Having a battle with Holden due lifters

[vc commodore]

Could be one of those really old school mechanic shops without a computer/printer (besides the OBD reader tools) in sight & everything is all hand written?

I take my other vehicles (Mitsubishi 380, R33 Skyline when I still had it) to a one man shop near Perth (He has beeb running since pre VN days), the place has no website, no computers, no reception area with fancy coffee machine, a basic corded phone and all bookings are hand written in an old school diary & he writes out the job card & recipets.

About the most modern piece of equipment he has is a tablet OBD reader.

Even mechanic shops like this, still stamp the log book, when an oil/filter change is done.....

Even if they don't, they still have a record of this work being performed.....If they don't and Mr Tax man wishes to look at the books and doesn't see too many entries, he/she starts to wonder where his/her slice of money has gone....

 

[vc commodore]

I think you will find it was a mechanic that was not qualified on paper, basically a mate.
If it was done by a qualified mechanic all it would take is a statutory declaration from a qualified mechanic and holden would be paying for the repair

Doubt it...Still over 7 or 8 thousand from the missing mechanics service....

 

[stooge]

Doubt it...Still over 7 or 8 thousand from the missing mechanics service....

8000 was when he took it to holden elwood said he had it changed at 30,000 but had no proof and that was within the specified servicing time.
So a statutory declaration from a qualified mechanic performing that service would solve the problem.

 

[vc commodore]

8000 was when he took it to holden elwood said he had it changed at 30,000 but had no proof and that was within the specified servicing time.
So a statutory declaration from a qualified mechanic performing that service would solve the problem.

Re-reading this thread....One has to wonder, why the OP went to the dealer to have the oil and filter done, after it had done 7,000K, from this mechanic doing it, where a receipt can't be found?

Then after a further 8,000K, this lifter issue has reared it's head and got progressively worse over the next 2,000K.....

The covid situation reared it's head inbetween the lifter noise starting and it getting progressively worse

Sorry, but things seem a little odd with this thread

 

[the_boozer]

Re-reading this thread....One has to wonder, why the OP went to the dealer to have the oil and filter done, after it had done 7,000K, from this mechanic doing it, where a receipt can't be found?

Reading this thread it does seam like a someone saving money has put the wrong oil in it.