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Author My lovely weekend...
Tim
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   3rd May 05 at 12:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
After finally picking up my car from the garage who were fixing my engine (what started as a new headgasket turned into a new bottom-end and pretty much a rebuild), I decided to put a few motorway miles on it to help run it in...

So after it being so smooth on Saturday/Sunday I decided I'd drive round the M25 to my parents on Sunday -- about 50 miles away.

I got there fine and the car was really smooth, etc. Only when I leave to come home about 7pm, I got the oil pressure warning light as I started it up.

So to cut a long story short, my GreenFlag cover doesn't include recovery, so I ended up forking out £267 to recover the car to the garage, and I've got a garage bill which is £800 already and climbing (to sort this oil problem now)
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3rd May 05 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
another XE by any chance?

they are the best 2.0 16v engine of the last 15yrs afterall
Colin
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3rd May 05 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Your loaded tho Tim....dont worry about it
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3rd May 05 at 12:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dip into the premium membership funds
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3rd May 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
dip into the premium membership funds




yes this should more than cover it
3CorsaMeal
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3rd May 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i've put £25 into the club so far
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3rd May 05 at 12:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Me too

so thats £50 quid you got at least
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3rd May 05 at 12:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I got done by AA a while bak and again recenty cos didnt have home start
CCA
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3rd May 05 at 12:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
from the prems that are onling now you've got nearly £600 so i agree use the premium member fund
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CCA will call in a few favours with the garage guys for you, I'm sure...
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quote:
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I got done by AA a while bak and again recenty cos didnt have home start


did they use their big tools on you?
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harsh mate but you are minted so that makes it ok in my eyes
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harsh mate but you are minted so that makes it ok in my eyes


can i jizz in your eyes?
Tim
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3rd May 05 at 13:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It's still killed my chances of a holiday this year...

3cm: Yeah the one bloody thing that the guy hadn't replaced I wouldn't blame the XE engine, I'd blame a mixture of age, sitting round on a shelf for months, and workmanship of whoever did that helicoil...
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3rd May 05 at 13:17   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so whats the problem? you got a new bottom end and it still fooked up?
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3rd May 05 at 13:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Got another bottom-end and lots of new everything... (gaskets, bearings, tensioners, belts, water pump, etc, etc, etc, etc)

But.... Looks like the oil pump went. Turns out it's about the only thing the mechanic didn't replace "as a matter of course"...

Sod's Law eh...


[Edited on 03-05-2005 by Tim]
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3rd May 05 at 14:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
In my experience (and i've replaced four bottom ends in the one car ) I have always replaced the Oil Pump, Seems a bit stupid not to if you blow a bottom end you never know what shite the Oil pump will pick up/have in it even after changing a bottom end

IMHO your better beingsafe than sorry a full new bottom end means a full new bottom end

 
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