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[MutantCav]

Just as an addition might be worth taking the receipt to the inland revenue and suggest they may want to investigate the guys account...if hes a rogue trader then quite possibly the best way to get him put out of business

[doog]

claim for EVERYTHING!! claim for the 5 hours inconvenience and charge him £150 an hour for that!!

then burn his garage down!

wow i thought it was just me that thought like that
 this dood should not get away with this  do not let it go and put it down to experiance  or he will keep doing it

Doug

[doog]

why did it need 2 ecu code reads?

[Kevin Wood]

why did it need 2 ecu code reads?

Once to see that there were no codes, and once to read the codes he'd caused by rather about with it.

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

Wait until you have your money before sending to IR - they have prior claim.

Any other action, best served cold

[gwa]

The best piece of advice I can give is that document EVERYTHING you do, keep a diary. Every time you telephone, visit or write. Do it in a chronological manner and when you get to the Small Claims Court (SCC) the Judge will find in your favour. You can get a claim form from your local County Court for about a tenner. Make list of what your true loss is with evidence, detail it on the form then hand it into the court. They will soon whack it on him and just before Christmas too. Good luck

[jonathanh]

how did you pay?

If it was be credit card - explain the problem to your card provider.  you should put the bill in dispute with the card company.  they are resonsible for the goods and services you paid for

if it was by cheque, cancel it now

if cash, well ho hum

[oredona]

hi everyboby,

Thanks for all the tips, here is the picture of my Fuel pump which he claimed to have change.

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/PHOTO4FUELPIPECLIPS.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/PHOTO3FUELPIPE.jpg

http://i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/Picture007.jpg

Without opening the seal, it was clear this unit was not even opened or could such rust happen withing 6 months?

Thanks

[Mr Skrunts]

No way should any garage go forward with work with out asking the customer to foot a bill of that size.

Can you see the fuel pump to see if it has been replaced.

What gets me is the fact that if there was no power to the pump then how did you drive it there?

[Mr Skrunts]

Hadnt seen the above pic link.  theres no way that pump has been changed.

Trading standars and the law need involving imediately and have him shut down.

[cem_devecioglu]

this pump is prehistoric..

[Entwood]

Just to help .. these are the pictures ... and if thats new  .... I must be a virgin (again) ... but luckily it doesn't look like its been re-wired either .... 

[al brown]

Not sure if this will help anyone in future, but I had un-asked for work done on a car of mine and the garage refused to give me the car until I paid. I told them to send me the invoice and we can argue later. As to not releasing the car, if they keep it, it amounts to theft! It is legal my car and it is up to them to try and get outstanding bills paid through court. You have 3 months to pay an invoice, regardless of what they say. Got my keys when I started phoning the old bill.

Secondly, My omega wouldnt start one day after it had been stood a while (turned over well, but didnt try to fire). I suspected the fuel pump and checked to find no fuel flowing. I asked a friend with an omega if he knew where I could get a cheap pump and he said he had the same problem with a slightly flat battery. Charged mine up and got fuel flowing again andd started straight away. I am sure someonre knows why, or will say a coincidence, but slightly flat batteries have stopped the fuel pump on 2 diferent omegas now (both petrol).

[oredona]

Thank you everybody for your contributions, now in a despirate move by this rogue garage, he has sent me the followig documents claiming they are diagnosis reports for my car.

here is the link
http://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/?action=view&current=wave.jpg

http://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/?action=view&current=wave2.jpg

http://s487.photobucket.com/albums/rr237/oredona/?action=view&current=wave22.jpg

I know this has nothing to do with my car because i found simalar diagram on the internet from another model of a car and all the Osciliscope look thesame.

Can somebody send me a Diagnostic report with Osciliscope and wave form from an omega so i can prove to the court that this report is not prom my car. i just need something to compare.

My car is a 1997 Vauxhaul omega 3.0 litres
Thanks

[oredona]

....and also in this wave form sent to me by this rogue garage, i would like to know what does 32. Digital, DC frequency modulated represent, can anyone tell me what that reading means because on the one i found from autoda on the internet, everything looks the same except the reading on 32. Digital, DC frequency modulated, it's slightly different.

thanks