Pros at work (AGAIN!)

[Fred@BTM]

why? seriously! I may seem like a know it all arrogant sod on here sometimes, but for f***s sake how can other mechanics be this dumb?

for those of you that don't know what the picture shows, its an exhaust camshaft seal in the inlet camshaft (wrong size) and the dephaser has worn through it causing a huge oil leak all over the cambelt = £700 bill

the last one i did like this was a £2K bill because the pulley had span and blew the engine to hell

choose your mechainc wisely PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD (or allah, rhianna, eva - whoever you worship)

 

[Owen]

Another one for the wall of shame eh Fred?

(glad you explained it as I had no idea what was wrong in the pic)

 

[SkidMarx]

Do you know who did it last time?

 

[Fred@BTM]

no but they need f**king shooting!

 

[Chris_786]

Another one for the wall of shame eh Fred?

(glad you explained it as I had no idea what was wrong in the pic)

+1, I mostly agree with Fred when he points out broken things on my car...

Fred could you gimmie a bell when your free? I have warning lights and error's on my car

 

[Gt rob]

any chance of a comparison pic? ie the way it should look?

 

[Fred@BTM]

hang on 2 min and i'll get a pic

 

[Bluebeard]

I agree.

 

[Toms_clio]

no but they need f**king shooting!

You would love to of seen k-tecs job on my car !!

 

[Gt rob]

good job was it then?

 

[Fred@BTM]

inlet is on the right

 

[sideways danny]

seen loads of these, ruins the dephaser normally

 

[Laine_16v]

absolutely text book "average mechanic" mistake that

 

[Gt rob]

theres quite a big difference in size, how can you miss it? idiots

 

[SkidMarx]

Guess whoever fitted it forgot that the dephaser pulley sits inside the seal, unlike the exhaust side.

 

[Naith]

bet mine will look like that when u open her.

 

[Curtis!]

bet mine will look like that when u open her.

I imagine your engine to be similiar to dropping a socket set into a washing machine tbh..

 

[Naith]

still running 315 ft lb torque though... Its a f**king horse.

 

[D1CKY]

Another mechanic to put on the CS wall of shame if you can find out who or where the botched work was done.
I guess its another mechanics lack of knowledge on the F4R
Its suprising how much lack of knowledge folk have on these engines for the amount thats on the road.

Hows the dephaser looking ?

 

[.GAZ.]

OOOFT!

 

[Fred@BTM]

Hows the dephaser looking ?

fucked!

 

[ElkWorks]

is this my car Fred?!

 

[Fred@BTM]

yep!

 

[Jonny1*2]

you meant inlet cam seal right It is shocking that they would do that. It's not even close to looking sealed. Fooking cowboys.

 

[ElkWorks]

yep!

fuuuuuuuuuuuck!

got that in time then didnt we!

man hug coming your way when i pick it up later!

or maybe i'll just pay the bill.....

 

[Fred@BTM]

call me, i found other issues too

 

[Jonny1*2]

fuuuuuuuuuuuck!

got that in time then didnt we!

man hug coming your way when i pick it up later!

or maybe i'll just pay the bill.....

How long has it been like that? must have been sounding bad I ripped one open last night where the dephaser went and all the inlet valves are f**ked. Lucky boy

 

[ElkWorks]

25k miles John

just rang Fred and the cam journals are lightly scored as well where it was down on oil pressure.

oh well!

 

[Jonny1*2]

Still lucky that mate. Could have been alot worse.

 

[Daz.]

I may seem like a know it all arrogant sod on here sometimes, but for f**ks sake how can other mechanics be this dumb?

You can be arrogant about anything if you know what you're talking about! I like it

 

[ElkWorks]

Still lucky that mate. Could have been alot worse.

agreed 100%

just glad BTM have got it, and not someone else!

 

[Soot1e]

Should have a Sticky thread on Cliosport-----"Freds Wall of Shame"

 

[ElkWorks]

RIght, here we go!

Reciept - Bensham Engineering LTD
Bishops Road
Surrey
CR0 3LD

05/06/09

Recondition customers own cylinder head as NES, supply gaskets and head bolts to suit - total inc. VAT - £566

Now, i dont know if they just reconditioned the head, or fitted it.

A week earlire Renault Croydon supplied 'Protector Belt - Part no. 7700113619 £33.75 inc VAT - is this an Aux belt?!

So, either the owner tried to sort it himself, or above company did it. EIther way, it was a f**k up.

However... my sticker on the inner arch states that the belts were changed at 55k. Either this is b****cks, or someone has re-used the belts when the head was changed. I believe both... I cannot find a receipt for any belts, or belts being changed, however, there is a lack of history before 60k miles anyway. ALthough i do have the mobile number of 3 of the previous 10 owners!

one year later Renault health check for another different owner noted oil leak.... at 71k miles (8k miles ago)

Cars owner changed again 2 months later (or there abouts), it then changed again 5 months later.

So a word of warning, research these before buying (hard as most of us own them already) and when the seller says, its a bit tappety on warm up, either walk away, or knock him down the £600+ its gonna cost you to sort it.

Dont buy a multiple ownered car with massive oil leaks.....

Like i did

At least it will be sorted correctly this time!

 

[Silent_Scone]

Thought that was my engine for a second lol!

These half a job Bobs shouldn't take on the work if they're just gonna f**k with people all the time

At least you can get it sorted now fella. (Should also always do a HPI check when buying privately)

 

[Matt Cup]

Shocking work. Will the scoring on the cams do any damage?

 

[Tunst]

25k miles John

just rang Fred and the cam journals are lightly scored as well where it was down on oil pressure.

oh well!

I have a head the same as this... can it be reused?

Its scored the cam and the head..

 

[DrR]

Hang on, you bought a 10 owner clio with no history for 60k?

No wonder it's like this lol

 

[Jonny1*2]

I have a head the same as this... can it be reused?

Its scored the cam and the head..

I can't see why not. It depends on how bad it is. Plus certain marks can be polished out?

 

[ElkWorks]

its not the lobes that are scored, its the journals

fred said it will be fine

the lad i got it off told me it had a couple of previous owners..... but yeh, i should of checked that

it does have a pile of history, unfortunatly, its not before 60k.

 

[Tunst]

its not the lobes that are scored, its the journals

fred said it will be fine

the lad i got it off told me it had a couple of previous owners..... but yeh, i should of checked that

it does have a pile of history, unfortunatly, its not before 60k.

This is the same but its rather bad.. Im gonna get a pic see what fred thinks...