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Originally posted by ed
Well he should do his best to fuck him over really then

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Originally posted by jr
Mig is fucking terrible, i cant belive some of them on there, some of the mod in that post make me laugh

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Originally posted by Matty G
I bet all the people that are saying they would of checked it and cleaned it wouldn't of done if it was them. Hindsight is a marvellous thing

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Originally posted by CorsAsh
I don't understand the people's tireless devotion to the (alleged) seller of the cover. It's a fairly black and white case I'd have thought, why be at such pains to defend someone who clearly doesn't have much of a conscience?

At the end of the day, perhaps pending an engineer's report, an expensive engine has been destroyed by what is a defective part.

If you went to Vauxhall for a new set of cambelt rollers and they supplied you with the notorious plastic ones which later disintegrated and caused a catastrophic failure, it would be their fault as the supplier I'd have thought... same logic applies here.

[Edited on 26-03-2007 by CorsAsh]

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Originally posted by nickyboy01
Another thing was the fact the oil pump seized up 3 times, did no-one twig that something may be causing it to do so? If i had spent that much on an engine and the oil pump seized i would want to know why on the first occasion.

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Originally posted by muppetsport
a rare post...........

to clarify oil pump issues. an oil cooler pipe split at crail, resulting in the car being taken on an aa wagon home. i chanced it, and fitted a new pump just to see if the engine was knocing, it wasnt. anyone that knows these engines well enough will know you do not have to take the rocker cover off to do a pump, so i didnt. i didnt look. didnt think about it as i wasnt to know. oh well. the pump that died was one with sbd internal gears and nylon release valve. the release valve then stuck again about 4 weeks later, i didnt like the metal ones anyway so quickly somehow removed it, and fitted another nylon one. this was fine for a few months. saying that i didnt drive the car much due to unemployment etc. although it still got atleast one run out a week. it became odd on start up, like 2-3 cylinders. had compression checked, all was fine. began to think maybe lifters are fucked. so i got some ordered up to replace, then the oil pump release valve went again. this is when we found the cause, as the rocker cover had to come off.

you can say all day long i should have checked etc. but really, should i have? i was not to know it was going to be powdercoated on the inside, would any of you lot? you all say youd check, but like fuck you would. it was fitted late on a night in the garage, where the light isnt awsome, so i didnt notice. had the rocker cover been red or blue, then yeah you would see it right away.

there is no way that any of the blame can be sided on to me. regardless of what people may think, sale of goods act etc says otherwise, you know, that government ruling all those years ago?

edit - if the advert had stated it needed cleaned, i would have done so. also, emotionless passions ebay listings terms and conditions say all items are taken to be stripped of paint etc. so how does that explain them powdercoating over oil and shite on the inside of the rocker cover? or basically theyre a poor outfit and should be avoided at all costs. as in the cost of 400 horses and 4 grand. perhaps.

[Edited on 27-03-2007 by muppetsport]

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