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THE GARAGE (SERVICE, MAINTENANCE & REPAIR) => DIESEL => Topic started by: Paolo5 on May 04, 2013, 09:36:06

Title: Servicing blunders
Post by: Paolo5 on May 04, 2013, 09:36:06
Not sure if there is already a section for this....if there is, maybe this post can be added.

I was having a roadtrip holiday last week and needed to get my diesel's 45,000km service done mid-trip. I took my own oil and a Hyundai oil filter.

900km later I got an urge to check the electrical connection that needs to be disconnected in order to access the oil filter housing with a socket.....guess what! It was not connected.

My logbook is stamped but I am pi&&ed off at the neglect that a qualified person showed with my car.
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: beerman on May 04, 2013, 10:34:05
I would be too.....

But if you think it wasn't an apprentice that did your work, your an optimist.
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: Paolo5 on May 04, 2013, 11:04:13
I would be too.....

But if you think it wasn't an apprentice that did your work, your an optimist.

I would have been more likely to understand the blunder if the mechanic was an apprentice...but I spoke with him when I picked the car up.

He "may" have been a mature-aged apprentice....he was in his 40's. (It was a mechanical repair business in Wangaratta.)
Granted, it was a Friday (day after ANZAC Day)...

and I suddenly realize that am making excuses for him....SH*T....HE WAS A COWBOY LET LOOSE ON MY BABY!!!! and I had to pay him for the privilege..
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: beerman on May 04, 2013, 11:08:47
Over pay  :whistler:
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: BC on May 06, 2013, 00:45:35

900km later I got an urge to check the electrical connection that needs to be disconnected in order to access the oil filter housing with a socket.....guess what! It was not connected.


Does anyone know what this wiring is for?  Surely there must be some resulting problems . . . 
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: Eureka on May 06, 2013, 02:47:07
It hurts to be paying for someone to make mistakes.

I know the connection you mean but don't know what it's for.
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: Keith on May 06, 2013, 11:58:18
I dont recall the TV program I saw it on, but apparently here in the UK, to reduce overheads, Main Dealerships are farming service work & Bodywork repairs out to back street places now on an informal basis.
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: eye30 on May 06, 2013, 13:28:11
i recall that.  they overbook the workshop then farm out expensive service to indi and pay them a fraction of the price the customer pay
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: Keith on May 06, 2013, 13:51:46
i recall that.  they overbook the workshop then farm out expensive service to indi and pay them a fraction of the price the customer pay

Thats the one, I cant find any articles on it on t'interweb thogh...
Title: Re: Servicing blunders
Post by: baroudeur on May 07, 2013, 22:11:35
i recall that.  they overbook the workshop then farm out expensive service to indi and pay them a fraction of the price the customer pay

Not for me they don't.

I book mine in for a "I'll wait for it service" and I check the odometer before and after.
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