Too late now but you should have put your grand towards a decent car and sent your Guaranteed Dollar Injection chain smoker to the crusher, this is probably just the start of your problems.
llortmt,
Nov 4, 9:21am
A smokey Mitsubishi surely not!
kazbanz,
Nov 4, 9:34am
OP 1) HASthe engine been taken to bits by the "other" mechanics! 2) Have YOU taken the time to research the issues that the 2.4GDI mitsubishi motors have!
Im betting thats a NO to both questions. This next bit you won't want to hear and I bet will choose to ignore. BY YOUR DESCRIPTIONthe mechanic is bang on right. He's replaced a faulty stem seal to fix ONE issue and put injector cleaner in to help with another. I bet its STILLgot faulty oil control rings and the GDI was not cleaned out. Id have quoted around 3 grand to fix your engine
trinket87,
Nov 4, 10:17am
Also another thing is that his own head mechanic even said to me that if its still smoking on startup and clearing the only thing it can be is the valves, so why would his own mechanic say that if its not the valves!
Oh and one last thing even the owner said (on the day I took my car back) that he was confused as he even thought it didn't sound like rings if its clearing up after a drive and staying gone until car is cold again. And he even admitted he didn't test drive it in the 5 days he my car there.
Also if he had nothing to hide why would he refuse to talk to me about my car, ignore my phone calls - which he did by his own admission, ignore my txt which he told me to send him if the car cleared up, txt me saying f**k off and start threatening me! I know if I have nothing to hide I wouldn't do any of that!
intrade,
Nov 4, 11:12am
well dont spend another $ on a gdi you might as well flush your money down the toilet. A client of me once turned up with a gdi paid 4 grand had engine problems told him sorry you have to pi$$ off with that thing he said fair enough 2 month later he rings me if i can service his subaru sure what happened with the mitsi i ask he said you where right i did not even have time to get the engine fixed the automatic transmission blew up on it before he could spend money on the engine. I said well lessen learned dont ever buy a mitsi .
sabbath-black,
Nov 4, 11:20am
.i doubt he would have taken you seriously.no one else does
chook90,
Nov 4, 11:29am
Wow, a GDi Mitsi with smoking issues, who would have thought.
Picking on the poor thing aside the OP seems to have ignored the basics here.
1. GDi Mitsis are notorious for issues such as this and the work claimed to have been undertaken is just one of the potential causes. That does not mean that the workshop in question has not done the claimed work or that their workmanship is questionable.
2. There is nothing to suggest that the vehicle has been independantly inspected i.e. disassembled to determine if the claimed work was actually done and on that basis it is completely unreasonable to suggest it was not.
3. There is a place for disputing issues such as this and the TM message boards is not it. Incase the OP is unaware there is an appropriate option available to you through the courts however you might be ill advised to turn up with nothing more than heresay and inuendo. If you wish to go down that path then take the damned thing to an MTA approved INDEPENDANT workshop, make them aware of what you wish inspected and WHY, then table their report along with their invoice as part of you claim.
On a side note, if you turned up and accused me of having invoiced you for work I had not carried out I would tell you to F*** off as well. Perhaps this guys communications skills need work but turning up and firing off baseless accusations will get you nowhere.
intrade,
Nov 4, 11:37am
hi moron learn to read .
sabbath-black,
Nov 4, 11:40am
aww it's not your fault ya mum drank so much when she was pregnant.but keep posting your comments, you always good for a laugh
madness5,
Nov 4, 12:04pm
Hi Everyone involved in this conversation.First of all I would like to thank those of you that have supported my business against these slanderous allegations that have no truth or substance to them what so ever.As the owner of this business I thought some of you might like to hear the truth to the story.
The car was brought to us about 3 or 4 weeks ago and the owners complained that it had been smoking.The customer told us that the reason she had brought the car to us is that we had worked on their car several years ago and done a great and well priced job.Since then they have been to other mechanics and not been satisfied with the work or cost.
When given two possible problems the engine may have (one being rings, the other valve stem seals) they opted for the cheaper option to fix the problem.The customer was also told that the car had other problems including the GDI pump but chose not to fix those problems as had limited funds. We respected that choice.
We replaced the valve stem seals as the customer requested and they took the vehicle away.After taking their car away they brought their other vehicle in for warrant repairs two weeks later as they were so happy with the job we had done on their Mitsubishi.
