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[omegod]

You can take a horse to water...

The best part is, I told him last week when I first looked at it, I'm not convinced your gaskets gone. Don't get a gasket set yet mate. So he got one anyway. Now the shop he got it from won't issue a refund, I'm assuming because its a special order 

Have you checked that the water pump is actually pumping water,seen quite a few where the plastic impeller has broken up or come off causing similar issues,it can bugger the stat as well due to localized overheating.

I was thinking this too, had to do my brothers E36 this year shards of plastic everywhere ,also if it's a viscous fan they can bugger up too !

[maracus]

Off the top of my head I think its electric on this one but I wasn't paying much attention. Although if it was viscous I'd have probably thought "oh look its a viscous fan" as all the ones I seem to come across are electric! 

And to further fuel the banter, he asked me if I could change the gasket anyway, as he can't get the kit he brought refunded! 

I was like uuuhhhh no mate lets see how it goes first!!

[albitz]

With friends like him ............................you move house.

[kevinp58]

I would walk away  time waster using that sort of part secondhand

[bigegg]

I don't do "mate's rates".

Either it's free (+parts/expenses)

or full price.

I'm owed a few favours.
but only by people that I *know* will repay them.
in full.
with interest.

[maracus]

I would walk away  time waster using that sort of part secondhand

It's ok he's seen the light and is getting a new one 

I don't do "mate's rates".

Either it's free (+parts/expenses)

or full price.

I'm owed a few favours.
but only by people that I *know* will repay them.
in full.
with interest.

 See I'm not bothered about the owe-age of favours, as I'm owed enough favours from some anyway 

I'm happy to help out, favour owed ow not, I didn't agree with him taking to a garage and paying a fortune for something that I could babe done for him. It doesn't pay at the rate I've charged, but it covers the weeks "pocket money" in case Id have to turn anything else away for the week in my own time. So to me, that's my expenses covered (travelings not a problem as I'm back and forth anyway)

With friends like him ............................you move house.

  you know it!!!

[maracus]

Friday. He's getting the thermostat Friday. Gotta love his enthusiasm. He messaged me asking if I can crack on with doing this head gasket.

Lets see how this thermostat change goes first though mate!

But he confirmed, water pump failure. That'll explain the stat seizing, as suggested in a previous post. 

[maracus]

Thought I'd share this to give you all a laugh, he got the thermostat yesterday, then messaged me to say he'd fitted the thermostat. He reckoned his uncle "bled it properly" and that it is still boiling up. I asked him if his heaters work. No they don't. When I gave his pipes a squeeze before the thermostat change the heaters miracoulsy worked afterwards. And he managed to drive it the 6 miles from his house, to where it sits now to be worked on, without it overheating, whereas before I gave the pipes a squeeze he couldn't even make it to the local tescos!

Bled up properly my butt!!

Only I then heard that his uncle took the car for a good blast, came back ten minutes later and there was steam pouring out everywhere! (Just to be sure that head gasket needs changing, just take it out with no coolant in he head and give it a thrash, just to make sure! 

Really wish if have priced myself off the job now, not the work that bothers me, its the idiots that I'm dealing with 

..or maybe its me! Maybe his gasket is shot! Well if it wasn't it is now hey!

[albitz]

Thought I'd share this to give you all a laugh, he got the thermostat yesterday, then messaged me to say he'd fitted the thermostat. He reckoned his uncle "bled it properly" and that it is still boiling up. I asked him if his heaters work. No they don't. When I gave his pipes a squeeze before the thermostat change the heaters miracoulsy worked afterwards. And he managed to drive it the 6 miles from his house, to where it sits now to be worked on, without it overheating, whereas before I gave the pipes a squeeze he couldn't even make it to the local tescos!

Bled up properly my butt!!

Only I then heard that his uncle took the car for a good blast, came back ten minutes later and there was steam pouring out everywhere! (Just to be sure that head gasket needs changing, just take it out with no coolant in he head and give it a thrash, just to make sure! 

Really wish if have priced myself off the job now, not the work that bothers me, its the idiots that I'm dealing with 

..or maybe its me! Maybe his gasket is shot! Well if it wasn't it is now hey!

If the head gasket wasn't blown, it probably is now. May well have warped the head too. If I were you mate, I would wash my hands of it and tell him to get his uncle to finish the job for him. You cant help people like that.

[tunnie]

Thought I'd share this to give you all a laugh, he got the thermostat yesterday, then messaged me to say he'd fitted the thermostat. He reckoned his uncle "bled it properly" and that it is still boiling up. I asked him if his heaters work. No they don't. When I gave his pipes a squeeze before the thermostat change the heaters miracoulsy worked afterwards. And he managed to drive it the 6 miles from his house, to where it sits now to be worked on, without it overheating, whereas before I gave the pipes a squeeze he couldn't even make it to the local tescos!

Bled up properly my butt!!

Only I then heard that his uncle took the car for a good blast, came back ten minutes later and there was steam pouring out everywhere! (Just to be sure that head gasket needs changing, just take it out with no coolant in he head and give it a thrash, just to make sure! 

Really wish if have priced myself off the job now, not the work that bothers me, its the idiots that I'm dealing with 

..or maybe its me! Maybe his gasket is shot! Well if it wasn't it is now hey!

If the head gasket wasn't blown, it probably is now. May well have warped the head too. If I were you mate, I would wash my hands of it and tell him to get his uncle to finish the job for him. You cant help people like that.

Have to second that, going by everything else too. Constant ball-ache there, best off out of it 

[Webby the Bear]

Yeah defo get out of it mate. I'm really struggling to read between the lines here....but.... was he convinced the HG had gone and to save you getting anymore parts that he deemed to not be relevant he's gone and made sure the HG needs doing by thrashing it with no coolant? if that's the case he's pretty mental 

I imagine this is exactly how it would feel to be Ralf's mechanic. hahahaha

[Sir Tigger KC]

Yep! Time to walk away and let his uncle finish what he started! 

[maracus]

I'm hoping when I next see the car I'm going to find evidence that the h/g is gone that wasn't present last time I looked. Then I'm quite happy for his uncle to show him how it's done!

Simple lesson learned here. Next time someone I know has car problems I'm taking the car with me and looking at it at home out the way 

My backs up now about it because he went and got his uncle to do the stat. I'm sorry mate but where was your uncle when you was going to take it to a garage and pay them for (cough) "head gasket failure" 

[maracus]

Yeah defo get out of it mate. I'm really struggling to read between the lines here....but.... was he convinced the HG had gone and to save you getting anymore parts that he deemed to not be relevant he's gone and made sure the HG needs doing by thrashing it with no coolant? if that's the case he's pretty mental 

I imagine this is exactly how it would feel to be Ralf's mechanic. hahahaha

I think he rang two garages and said "it's boiling up I think my head gaskets gone"

...and they've gone, "yep definitely. Bring it in"
..and he's believed them!

[Webby the Bear]

I personally wouldn't even go to see the car again.