GOT RIPPED by the mechanic !!!!!!!! Please Help !!!! please Help me !!!!

@udi A3 said:

Chris i hope you dont mind, but after talking to you on the phone i asked the garage for there side of the story ( i have nothing better to do today, and was ready to offer them help to marry the ecu/clocks/keys up and possibly help with any translation issues!)

Ok, so chris was quoted £450 for a straight engine swap as his car broke a timing belt.

chris supplied engine and box complete from a cupra 1.8 turbo

So now on top of this, as it wasnt a straight engine swap, he is being charged for supplying and fitting correct driveshafts which were sourced at a breaker, fitting a different downpipe (no big deal), and the garage is having to delete the ecu immobiliser via a specialist.
Engine has also been fitted with new timing belt kit, but worryingly not a clutch.

I understand the garage took a chance on an unknown mechanic marrying the ecu/clocks and it failed. The ecu was never fried.

Chris has made me aware that he has the ECU and cluster from the cupra doner! This means the ecu matching to the cars exsisting clocks could have been very straight forward, reading the pins from both clusters, and then matching the turbo ecu to the car.

As the garage are not specialist, you would expect them to need to do a little research, and spend a bit of time on issues arising. I dont think the £800 they are asking is over priced, but they probably could have been clearer at the start. I would have expected a new clutch to be fitted though.

The garage says itll be running tomorrow when the immobiliser is deleted, lets hope you get to enjoy it!

Dont forget to upgrade the breaks though!

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