hi,
l've got an R reg petrol 2 litre 16v peugeot 406 car.my cam belt snapped and it was taken to a mechanic.he told me all 16 valves were bent.he sent the head off to be skimmed and almost 2 weeks later l got it back.aftre paying for he work to be done he gave me the oil filter and told me to go back to him in approx 6 weeks time for him to do an oil change and put anti freeze in my radiator.
l then took it down to the MOT garage where l was told it wasn't firing on all 4 cylinders,it failed.l got intouch with the mechanic and ook the car back to him where he said there could be lots of reasons,a crack in the head,problem with buckets,sticking valve,also that it could cost me more money if he had to strip the head down again,so l decided to not leave the car with him.l got 2 other mechanics to strip it down and they found only 6 replaced new valves,one new head gasket,the rest he had used silicone on instead of gaskets,some of the silicone had gone into the cylinder head and blocked the airways,plus the head hadn't been skimmed.so now l have to pay for the parts again.do you think l should get intouch with trading standards and is it normal to do an oil change 6 weeks after fixing the cylinder head???
l've got an R reg petrol 2 litre 16v peugeot 406 car.my cam belt snapped and it was taken to a mechanic.he told me all 16 valves were bent.he sent the head off to be skimmed and almost 2 weeks later l got it back.aftre paying for he work to be done he gave me the oil filter and told me to go back to him in approx 6 weeks time for him to do an oil change and put anti freeze in my radiator.
l then took it down to the MOT garage where l was told it wasn't firing on all 4 cylinders,it failed.l got intouch with the mechanic and ook the car back to him where he said there could be lots of reasons,a crack in the head,problem with buckets,sticking valve,also that it could cost me more money if he had to strip the head down again,so l decided to not leave the car with him.l got 2 other mechanics to strip it down and they found only 6 replaced new valves,one new head gasket,the rest he had used silicone on instead of gaskets,some of the silicone had gone into the cylinder head and blocked the airways,plus the head hadn't been skimmed.so now l have to pay for the parts again.do you think l should get intouch with trading standards and is it normal to do an oil change 6 weeks after fixing the cylinder head???