Having just bought a car a few of weeks ago for about a grand, I discovered a problem I did not notice on the test drive/initial inspection. There is no heat coming from the heater when the car is idle [e.g in traffic or so]. I took it in for someone to have a look at it, and after much investigation and testing it turns out that the cylinder gasket needs replaced [and possibly needing skimmed at the same time]. I was quoted £500-600, which is expensive. I have yet to get a second opinion on this but it leaves me in a difficult position...
Seeing as I was lied to by the previous owner who must have known about the problem, I must make a choice:
In either of the first two cases I will have to spend say £500ish.
Car is a Ford Fiesta 1.25 '97, 80k miles.
Seeing as I was lied to by the previous owner who must have known about the problem, I must make a choice:
- Get rid of the car. Sell it for a few hundred [I have no idea what its worth now but a guess would be about £600-700] and get another second hand car.
- Get the head gasket fixed and continue to use the car.
- Leave the head gasket? (How dangerous would it be to do this? I never noticed anything wrong, just no heat as described above) The car is only used lightly - i mean less than 30miles a week i would say.
- Go back to the seller - can I take the car back and say that they sold to me under false pretenses? What if they say they didnt know it had this problem?
In either of the first two cases I will have to spend say £500ish.
Car is a Ford Fiesta 1.25 '97, 80k miles.