............ and this made me laugh

[t-tony]

Can you believe this?, I can't

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/ownership/air-con-kwik-fit-mechanics-try-to-charge-student-£600-to-fix-air-conditioning-her-citroën-c1-does-not-even-have/ar-BBIIWr6?li=BBoPJKX

Tony.

 

[hard top]

s*** Fit ....

 

[Redline]

Can you believe this?, I can't

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/ownership/air-con-kwik-fit-mechanics-try-to-charge-student-£600-to-fix-air-conditioning-her-citroën-c1-does-not-even-have/ar-BBIIWr6?li=BBoPJKX

Tony.

Sadly, it is believable.
Weedy excuse too. First thing they would do is use the registration or Vin to identify the part.
Kwik-Fit-up is their new name!

 

[Jack Ratt]

£450 to supply and fit a water pump ?

 

[andyglym]

Can you believe this?, I can't

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/cars/ownership/air-con-kwik-fit-mechanics-try-to-charge-student-£600-to-fix-air-conditioning-her-citroën-c1-does-not-even-have/ar-BBIIWr6?li=BBoPJKX

Tony.

Took the TD4 to KF to have an oil change a while back, couldn't fathom out to do an oil change so sucked it out of the dip stick

 

[Redline]

Took the TD4 to KF to have an oil change a while back, couldn't fathom out to do an oil change so sucked it out of the dip stick

Won’t be the first time. Must have been the trained oil technicians day off

 

[mwpe]

couldn't fathom out to do an oil change so sucked it out of the dip stick

That is the same way BMW main dealers do it, except for the newer models which don't have dip sticks.

 

[t-tony]

There'll be a sticker somewhere Mike saying "Filled for life"

Tony.

 

[andyglym]

 

[hard top]

couldn't fathom out to do an oil change so sucked it out of the dip stick

That's the only way they can do it on Smart cars, no bolt in the sump.
Merc also have the kit so take the easy option.

 

[t-tony]

The later ones do have a drain plug. PITA if you don't have the engine very warm and oil thin.

Tony.

 

[hard top]

Wonder how much crap stays in the sump if they suck the oil out?

 

[t-tony]

My main concern with this type of oil change. Having said that back in the day there were engines which did not have an external, removable oil filter to change. Instead they had a centrifugal "filter" built into the front crankshaft pulley where the engine oil was fed into the hollow pulley and the centrifugal force threw the particles to the outside and left the "clean" oil to go back into system.
To service this filter you simply unbolted the outer cover of the pulley and scraped the crud out and cleaned the cover before replacing it to do it's work all over again. Last seen on old Fiats and Simcas.

Tony.

 

[hard top]

The later ones do have a drain plug.

When I was on the Smart forum there were owners who had this mod done on older models.

 

[Paul Rice]

If your child was ill would you take it to the local Co op for a diagnosis?
So why take your car to people like Kwik Fit when you have problem.
It is unfortunate true mechanics are a dying breed but has been said many times before, use it or lose it.

 

[t-tony]

If your child was ill would you take it to the local Co op for a diagnosis?
So why take your car to people like Kwik Fit when you have problem.
It is unfortunate true mechanics are a dying breed but has been said many times before, use it or lose it.

I couldn't agree more Paul as I see this type of thing most days from our in house Halfords rejects. They could not mend and make do or repair something even if their lives depended on it.

Tony.

 

[Grumps]

This is nothing new from kwik-crap. They have had a bad name for donkeys years for over charging and doing inadequate and unnecessary work.

 

[Synclare]

And a lot of these 'mechanics' are turned out by colleges who put pressure on staff too sign them off to get the money in and maintain good retention and achievement figures to avoid sanctions for not meeting targets. I had a support worker in workshop that was level 3 (full diagnostic) trained from another college, she couldn't even change a set of brake shoes!! That's why I got out of teaching and went to assessing in the workplace instead. It's wholesale fraud in colleges . May as well give them their qualification when they enrol for all the difference it makes.

 

[Synclare]

And they gave a knighthood to the owner Mr Farmer didn't they?

This is nothing new from kwik-crap. They have had a bad name for donkeys years for over charging and doing inadequate and unnecessary work.

 

[andyglym]

And a lot of these 'mechanics' are turned out by colleges who put pressure on staff too sign them off to get the money in and maintain good retention and achievement figures to avoid sanctions for not meeting targets. I had a support worker in workshop that was level 3 (full diagnostic) trained from another college, she couldn't even change a set of brake shoes!! That's why I got out of teaching and went to assessing in the workplace instead. It's wholesale fraud in colleges . May as well give them their qualification when they enrol for all the difference it makes.

Yup. My lad has just completed the full course at College. 100% attendance and passed all exams. Miles ahead of the class, the instructor passed most of the students as most didn't even show up, some of which are now servicing YOUR car! My lad spent most of his time teaching other students, one of which couldn't change a battery after 2 years