My car had HGF, through a friend I met a bloke who would fix it for me. I started getting a lift into work and 2 weeks later he came over and took the head off and took it to be skimmed.
Then the excuses started, not got all the parts yet, or the skimming company sent the head back because they wanted it stripped first. When the head was finally skimmed he found that apparently the gasket set was wrong due to the rods being to big, so waiting again for parts. He said he's getting his bro to order the parts online then on my next talk with him a friend of his came over and took the money which had apparently went to his brother and within an hour came back with all the correct parts. Then it was being able to get over to me to put it all back together.
All the above happened over 4 weeks since the head came off. During those 4 weeks my friends car had HGF. I took it to the mechanic I normally use and he turned it around in 2 days. I did go to him first of all to do my car but he's unreliable with turning up and when I asked him in the first place to come have a look to see if it was HGF or not he didn't turn up. That's when my friend put me onto the other bloke.
Anyway, my car was finished on, Wednesday at long last, 7 weeks after I stopped driving it for fear of engine damage, and 5 weeks after the head came off.
I first drove it today since being repaired. I drove down to, Portsmouth and back. Temperature is good, no leaks or loss of power, feels more powerful in fact. Got home and switched off ignition and that was that, the radiator fan even turned off straight away which surprised me since I just did 70 to 80 for 12 miles in 30c weather.
So glad to have my wheels back
Then the excuses started, not got all the parts yet, or the skimming company sent the head back because they wanted it stripped first. When the head was finally skimmed he found that apparently the gasket set was wrong due to the rods being to big, so waiting again for parts. He said he's getting his bro to order the parts online then on my next talk with him a friend of his came over and took the money which had apparently went to his brother and within an hour came back with all the correct parts. Then it was being able to get over to me to put it all back together.
All the above happened over 4 weeks since the head came off. During those 4 weeks my friends car had HGF. I took it to the mechanic I normally use and he turned it around in 2 days. I did go to him first of all to do my car but he's unreliable with turning up and when I asked him in the first place to come have a look to see if it was HGF or not he didn't turn up. That's when my friend put me onto the other bloke.
Anyway, my car was finished on, Wednesday at long last, 7 weeks after I stopped driving it for fear of engine damage, and 5 weeks after the head came off.
I first drove it today since being repaired. I drove down to, Portsmouth and back. Temperature is good, no leaks or loss of power, feels more powerful in fact. Got home and switched off ignition and that was that, the radiator fan even turned off straight away which surprised me since I just did 70 to 80 for 12 miles in 30c weather.
So glad to have my wheels back
