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Hi mate id take everybodys advice on here.... I got tucked up on a 52plate 172 (head gasket) off a garage. If the good pple on here had not told me my rights id still be putting a new engine in it now as it happens i got all my £££ bk lol

Hi m8t have a quick look at the cars for sale on this forum. Some really nice cars AND you no 99.9% of the time been looked after WELL.. Hope this helps

LOL at the back number plate light....................

Looks old school and use SPELL CHECKER..............

LIL update Well after goin down there yesterday he told me to come back down 2day at 9am(to give him the car bk) which i did as i walked in the office he was counting £ out. So he handed me £1500 CASH lol i had the cheek to ask him bout the parts i put on it......... But i did take the multi...

lol sum pple.... been down there told him all of the above and hes doing the lot told i was goin to park the car outside ans sit on the bonnet and tell every 1 what he did and as im telling him this there was a customer standin listeing wanted me out the way. Car is being done thuresday .Are...

ORRRR and he also offerd to have his garage fix it which i dont want at all im goin to go bk there now my mate thinks £750 is very high price for a h/g to b done? its a 172 not a cum so it got air con i thought £750 was about write? Thanks for the replys guys Bing

Hi all well i went down there......... Sald he would give me £1000 bk for the car i sald thats £500 less than i payed u!! He sald wear and tear.... 0r he sald i can go get an estmate and he would pay half thats the best i could get out of him. So went and got a price for the head gasket to be...

Guys like i sald he told me the HEAD GASKET needed doing and for £1500 and no less(as stated on the reciept which i still have) he WOULD do the head gasket which has not been done. When iv been down there monday ill update......... Thanks again for the replys

Hi 182mark No i pald with cash i asked him to take my debit card but he sald his machine was down. You no what guys if it never sald INCLUDING HEAD GASKET 4 £1500 on the recept i would not be goin back with it. Thanks for the reply mark

Hi tiger260 i put all the old parts stright in the bin (pad+discs+leads+plugs+brake lines+tyres)....... Thanks for the reply

DONNY-DOG Thanks for the link i think the best thing i can do is go down and have a word.Ill post back monday and let everybody no what they say!!! Thanks again

Morning guys....... Well when i go down there monday my plan is to get my £ bk.... And tell him he can keep the new parts iv put on but i got a funny feeling that he ll say the law says i got to give him the chance to fix it BUT do i really want them to touch it (NO). What should i do if he wont...

N90DLW Its down penarth rd i really dont want to name ansd shame YET coz i may well go down there monday and he gives me a full refund if he does not want to help me THEN ill name then. I think thats is fair? isnt it....... Thanks for lookin Bing

Hi 182mark whatdo you mean order as trade? or retail? sorry for the noob question. Thanks

Hi jenic mate im goin down monday to see what he says if he offers me my money back ill take it.... But if he says he will only pay towards it ill have to go down that route so how MUCH should i be pushing for if he say he will pay towards it? Thanks for the reply mate

Thanks guys for all the positive replys there is always 2 that got to be funny(i wont listen to any bodys advice=MACE) Guys 1 of the reason i thought of an engine change was iv spent a fair bit of money on the sald parts in 1 of my other post i think iv spent about just under £300 and all parts...

Hi tiger260 i have looked on the goverment web site and by law they shoud help me out so only time will tell...... Thanks forthe reply

Thanks for all the replys guys... One of the mebers on here has offered me a 38k engine for £400 out of a cup(salvaged car) and its close ish to me so im goin down wensday nite so fingers crossed its a good 1.... But the good part is he got the m.o.ts to prove her millage I LVE THIS FORUM lol so...

Dean the with doing that is all the old part have gone stright in the bin so ideally i would like say a few hundred bk easier sald than done tho..... SkidMarx iv had a mate look at it and he wrks for allfa.. and he had it down his wrks this morning and he sald the oil is mixin with the oil and...

Hi tiger i dont want them to touch the car really just give me some thing towards gettin her done really Thanks for the reply

Revels iv got a mate who will put the engine in for me 4 £50 plus breakfast and dinner lol So really it just the price of the engine £500--£600 renparts have got 1 now 61 (tho) but i really want to see if i can get help off the garage 1st... Thanks again for the reply

Thanks for the replys guys.. Im soooo glad i found out now coz it was going for a cambelt change the end of feb. REVELS why is it 100% pointless to put a diff engine in her? Thanks again Bing

Hi well well...... i bought my girl a ph2(52) 172 in december when i seen it on the net the garage wanted 2k for it i went down to have a look at it and in the window it said £1500 so i had a good look around her and it was clean no dents no scraps on her really clean. The guy comes out...

Hi Thanks for all the replys...... Yes thats right iv had a majore problems with it bit of a long story when i seen the car on the netr the garage wanted 2k for it but when i went down to have a look at it it sald £1500 in the window so guy come out and sald its over heating a lil bit so he...

Any 1?????????????????? Im defo thinkin c.t.s over fulling ?? Thanks

Hi all juist went to top the coolent up i had a smell of the coolent and it stinks of petrol bad? Is it the coolent temp sensor or some thing else? Thanks for lookin Bing

Hi mate.... Have a look at the rad and as your lookin down at it on the passenger side inbetween the bottom rad pipe and the top rad pipe their is a massive screw have a look to see if the leak is comin from there i had the same problem as your self and it took me ages to find it i done mine up...

Hi mate... my girls 172 (52) had a lil misfire and the eml light was doin the same as yours a few weeks ago i put new plugs in her new leads and it cured it abit it was still there but minimal. So i read on here to swap the lambdas round so i done this and the misfire went and the eml light went...

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