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genem

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« on: December 03, 2010, 08:28:35 PM »
just hear from a friend whose car needed its first MOT today. Bad Persons charged her ?30 to remove and defrost the washer pump....

I know where I'd not be going again.....
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2010, 09:00:22 PM »
Name and shame

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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2010, 09:34:33 PM »
To remove and defrost water pump... why would they have to do this unless waterpump is on the timing belt(silly design imo) and even then how would they know it had to be thawed?

How is that part of the mot?

Did your friend agree to this charge before they done it.. if not then they do not have to be paid...


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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2010, 09:42:47 PM »
Quote from: CairnsAndrew on December 03, 2010, 09:34:33 PM
To remove and defrost water pump... why would they have to do this unless waterpump is on the timing belt(silly design imo) and even then how would they know it had to be thawed?

How is that part of the mot?

Did your friend agree to this charge before they done it.. if not then they do not have to be paid...




I think it's the washer pump.
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Re: Garage Pirates.
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2010, 09:43:24 PM »
Washer pump not water pump, screen washers are part of the MOT
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2010, 10:01:07 PM »
Yep, the washer pump. OK, it needs to be working for the MOT but charging ?30 to defrost it is miserable.

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« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2010, 09:40:56 AM »
Quote from: genem on December 03, 2010, 10:01:07 PM
Yep, the washer pump. OK, it needs to be working for the MOT but charging ?30 to defrost it is miserable.

Arnold Clark in Stirling. ( Was Belmont Citroen)

That's surprising, the only opinion I've heard about them before was that they were excellent. And that was from a guy who, by his own admission, is pretty "particular" about his cars.

Does seem pretty steep though, I'm guessing the computer probably has a minimum charge of half an hour (at ?60 per hour).
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« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2010, 12:24:40 PM »
A kettle-full of hot water would have worked just as well - or is this one of these stupidly designed systems where the pump is hidden from view? Sandy.
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« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2010, 05:36:51 PM »
we've got a citroen and the bottle is down out of sight in the wing
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