Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Please note that it is not permitted to have referral links posted in your signature. Keep these links contained in the appropriate forum. Thank you.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2055940817/signature-rules

can i trust a garage timing belt

Options
  • 14-07-2014 1:48am
    #1
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭


    Left car into a main vw dealership in dublin to get timing belt done its a vw golf TDI was going to do timing belt myself but if u got it wrong well , if I was getting brakes done I I could see the work has been done with tb no evidence as its internal etc but I have a gut feeling it was not done as there are no marks on tb cover and the mechanic a black one was v vague on the time it took am I just been paranoid


Comments

  • Options
    #2
    daveohdave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 483 ✭✭daveohdave


    <popcorn>


  • Options
    #3
    Sir Arthur Daley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,720 ✭✭✭Sir Arthur Daley


    This will end well.


  • Options
    #4
    Ipro
    Registered Users Posts: 131 ✭✭Ipro


    Op relax. . If it was left into a vw dealership and you have a receipt for the work you will be ok.

    If anything goes wrong you have plenty of comeback as you have a receipt for work carried out by a reputable dealership.

    If anything were to go wrong and the timing belt were to be the problem then vw would cover the expense of any work carried out.

    Not overly knowledgeable on car models but I assumed that modern disels these days came with a tinning chain capable of withstanding 400-500k km :-(


  • Options
    #5
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users Posts: 3,670 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    Ipro wrote: »
    Op relax. . If it was left into a vw dealership and you have a receipt for the work you will be ok.

    If anything goes wrong you have plenty of comeback as you have a receipt for work carried out by a reputable dealership.

    If anything were to go wrong and the timing belt were to be the problem then vw would cover the expense of any work carried out.

    Not overly knowledgeable on car models but I assumed that modern disels these days came with a tinning chain capable of withstanding 400-500k km :-(

    Chains are not for life unfortunately. Ask plenty if bmw owners with the n47 engine


  • Options
    #6
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Not sure what relevance the skin colour of the mechanic has with regard to the job being done?


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #7
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭PANADOL


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Not sure what relevance the skin colour of the mechanic has with regard to the job being done?

    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety


  • Options
    #8
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭PANADOL


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Not sure what relevance the skin colour of the mechanic has with regard to the job being done?

    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety


  • Options
    #9
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭PANADOL


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Not sure what relevance the skin colour of the mechanic has with regard to the job being done?

    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety


  • Options
    #10
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭PANADOL


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Not sure what relevance the skin colour of the mechanic has with regard to the job being done?

    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety


  • Options
    #11
    RebelButtMunch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,378 ✭✭✭RebelButtMunch


    PANADOL wrote: »
    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety


    You are a racist and your punctuation is terrible.


  • Advertisement
  • Options
    #12
    daveohdave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 483 ✭✭daveohdave


    PANADOL wrote: »
    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety

    And there it is. I was nearly out of popcorn.


  • Options
    #13
    ectoraige
    Registered Users Posts: 2,100 ✭✭✭ectoraige


    PANADOL wrote: »
    Put it this way I would have went to a diff garage if I knew / anything technical prefer Europeans not the imported variety

    Are you sure he wasn't just covered in grease after doing all that work for you? Always a possibility, good to keep an open mind...


  • Options
    #14
    daveohdave
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 483 ✭✭daveohdave


    A proper patriot should sell the German car and buy an Irish one.


  • Options
    #15
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,906 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    You do know that timing belts are black?


  • Options
    #16
    PANADOL
    Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭PANADOL


    RebelButtMunch wrote: »
    You are a racist and your punctuation is terrible.

    Yes I agree , I am , they are less


  • Options
    #17
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    That's your problem right there - don't let Dubliners work on your car. They are lazy and won't do it correctly*



    *am I doing it right?


This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement