Thread: What's he on about

Originally Posted by olbod

I wonder if there is a Kia dealer in Darwin ?

Yes, they are in with Ford, Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Porsche, Great Wall and a few others probably. I'm not sure if they are part of the same group that owns the Mitsubishi, Land Rover, Hyundi, BMW dealerships as well.

The title of the thread was "cars to avoid"

Should start another thread and call it mechanics to avoid, good chance his name would be on the top of that list.

Anyone can make mistakes and IMHO in very big jobs , many mechanics make at least one mistake. I am sure they hope any mistake is easily redeemable but that is not always the case as in the 3.9 tale of woe .

I had a Mitsubishi Cordia Turbo engine rebuilt by a well respected engine shop in Brookvale, who claimed proudly that they were ex Qantas.

It ran like a bucket of bolts and I theorised that the balance shaft was incorrectly timed. So I got the manual and dismantled the timing case and took out the plug in the block that you push a screwdriver into to ascertain the correct balance shaft timing and it was 180degrees out, although they denied that it was wrong as usual.

I had a good mate who was an excellent mechanic, but he somehow stuffed up a clutch in my Mazda 121 , and left a bolt in the crossmember hole of my Porsche 924 Turbo, up against the steering UJ. I went a bit pale when I found that one.
Another LR workshop in the North of Sydney put a new rear main seal in my RRC, and had a gasket fix on the ZF oil pump outsourced. They forgot to refill the transfer case. Maybe got away with that one but, maybe that had something to do with my output shaft going, as I didn't twig until I had been to Newcastle and then checked the oil level while servicing to find about 50CC.
Another well known or should I say famous LR specialist in Sydney fitted a Maxidrive to my RRC and forgot to do up the wheel nuts. Heard a clunkity clunk when I got to Warringah Rd.
Come to think of it , now I remember why I do all my own work , that I can lift anyway.
Regards Philip A

Yep, the KV6 is a Rover motor used in Freelander 1's. As already mentioned it has three timing belts which cost well in excess of $2,000 to have changed. They are also very heavy on fuel. A great motor when they are running correctly, but boy, are they expensive when things go wrong.!!!

I sold my FL1 KV6 because of the ongoing costs!!!

You'd be supprised how many engines have more than one belt,he shouldn't complain about LR,there's plenty of Mitso,Mazda,Tojo,nissan and worst of all Honda vehicles with painfully exxy and overy complicated things that go wrong.He must not be much of a mechanic if he finds the Tdi belt hard to replace,it's one of the easiest. Pat

... Designed by DAYCO and Rover.... - Why are you surprised that it has so many belts, and co$t$ around $2,000 to replace ?

Those engines also had a issue with the gauze oil filter fitted withing the sump blocking. We found best way to clean was to run som kero in the oil. Not orthodox method but it worked

I hope he's not from Darwin Mitsubishi, they were the Landrover Agents I believe.