Garage caused my engine to fail.

BlakeS94

My hyundai i40 that I had. After putting massive money into it, and when the head gasket was replaced car was never the same, went into limp mode under acceleration, drove horrible, had it back to garage a number of times, they didn't fix any issues. Car ended up going up in smoke and high pressure pump and injectors failed supposedly.

Ended up selling the car at a massive loss stating it needed an engine. (Which it did). A Mechanic came and purchased it and towed it away, rang me today asking what garage did the repair. I told him, then he said well they ruined your engine. He spotted the feed and return lines were mixed up going into the engine. Which caused all the issues. He stated hyundai engine will start and run but badly, if these are mixed up whereas some cars won't start at all. Had it out with the garage.

My question is, what can I do, I paid €2100 for head gasket and the injectors and pump. I want my money back but will need to go through the courts as the garage is denying it.

Can I name and shame or is that against the forum rules? Because I'd really like to out them.

Here's a photo of the simple mistake that destroyed my engine and caused my a massive amount of stress

while I was already dealing with a serious medical diagnosis I got recently, on top of everything else. All because this mechanic made a rookie mistake and cost me thousands upon thousands.

BlakeS94

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endacl

You’ll have some craic proving that…

Fils

You need to talk to Joe.

Toyotafanboi

endacl wrote: »

You’ll have some craic proving that…

That's some of the reality of it.

Just goes to show what cowboys and have a go heros are out there though.

Snotty

Worth a claim in the small claims court?

mk7r

You should have taken it to another mechanic for a second opinion before selling really, at this point the odds of money back are poor

Fils

Buy a cheap run around off a Del Boy to keep you motoring.

I suppose in theory, you can only do so much. I suppose, the best approach, if trying to recoup some money, is to buy the car back from the 'good' mechanic that bought it from you, at the same price. Offer him a couple of Euro to write a statement on the condition of the engine and what it is that caused it to die in his professional opinion.

Make note of the work that was done on the car, and the dates it was in with the 'bad' mechanics.

Then bring the 'bad' mechanic to the small claims court. At this point you will have made a reasonable effort to demonstrate that they did indeed carry out work to a poor/faulty standard. At that point it's up to them to explain how it's actually not their fault.

More than likely, they won't go to court, but will offer you a few euro to go away and leave them alone. At which point you sell the car back to the 'good' mechanic again and chalk it down to a hard lesson learned. Or, try to recoup enough from the 'bad' mechanic so you can hire the 'good' one to replace the engine and keep the car.

Fils

Unless the good mechanic watches Fair City and other soap operas I doubt he will entertain that foolishness.

BlakeS94

endacl wrote: »

You’ll have some craic proving that…

I know

BlakeS94

mk7r wrote: »

You should have taken it to another mechanic for a second opinion before selling really, at this point the odds of money back are poor

By that time the engine was severely damaged and wouldn't run

BlakeS94

Snotty wrote: »

Worth a claim in the small claims court?

That's what I'm thinking

BlakeS94

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I suppose in theory, you can only do so much. I suppose, the best approach, if trying to recoup some money, is to buy the car back from the 'good' mechanic that bought it from you, at the same price. Offer him a couple of Euro to write a statement on the condition of the engine and what it is that caused it to die in his professional opinion.

Make note of the work that was done on the car, and the dates it was in with the 'bad' mechanics.

Then bring the 'bad' mechanic to the small claims court. At this point you will have made a reasonable effort to demonstrate that they did indeed carry out work to a poor/faulty standard. At that point it's up to them to explain how it's actually not their fault.

More than likely, they won't go to court, but will offer you a few euro to go away and leave them alone. At which point you sell the car back to the 'good' mechanic again and chalk it down to a hard lesson learned. Or, try to recoup enough from the 'bad' mechanic so you can hire the 'good' one to replace the engine and keep the car.

Mechanic who bought the car off me has a new engine in it already. Old engine is gone. I reckon he would write me a statement though, I'm also going to hyundai to see if I can get in writing that mixing up those fuel lines will still start the engine.

SEPT 23 1989

What was the car worth before all this unpleasantness?

BlakeS94

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

What was the car worth before all this unpleasantness?

At a dealer 8 or 9k, private maybe 7k. Mine was in fairly good condition had a good bit of work done to it I kept putting money into it so I'd say I would have gotten the higher end of private sale maybe close to 8k