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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #15 on: 24 January 2008, 15:49:36 »
I missed out on whatever befell tunnie....    please do illuminate by day by sharing :D


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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #17 on: 24 January 2008, 15:54:38 »
If Heathrow Engines are who I think they are you want to stay away.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=348255
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #18 on: 24 January 2008, 16:07:27 »
If this is the same Heathrow engine centre that used to be located at twickenham trading estate, then the terms Barge, touch, Would'nt  come to mind. This firm allegedly were caught steam cleaning old units and selling as recons without doing anything to them at all. When they did do anything the engines failed after a few thou, and then would not honour the Garentee. ALLEGEDLY. :o
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #19 on: 24 January 2008, 16:28:05 »
Note to self 1....

don;t buy engine from scrappy.

Note to self 2

Don't die

Note to self 3.
hang on... i've got breakdown cover.....  on my car insurance....   what does it cover?/


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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #20 on: 24 January 2008, 16:38:59 »
I can't remember the name of the programme, but a year or two aqo a firm was featured, in something like watchdog, who took vehicles in to repair or recondition engines and then blatantly stripped everything out and did nothing. When owners finally chased them they were completely hard faced and demanded more money to return the vehicle, whether work done or parts replaced, or not.
Even trading standards people seemed powerless to stop them or get recompense and they literally got away with it repeatedly. Most owners just gave up, leaving them to dispose of the vehicle/parts as they wished. It was unbelievable, but quite true apparently.
I'd have burned the place down.
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #21 on: 24 January 2008, 16:41:00 »
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I can't remember the name of the programme, but a year or two aqo a firm was featured, in something like watchdog, who took vehicles in to repair or recondition engines and then blatantly stripped everything out and did nothing. When owners finally chased them they were completely hard faced and demanded more money to return the vehicle, whether work done or parts replaced, or not.
Even trading standards people seemed powerless to stop them or get recompense and they literally got away with it repeatedly. Most owners just gave up, leaving them to dispose of the vehicle/parts as they wished. It was unbelievable, but quite true apparently.
I'd have burned the place down.

Yes, there's a link on that Pistonheads thread to a watchdog article but sadly it's not on the BBC website any more.
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #22 on: 24 January 2008, 16:42:28 »
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hang on... i've got breakdown cover.....  on my car insurance....   what does it cover?/



That'll be like the AA won't it? Roadside assistance rather than a mechanical warranty as such.
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #23 on: 24 January 2008, 17:10:20 »
yeah I know.......   sadly.......  

Roadside + Relay + homestart, doesn;t get Heads sorted at the side of the road ;)

which I think is a bit of a shame ;)


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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #24 on: 24 January 2008, 17:28:50 »
Did you know, they can fix 99.8% of breakdowns at the side of the road?

That was what my mate got told when he specifically asked for a recovery truck.

The call centre droid was adamant that he didn't need a recovery truck.

He then proceeded to list the engine parts that he could see lying on Maidenhead high street, underneath the sump, in a puddle of oil. It wasn't pretty. Included bits of bearing, bits of bearing cap, bits of piston, bits of sump, etc...

Eventually he must have been put through to someone who knew that these bits weren't going to go back together  ;D

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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #25 on: 24 January 2008, 23:09:25 »
Not sure ... but I think Heathrow Engines got some VERY bad press from watchdog a while back ??

edit .. done a google ... READ THIS !!

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=heathrow+engines+watchdog&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #26 on: 24 January 2008, 23:25:50 »
Sorry, Note to self 4

avoid heathrow engine centre



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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #27 on: 24 January 2008, 23:44:13 »
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Did you know, they can fix 99.8% of breakdowns at the side of the road?

That'll be because 99.8% of breakdowns are a flat tyre or flat battery!  ::)
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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #28 on: 24 January 2008, 23:59:34 »
You could of course buy this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vauxhall-Opel-Omega-spares-or-repair_W0QQitemZ280194572253... whip the engine/box out, and sell the rest. That way you get a fairly new engine with 100K on the clock for not a lot. OK, a slight pain fitting it, but with a decent hoist it should be OK.

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Re: Mental idea?? or sensible??
« Reply #29 on: 27 January 2008, 23:24:20 »
nearly sure heathrow engine center was featured on watchdog 4/5 years ago for dodgy workmanship...sure there warranty is only valid if they service it....
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