down the road before you had to stop.
Dave K Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Morning Dudesssssssss What a grand day tis tooooooo Ta Ta Richard (hol's booked, wrc cyrpus ere we come(Myself & DaveK), But who is gonna look after margy when we leave her behind ) How many birds did you say we could fit in the villa again?[]
andrew_field Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Been in touch with the garage. They say that you don't need to touch the thermostat to change the timing belt, so therefore it couldn't have been them. They also said that if they had, it would have been refitted correctly and it is bad luck that the bolt would have worked loose. Also they think it is unfortunate that this has happened and under no circumstances would they reimburse me with any money. Well I think I need to give them a call and explain all the problems that was had when I first took the car back from them, ie Coolant leaking onto the manifold. Maybe they did not fix that properly and therefore it is their fault.
andy_bray Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Good morning all dude....[][] Dave you are welcome to come down and stay , We will have safe parking as well for you scooby....[] How is that camera doing Dave ?? []
andrew_field Posted February 16, 2006 Posted February 16, 2006 Well I had some possible good news from API Impreza. It turns out that depending where the cracks are I might not need to replace the heads but if they are cracked in other places they can supply them for £250 each rather than £840. Not a bad saving. Also if I am going to change the heads, total cost £1680, then they can supply me with a new engine with less miles on than mine for less than that. Hopefully it will all get sorted soon. []
andy_bray Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Evening all dudes....Off to do some packing soon...[]
andy_bray Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Good morning all dudes... Off on the Seacat to the UK to have a look at some Cotswold property [][] See you later..............[][]
andrew_field Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Just been speaking to API Impreza and the garage. Looks like it is going to be a lot more cost effective to get a new engine fitted. I really cannot be ar$ed with all this at the moment. I only have 1 week left and no time to sort these things. The heads are completely shot and seeing the engine over heated the crank will need checking etc etc. Lots of money. []
pobiom Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Sorry to hear that mate, nothing gets you down quite like a broken impreza
heazille Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 Morning Dudessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss Looks like it might be a nice day, gonna have a play later me thinks, have to take mother in law back home to ramsey!! Nobles!![] Had my pre-op test's in Nobles Jan 31st (pending double knee op). Had Wrightington Hospital on the blower yesterday offering me Mar 30th but could get me in earlier if they had my results from Nobles!!!!!. Praps they can't find the fax machine, didnts seem interested when i chased, just will look into it, HELLO it's peoples health were dealing with!! Nobles!![][][] BUT, they can get it right as well, Tiddz came home yesterday battle scarred from a flat mate tussle that ended up with her in Crewe hospital dragging glass out of her hand, lucky they said, any worse and the tendons could have been damaged!! Get's home and Margy aint happy, still appears to be glass in thumb, up they goes to A&E at Nobles, get's her checked out ( and the glass pulled out) and doctors up there really concerned that she can not bend thumb at all, appears she DID damage tendons, a&e doc gets his boss & then up another rung, end of it all she does need surgery to repair tendon,(this is 9pm by now) Couple of phone calls later and she is booked into Wriston Hospital Liverpool for 9am this morning, flights all arranged as well as eddie (taxi) the other end. and all this sorted out by about 10.30 last night, so good luck Tiddz & Thank You Nobles A & E department, excellent work from ALL the team up there Ta Ta Richard PS, Moral!! Steer clear Crewe Hospital & NEVER play with glass[]
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