Defective car part damages engine

[Karlin]

I put a re-built water pump into my 1985 Hyundia Pony a few days ago, and it had the impellors set too far out and it ground off a circle of metal on the timing gear cover !!!


I was sure surprised to see that when I took my repair job apart. Its allways a sad thing to re-do a repair job....but this changed me from feeling incompetant to demanding some compensation

What do you think I should get?

The timing gear cover will be weak there, it might crack, so maybe replace the timing gear cover and do the timing, they should pay a mechanic to do that for me eh?

Maybe I should ask for my time doing the job, and for having my car out of service for several days.

Maybe I should milk it for a replacement car and a million in psychological damages, but I won't do that. It would just mess my karma up, and i've allready got a messed up car.



I thought I had goofed up my third time - at first when the original pump failed, I had a used pump I put on to test out, but it was no good, and then I bought the re-built one and was sure I had done something wrong when it leaked, but all three water pumps were bad, all leaking out the bearing. The rebuilt one got hot from the grinding and caused the bearing to overheat and then leak.

ARRRGGGG, thanks for letting me spout

Karlin

 

[wallyj]

I think that a 20 year old pony should be laid to rest.

 

[Kreskin]

Im was already planning the funeral for my '85 Pony in '87, when I was about 6 miles away from the lot I bought it from.

 

[Karlin]

but nothing about the defective car parts?

My Pony has only 145, 000 Kms on it... both of it's owners are/were staunch "lowest emissions" dudes, and I am doing really well with this 26 year old car. We use our bicycles mostly, and are healthier physically and in our karma, by not using our car, ma.

Youse guys have swallowed the car makers idea that old cars are to be scrapped, how nice for them to have blinken and nod on their side!

But ya, old smoking cars should be retired.

See you on the hot side!
K