I am in desperate need of a garage or someone who knows what they're doing with a 1.7 Puma as anywhere I have taken my car to get work done just results in me out of pocket and still left with the same issue!
Last year I had an issue with the ABS for about 6 months. It took a couple of months just to convince a couple of people that it was the ABS. Had loads of parts replaced, still kept intermittently going off (even worse than before) until one day my partner got fed up, took everything apart, gave it all a good clean, put it back and 3000 miles later the problem hasn't reappeared and all works fine.
Had the Cambelt replaced not long after at a different garage. Luckily the Cambelt was done properly (as far as I can tell) however the rocker gasket wasn't put on properly and has had a slow oil leak since.
Took her in to another Garage in January for a full service and to check the oil leak. Put it down to the oil filter which was replaced - still leaking. Went back 2 weeks later, got them to replace the rocker Gasket and didn't see any oil for about a month and thought nothing of it. A week ago noticed a nice big puddle of oil under the front drivers side (was only little drops of oil before). Got a mate of mine to have a look, oil leak appears to be coming from the back of the engine and he noticed that the bolt in the rocker gasket cover has been cross threaded!
She's back in the Garage tomorrow for her MOT and I fear it's going to be a failure for the oil leak which not only they failed to fix (after spending over £100 for the pleasure) but also did a bodge job of and will probably need to now replace the rocker cover.
Needless to say, I won't be going back to that garage again! But that's 3 Garages in the last year that seem to have no idea what they're doing. So if anyone knows of anyone/anywhere local to Bath, Bristol or Chew Valley that they can recommend will do a good job, please let me know!
Last year I had an issue with the ABS for about 6 months. It took a couple of months just to convince a couple of people that it was the ABS. Had loads of parts replaced, still kept intermittently going off (even worse than before) until one day my partner got fed up, took everything apart, gave it all a good clean, put it back and 3000 miles later the problem hasn't reappeared and all works fine.
Had the Cambelt replaced not long after at a different garage. Luckily the Cambelt was done properly (as far as I can tell) however the rocker gasket wasn't put on properly and has had a slow oil leak since.
Took her in to another Garage in January for a full service and to check the oil leak. Put it down to the oil filter which was replaced - still leaking. Went back 2 weeks later, got them to replace the rocker Gasket and didn't see any oil for about a month and thought nothing of it. A week ago noticed a nice big puddle of oil under the front drivers side (was only little drops of oil before). Got a mate of mine to have a look, oil leak appears to be coming from the back of the engine and he noticed that the bolt in the rocker gasket cover has been cross threaded!
She's back in the Garage tomorrow for her MOT and I fear it's going to be a failure for the oil leak which not only they failed to fix (after spending over £100 for the pleasure) but also did a bodge job of and will probably need to now replace the rocker cover.
Needless to say, I won't be going back to that garage again! But that's 3 Garages in the last year that seem to have no idea what they're doing. So if anyone knows of anyone/anywhere local to Bath, Bristol or Chew Valley that they can recommend will do a good job, please let me know!