Got my car back from repair

[eddiii]

so, wouldnt they had better off just changed my head gasket too while they were changing my cam&crank seals? wouldve been much easier? And with the receipt, it says they did "remove drive belt, cam an crank seals, refit all pulleys an camshaft belt and cam covers and engine ancillaries. It doesnt really tell me if they just replaced the front or rear.
AND OMGGGG just saw on camskill site, a new alternator is £132.82? and i paid 575 to re-con mine? -_- wtfff

[zuihoujueding]

damn, you should check with camskill 1st....its very big help. i buy most parts from there.

[eddiii]

man thats a bigggg difference in price, like double the price to recon it instead of a new one. I thought pulse racing is good -_- o well, so when are u fixin yours zuihoujeu

[JOeJOe]

All these questions that you asked on here should have been directed at the mechanic who did it, not second guessing what they should and/or should have done online. Go back to them and ask.

[zuihoujueding]

mine is schedule on 5July. should take the rest of the week to do it.

[eddiii]

sorry for askin so many questions, i ask here too is just to confirm what the mechanic says ar true or what

[I8A4RE]

sorry for askin so many questions, i ask here too is just to confirm what the mechanic says ar true or what

Dont worry eddie, you are fine, ignore joejoe. This is exactly what the forum is for.

[aza013]

Mate I need to chat with them to find out what is going on as there is somthing a miss with all of this.
I know that you can have more than one problem at a time, but somtimes the 2nd one won't show untill the 1st is fixed

If I finish work at a good time tomorrow I will drop in there and have a chat with them for you.

[eddiii]

thanks I8A4RE an aza, they just called me back, saying they can see its the head gasket seal leaking, an i ask can it be the rocker cover gasket an they said no, they can see its leaking from the head, they quote me around 1500-1800 for it. and i asked my mates dad (mechanic) about it, he said its not just replacing the seals, would need to machine it an stuff? so confused, dont know what to do

[zuihoujueding]

aza is the top bloke!

yeah, the engine head needs to be machined "skim" to ensure its completely flat for new head gasket installation. look at the bright side. it shaved off a little thickness off the head and it increases compression which improves power. (teeny bit)

happy now? lol

[aza013]

8500RPM here you come
that's one way to look at it.
Ed can you pm me your number and I will give you a buzz after I chat with them.

[eddiii]

Lol yeah aza is top bloke for sure, too bad its not him fixin my car for me and btw PM sent aza, i would really love to fix the car, but if its another $2000 i really dont have the money for it. after the 1st 2000k hit me. i MIGHT think about fixin it if its under 1k mark, but o well T.T

[eddiii]

Now im thinking, zuihoujueding is changing ALL his engine seals for 1200 (labour) + 300 for all the seals, and im gettin charged more then that for just replacing the head gasket seals. make sense anyone?

[brad_gpx]

that pulse place seems like a bit of a rip off


if you feel like taking a drive up to the central coast i know a very experienced mechanic who can do work for you
he did an engine swap for me

he normally charges about $80 an hour i think

send us a pm if you want his number so you can get quotes off him


although if your changing mechanics you can probably find one just as cheap around the sydney area lol

[eddiii]

thanks brad, ill see my friends dad tomorrow after i get my car, we'll go from there an update you guys, thanks for everyones help

[eddiii]

Forgot to update, i have confirmed they said they have replaced front an rear cam&crank seals, theres 4 cam an 1 main crank seals?

edit ( sorry to ask again, if i do replace the head gasket seals, would i need 2 replace all the seals upwards? or i can just replace the heads?)

[I8A4RE]

No you can just repalce the head gasket. There will be no need to replace the seals again.

EDIT: However for the 20 or 30 bucks I would defintily change the rocker cover gasket as well.

[eddiii]

ooo kk, thanks for letting me know picking car up soon an take to my friends dad place an see what he says. btw, i know that camskill sells our engine seal set, but where can i find to just buy the head/rocker cover seals?

[I8A4RE]

Mitsi...genuine. Ask for HJ galant

[eddiii]

Ok got car back, went to 2 mechanics, 1 says it can be the head leaking, but might be the seals they replaced are still leaking, due to unproperly fit or broken somethin while fitting it.
2nd place i went to is my mates mechanic, he said no way it can be head leaking, head leaks water not oil, he said the chance of head leaking is once in a million, an then we open the timing belt cover an the cover after it, the timing belt was changed an front seals looks fine, but the rear seals can see oil, fresh oil, so its a high change that they didnt replace the rear seals properly?
then i called pulse racing told them i see leak at the rear, his like so shocked, sayin he checked yesterday and see no leak, he said theres oil cause it can be the head gasket leak their way to the rear seals.
so, im going to go pulse racing asap when im free, and watch them take the cover off an prove to me theres no leak or something.

And btw, my mates mechanic is charging me 150$ to replace my front rocker cover gasket seals, cause there is a minor leak at the front, thats a good price?