Mechanic telling me lies about temp warning beeps ?What do u think...

[Tartanbeef]

When i start my car my engine temp warning beeps and flashes until the car has heat up,the mechanic says its supposed to do that so that i know when i can start giving it the beans?

I had a problem with the car overheating,i changed the fuse for the fans and it only beeps up until the temp is at 90 degrees then stops?

 

[truCido]

lmao its not supposed to do that no, what mechanics that!?!? i wanna laugh at him....however its more than likely just the sensor in the coolant bottle, you can buy a new one for a tenner I think it is

 

[Tartanbeef]

a mechanic in Odiham,he hasnt got a scooby!!he's also trying to sting me £170 to fit a new fuse box that sits on top of the battery

 

[davidol]

lol liar liar pants on fire, trucido speaks the truth!

 

[pj1985]

I live near odiham. Where is that? Im never going there!

 

[tashacupra]

Hi the bits i got to sort this are:

1: 13E FUSE HOLDER part number E1J0937617C @ £34.82+VAT

And

2:Complet header tank part number E1J0121403B @ £8.68+VAT

Both very easy to fit, hope that helps

 

[Daz_Wilko89]

This happened to me, so i topped up my engine coolent, job done

 

[__B3NNY__]

What a :w4nk:, As said above try topping the coolent up first if that doesnt work a new header tank should do the trick.

Just go`s to show there are some right cowboys/rip off merchants out there.


SCN to the rescue again

 

[Fl@pper]

i think you need a new techie dude

 

[Tartanbeef]

The Barn Workshop round the back of the Raf camp at Odiham.I was told he give's us Raf lads a decent deal on the cars,but obviously not!!

Im not mechanically minded in the slightest but common sense tells me that he's trying to sting me

Hes trying to say that £170 includes the time he spent looking for the over heating problem which he obviously cant find and he is trying to fob me off by saying that all the cupra's do that until there warm.All he done was let my car tick over for 2 hours trying to get it to overheat which was burning my petrol away aswell!!

 

[__B3NNY__]

More than likly your fuse has melted and thats whats causing your over heating. Theres a chance you might not need a new fuse boxand get away with just removing the melted fuse and fitting a new one, but theres a good chance you will need a whole new unit.

Go to him and say to him what we have told you and see what his reaction is.

And charge him for expanding his knowledge.

 

[David_smith_909]

More than likly your fuse has melted and thats whats causing your over heating. Theres a chance you might not need a new fuse boxand get away with just removing the melted fuse and fitting a new one, but theres a good chance you will need a whole new unit.

Go to him and say to him what we have told you and see what his reaction is.

And charge him for expanding his knowledge.

haha, agreed !

 

[JIMYU]

also try scraping the metal prongs inside the coolant tank with a knife. that stopped mine beeping.

 

[PhilW]

You actually checked your coolant level?

 

[JIMYU]

you would hope he would've checked that before taking it to a garage!! and if the mechanic didn't check it he should be shot

 

[truCido]

lol you would of hoped so!! otherwise

 

[Robbie C]

When people say they have scraped the prongs inside the header tank did you all see visible crap on them before?

Mine tends to beep at me after a cold night (say <7-8 deg) but my probes look clean. Admitedly I haven't tried topping up yet but there's plenty in there already.

 

[JIMYU]

the prongs in mine looked fine..I was quite suprised it stopped it beeping tbh, but it's never done it sinse and it used to do it 95% of the time before.

 

[Robbie C]

weird, I'll give it the benefit of the doubt then and try it first, cheers