a tip from the top
a tip from the top
i bravely or foolishly checked in on my local branch of kwik-fit today and had my aircon gassed and cleaned for £35 - all seems good with that so far !!
While i was waiting for my car to be done i was amused to hear the service manager recieve a call from someone regarding a bmw - the service manager was pleased to tell the customer his service was complete and the car had also successfully passed its mot !! hooray you could almost hear the guy on the other end of the phone thinkin - and then uh uh oh-tooo good to be true - the service manager chimed in with a however your exhaust rear sections are severely corroded and inside your filler cap is such a build up of what we in the trade call "muck" that it seems certain your bmw has a leaking head gasket --- fair enuf you think - then the manager quoted £200 + for the exhaust which the customer declined and £20 for an engine treatment to clean the internals and prevent the head gasket killing the engine-this treatment was gratefully accepted by the owner on the phone and was told there would be no delay if he wanted to come and pick his car up as this treatment is simply added to his fuel tank and takes seconds to complete --- i gotta say it F*****G RIP OFF ! omg how do people fall for it ? so essentially they sold him a can of fuel system cleaner to cure a head gasket problem-more likely a blocked breather pipe or condensation -- fingers crossed on my aircon