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[quote][i]Originally posted by Mattb[/i] Lol.. the comment of the mechanics being the 'thick kids at school' is a very broad and bold statement to make! To put things into perspective, I left a Degree in Motorsport Engineering to take up an apprenticeship with Volkswagen and have been at the job now for around twelve years. Whilst I would agree that many of the jobs involved require very little intelligence / skill to complete and can be taught very quickly, things like servicing and general maintenance for example come into this, they are the kinds of jobs you let apprentices loose on to cut their teeth under supervision within a few months. However, when it comes to more complex stuff, you really do need to be on form or it can end up costing you or your place of work a fair few quid in either damaged parts, lost labour sales or both, do this enough and you'll soon find yourself out of work. I would love to see someone who is self taught track down some of the faults we see, something like 'Engine control unit sender referance voltage B circuit short to ground intermittant' would stump quite a few people. Or perhaps what you would do to diagnose and repair a judder on take up of drive and intermittantly between gears on a Dual clutch gearbox? Or even how you would diagnose a simple battery drain without taking forever and a day to do so. I suppose it comes back to the old argument where some people assume that a mechanic and a technician are two different job roles, when in fact they really are not. Anyways, back to some of the questions............... Total cost of the repair was around £11.5K the bill was picked up by insurance. Bottom end was £7500 compared to a replacment engine at £12500 which doesnt come with anything extra, just the heads and timing chains etc, so much cheaper to replace the bottom end. It took me around 35 - 40 hours to complete, I think it was Tom who said that its not a difficult repair, and thats true, it is just nuts and bolts at the end of the day, a few bits of specialist knowlage needed here and there with some bits, but yeah, just a long ass job :thumbs: [/quote]
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