Recent content by Hendo90

No I don't, knowing my luck he'll have been caught doing 70 in a 30 zone, probably say I was driving anarl. He mentioned the cam seals actually when he was trying to explain what it might have been, so fingers crossed it's nothing major and it's sorted tomorrow

Update on the car; he was out in it when I arrived at the garage, so I went back 10 minutes later. He says he fixed the problem by doing something with the dephaser, possibly moving it I think he said and it's now running perfect, it's fast as f**k and he was giving it some welly in his...

Yeah mate ive spoke to Trevor a couple of weeks ago as I was looking at a different 182 he had for sale. Genuine bloke who seemed to know what he was talking about, felt a bit shite going to him as I went and bought a different car a couple of days later.

Aye this is what he's been saying, they're all the same apparently, he's done hundreds of them. I said so youve done hundreds of 182's have you? And his reply was no but they're all the same. He's never done one of these by the sounds of it. Also he keeps showing me a programme on his computer...

Well according to him it is so that's all I needed to know

Cheers for the advice people, really appreciate it. Just wish I'd have done a bit more research before letting this clown loose on me car. Honestly don't know what im going to do with it here cos he isn't going to give me the car back without paying for the job, despite it being fucked. And I...

Surely if the timing was actually out before I took it in there would have been some tell tale signs

The tool wouldn't fit in before they started the job and the car was running perfectly, the tool now fits in, the job is complete and its running like a bag of shite

I'm thinking I should just tell him to do it, I want my car and if the dephaser is knackered its going to cost me more than what I'm having to pay now for someone else to do it. despite my suspicions he's broke the part when doing the job

Ive already phoned trading standards and basically it looks quite a bit of hassle. He says he's only charging me for the dephaser £186 and not the labour, and it needed doing anyway because it was on its way out, the evidence for this he says is because the camshaft tool wouldn't fit at the...

Been in to see the bloke again today and he claims that the camshaft tool wouldn't fit in when he started the work. He's had to move the de phaser in order for the cambelt tool to fit in and lock after he replaced the belts. He says its a sign the dephaser was on its way out, that camshaft...

I'm a bit worried about him having to reposition the camshaft in order to get the tool to fit. Why would it be out of place in the first place and running fine and now he's moved it, it's went to shite? Just doesn't seem right to me. He doesn't seem absolutely sure what the problem is here...

The garage is Alpine automotive in Blaydon, Newcastle. Apologies cos I know nothing about mechanics, but he started showing me a "proper renault tool" that locks the belts in place or something? He is now saying he's had to reset the position of the camshaft because the tool didn't fit (but it...

Hi all, Just bought my first clio182 last week, so I'm new to the forum. I bought the car without it ever having a cam belt change and at 59,000 miles I decided to get it booked in ASAP. I put it in the garage on the 25th for what I was told was going to be a one day job. I was quoted £469...