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You've got nothing to lose by trying to get the supplying garage to help cover the cost but I wouldn't rely on it. I also wouldn't repair the car until you either have agreement or otherwise - they may want to look at the car as-is rather than rely on another garage's (somewhat vague) diagnosis. If you go legal you might have to get it inspected by a neutral.
What exactly are they going to do for £5k ? even if they had to remove the engine it sounds expensive to me - if you said £500 in bits (new cam chain, coolant) and £75 an hour labour, thats 60 hours or 8 days... and we're being generous with prices there.
If you said a day to pull the engine, half a day to put a new chain on, then 1.5 days to put it back and get it running again what are the other 5 days for ?
If the chain is replaceable in situ it surely can't be any more than a couple of days.
For reference, a friend currently has a Bentley Continental in bits - someone had the engine out has has set the phasing of cam sensors incorrectly, so he's pulling the engine, correcting the error and putting it back together in a similar time to what I've suggested above. |
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