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DJMartin07

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16th Oct 08 at 17:55

I got my car back from my local garage today after another head gasket failer, and I know why it failed, thermostat was dodgy from when I did it. My boot seal had gone to, and I was getting some nice condensation in my boot, so I brought the new headgasket and cylinder head bolts, only £48 pounds, happy days, but my garage had to order a new boot seal and it cost £72, HOW? Everyone I knew at college even my tutor who used to work at Vauxhall said it would cost around £15-20. So why does a piece of rubber cost that much????

taylorboosh

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16th Oct 08 at 17:56

scrappy? fiver?

DJMartin07

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16th Oct 08 at 18:00

I've already paid for the bloody thing. Would of only been £352 for the head gasket change if it weren't for the boot seal.

ChrisBoom

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16th Oct 08 at 18:01

You paid £352 to change the HG on a 1.2 8v

Would of been cheaper changing the engine

XE luke

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16th Oct 08 at 18:02

tell me about it mate
i had a water leak on my XE and i had to wait four days for a new rubber "s" pipe.
cost me 67.00 minus VAT and it was about 2" wide 4" long with a little pipe coming off it

DJMartin07

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16th Oct 08 at 18:06

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisBoom
You paid £352 to change the HG on a 1.2 8v

Would of been cheaper changing the engine

Well last time I did it at college and it cost me £100 in parts, but this time college wouldn't let me and I didn't have the tools to do it, so garage was easy option. Also i'm waiting on a mate to put the XE in his Corsa so I can get his X16XE and put it in mine.

[Edited on 16-10-2008 by DJMartin07]

bubble

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16th Oct 08 at 18:08

so vauxhall ahve the nerve to charge ridiculous amounts for a boot seal-yet you paid it?

DJMartin07

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16th Oct 08 at 18:12

Well when I talked to loads of people they said £15-20 if you didn't read it properly, so I asked the manager of my local garage(not a Vauxhall dealership) to order it and fit, so I wasn't expecting that. It's like they charge £40 just for rear mudflaps, rip off central or what ( I haven't brought rear mudflaps, I asked how much they were).

Phi

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16th Oct 08 at 18:15

your point isnt very clear, you shouldnt have paid it! you should have done ti yourself, even if it was a bit tricky

DJMartin07

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16th Oct 08 at 18:17

I couldn't be arsed as it still would of cost me £72 for the seal, as he didn't charge me for it to be fitted, and yes I know I should of gone to a scrappy, but who knows how long a second hand one would last.

chr15barn3s

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16th Oct 08 at 19:30

Maybe they charged you for fitting aswell?

craig8

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16th Oct 08 at 19:31

you paid 300 quid for the HG to be changed?

could have bought a set of tools for 100 and did it youself

E36 328

alan-g-w

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16th Oct 08 at 19:33

If you can afford to just say 'fuck it' to £72 I don't really see why you're complaining.

Priciple, yes. But if you didn't want to pay that you... shouldn't have paid that.

EDIT: get them to rip it off and refund you

[Edited on 16-10-2008 by alan-g-w]

Hamish

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16th Oct 08 at 19:34

where did you bring the new head gasket from?

CorsaSport14

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16th Oct 08 at 22:43

What Vauxhall you goto? Royston one?

deano87

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16th Oct 08 at 22:43

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
What Vauxhall you goto? Royston one?

Bedford is probably closest to us. Then Hitchin

CorsaSport14

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16th Oct 08 at 22:44

quote:
Originally posted by deano87

quote:
Originally posted by CorsaSport14
What Vauxhall you goto? Royston one?

Bedford is probably closest to us. Then Hitchin

Where you from deano? Bedford?

deano87

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16th Oct 08 at 22:46

u2u'd.

bigdan

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16th Oct 08 at 22:49

i went to buy the clips to hold my front passenger side arch on

12 quid for the clips!

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