[V8] Oil Seals

Jeremy Ward jward at mti-interactive.com
Thu May 27 15:26:10 EDT 2004


Ron,

Sorry to hear about your frustrations.  Most shops charge time and materials.  In order to do the RMS, you have to pull the transmission.  This alone is 11 hrs labor.  The RMS costs $150 (IIRC), so your bill was around $900 right?  A lot of dough for sure, and too bad they weren't more thourogh in their inspection, but in my opinion you don't have a 'case' for anything...

You have every right to be frustrated and the shop might work with you on the other leaks, but I don't think they owe you anything (unless there is more to the strory)...

Welcome to the list, BTW.  You are going to love this car (in between repairs that is). :-)

Regards,

- Jeremy 

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From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
To: DasWolfen at aol.com <DasWolfen at aol.com>; v8 at audifans.com <v8 at audifans.com>
Sent: Thu May 27 12:14:00 2004
Subject: Re: [V8] Oil Seals

Thanks for the insight!

What I'm really trying to figure out is if I have any type of case for holding them liable for fixing the oil leaks that they missed.  You all indicate that it's not possible for the new rear main seal to cause other leaks - so the front engine oil leaks must have been present all along.  

I told the garage that the car "leaks oil."  I didn't specify where the oil was coming from.  I expected them to find the oil leaks and repair them.  They told me that the rear main seal and valve cover gaskets needed to be replaced.  So, I let them do the work that I couldn't be bothered with - RMS.  When I got my car back, as soon as I got home I noticed it was leaking oil.  Their claim is that it wasn't leaking from the front seal when they were given the car to do repairs.  Of course, they didn't really attempt to clean up the engine at all (I looked and it's still pretty nasty).  Now, I've paid them way too much money to replace the rear seal and I still need engine repairs.  Where do I stand?  Are they liable for not finding the front engine leak(s) in the first place?  I'm furious!  Thanks for all of your help.

Ron
'90 V8Q
pearl white
17" AT Italia S5's
141k miles







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