When the car was brought back to us this week the customer accused of us of not carrying out the repairs which were invoiced and abused three of my staff members in the process.Given this we refused to speak with her regarding the matter and dealt with her partner who initially brought the vehicle to us.
The vehicle remained with us until 5pm on Friday 2nd November.Given this we know that the engine could not have been inspected internally by another mechanic as these allegations have been made since 10am 3rd November which wouldn't have allowed enough time for the job to have been re-checked.
We have consulted a lawyer (who is working on this issue now) and will be taking this matter to the court first thing in the morning.The police have also been contacted as it is an offence to make slanderous allegations with no proof or truth to them. We are confident in the work we have done and the service we provide.
Once again, thank you to all of you for your support in this matter and to those of you that contacted me about this conversation which gave me the opportunity to give my side of the story.
Cheers
intrade,
Nov 4, 12:13pm
i would like to see a immage of the text messages with the number whom sent it. since we want to see the truth.
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:13pm
will see if I can do that now
phillip.weston,
Nov 4, 12:14pm
The 2.4 GDIs tend to smoke the worst and most of the time it can be put down to the drain holes in the oil control ring piston groove blocking up. You can fix this issue by replacing the rings and enlargening the holes so they don't block up again.
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:15pm
So if you are so innocent why not mention the txts! oh and yeah I have also gone to the police, I asked to speak to you and resolve this nicely you didnt want to. Also I can prove how many times I rang your company trying to contact you etc - I can get my phone records too
a.woodrow,
Nov 4, 12:24pm
If you abused their staff members why would they want to resolve anything with you! And why didn't you say that you knew there were other issues but elected to do the cheapest repair. Your story isn't really holding up in my opinion
twit,
Nov 4, 12:32pm
Seriously lady u sound like a nutta with nothing better to do.I'm glad the owner got to give his side of the story. My only advice to you would be to get a good lawyer because making comments like this on a forum is the wrong way to go about it and clearly shows why he refused to deal with ya.And clearly someone who posts in an open forum that they r under police protection shows they r a few shillings short of a dime! sorry luv ya ain't got my vote of support.
intrade,
Nov 4, 12:32pm
my question is why did they even do the work they knew the car is a heap that is going to blow up and instead of telling the owner that it wont be worth they opted to do a fraction of the problem knowing fully well the car would not be ok afterwards. There is 2 reasons for this either he was rubbing his hands on a job , or he wanted to help a poor guy out, but its no help when you cant fix a car right your better to tell them the truth like i done to my client.
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:35pm
thanks thats about the gist of it and he only said about the valves the first time then only told us about the other stuff when i picked up my car the 2nd time
a.woodrow,
Nov 4, 12:38pm
So are you calling the owner a liar when he posted that he had given you two options for repair and you took the cheapest option!
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:43pm
they said because the smoke cleared up it was the valves not the rings, i trusted them and if i had of known it was 2 things i wouldn't have paid for just half of the problem to be fixed
a.woodrow,
Nov 4, 12:46pm
So you are saying he lied in his post! you seem to be dodging the question
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:48pm
Yes he has twisted the truth it did not happen the way he wrote it, did you check the images I put up cause funny how you are not mentioning that either
a.woodrow,
Nov 4, 12:48pm
What do the rest of your text messages say and what did you say to the staff members that was considered abusive! It sounds like you are cherry picking your evidence to try and make someone look bad. What did you say to them that made them reply with the text you've shown us!
trinket87,
Nov 4, 12:52pm
I said in my first txt to him that the smoke had cleared up like he said it would from the valves by the time we got the car home and didn't keep smoking like he said it would if it was the rings and that I would like the job redone like his worker said they would.
The next text was that i wanted to be refunded or have job redone then he said f**k off etc
intrade,
Nov 4, 12:52pm
i think neither will come out well in court here , I would try and sort it otherwise as we got no record of what was said and not told about it originally but the court would rule in a clients favour as a mechanic would know that he only fixed half the problem if he mentioned it or not is irrelevant as a client would bring the car to a mechanic because he does not have the knowhow . the other problem would be putting mehanic down in public place would be mecanic upper hand in court , so both would loose money on lawyers and the end result would be lawyers got rich and nothing more
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