Hi all,
Just wondering whether anyone can offer any advice or may have been in a similiar situation to this..
Like a few members on here and others elsewhere my ED30 has been suffering from a 'squeak' from the cambelt/tensioner area after a cold start, it goes after about 10 mins when the car is warm and doesnt affect the car in any way other than it sounding a bit gash lol
Been meaning to get it sorted for a while so finally dropped the car off at my local dealer for a cold start test and see what they think etc, they rang me back 6 hours later to confirm the noise and their diagnosis of a faulty water pump..
Service fella explained that to replace the water pump they would have to remove and then renew the cambelt and tensioner and whilst they would be kind enough not to charge me for the labour involved i would however have to pay for the parts for the new cambelt/tensioner
According to their warranty manager the cambelt is not covered under the manu. warranty under a clause they are calling 'betterment' (is that even a word lol!) and said something about them making my car in some way better than went it arrived, i should bloody hope so, thats why i took it there!
They have offered a 'discounted' price of £120 to sort it all out, obviously i dont want to pay anything as firstly i believe their diagnosis to be wrong in the first place, secondly i'm going to be out of pocket due the failure of a warrantied part and thirdly the same dealer albeit 10 miles away did my cousins car (aparoon on here) completely FOC last week lol!!!!
Sorry for the essay, any thoughts?