please help!!! before someone dies
05-07-2003, 05:14 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">Originally posted by keith:
<strong>just a thought - on the 8valve cam housing gasket, installing it upside down will block an oil passage. Is there a possibility with this on the 16 valve head? Either the head gasket or the cam housing gasket?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I thought of the same thing (mine was installed incorrectly when I purchased my car). However, the 16v cars don't have a cam housing.
Maybe their head gasket could be put on backwards though.
<strong>just a thought - on the 8valve cam housing gasket, installing it upside down will block an oil passage. Is there a possibility with this on the 16 valve head? Either the head gasket or the cam housing gasket?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Helvetica">I thought of the same thing (mine was installed incorrectly when I purchased my car). However, the 16v cars don't have a cam housing.
Maybe their head gasket could be put on backwards though.
05-08-2003, 02:12 AM
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O.K. Jai,
Since you do not have your location listed I am going to assume that you are in the states. If in fact you are, all states have some sort of regulatory body governing the ethics of auto repair shops. While I would use this as a last resort, You need to consider contacting your local or state agency. If this moron who calls himself a mechanic didn't notice anything for the ten minutes leading up to this disaster, then the repair is out of his pocket, not yours. I cannot believe that he didn't SMELL anything, or see the white-hot header. This guy is just trying to get over on a nineteen year-old who he sees as a mark. STICK UP FOR YOURSELF. Get someone you respect and trust to go with you (read older). Go get this a**hole to pay for his blunder.
Since you do not have your location listed I am going to assume that you are in the states. If in fact you are, all states have some sort of regulatory body governing the ethics of auto repair shops. While I would use this as a last resort, You need to consider contacting your local or state agency. If this moron who calls himself a mechanic didn't notice anything for the ten minutes leading up to this disaster, then the repair is out of his pocket, not yours. I cannot believe that he didn't SMELL anything, or see the white-hot header. This guy is just trying to get over on a nineteen year-old who he sees as a mark. STICK UP FOR YOURSELF. Get someone you respect and trust to go with you (read older). Go get this a**hole to pay for his blunder.
