Herman Hessian
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....posted on here a month or so ago about a rough-running S2 TD5 that seemed to be down to fuel pump problems, well, it was - but with some extras
the problem became apparent almost immediately after filling up, and when the RAC came out to have a look, after a quick sniff and a turn of the ignition (nothing else) they declared that I'd filled the thing up with petrol rather than diesel - well, I was bloody sure I hadn't, and a subsequent check of all the relevant receipts and forecourt records at the service station confirmed that I had (at least) used the right pump !
anyway, £200 quid for the ensuing pump out, at the instigation of the RAC, plus £70 worth of fuel literally down the drain.....and best part of £400 for a new fuel pump, filter etc, complete with the revelation from the mechanic that he was as certain as he could be that it WAS diesel that had been put through the thing
surprisingly enough, the RAC, when pressed, are steadfastly certain that it was petrol that they took out of the motor (they've "done tests", apparently), and the service station are equally intransigent that it was diesel that was put in - so someone's lying, and I'm £700 quid out of pocket
I'll be on the phone to solicitors shortly - can anyone recommend any checks or owt that I can instigate in the mean time (the mechanic has held on to the old pump and filter) or has anyone had any experience of resolving a similar matter - if it was diesel that went in to the thing, I'll accept that the fuel pump going was just a coincidence, but I want the money for the pump out and the wasted fuel back off the RAC - if it was petrol, I want the cost of everything back off the service station !
the problem became apparent almost immediately after filling up, and when the RAC came out to have a look, after a quick sniff and a turn of the ignition (nothing else) they declared that I'd filled the thing up with petrol rather than diesel - well, I was bloody sure I hadn't, and a subsequent check of all the relevant receipts and forecourt records at the service station confirmed that I had (at least) used the right pump !
anyway, £200 quid for the ensuing pump out, at the instigation of the RAC, plus £70 worth of fuel literally down the drain.....and best part of £400 for a new fuel pump, filter etc, complete with the revelation from the mechanic that he was as certain as he could be that it WAS diesel that had been put through the thing
surprisingly enough, the RAC, when pressed, are steadfastly certain that it was petrol that they took out of the motor (they've "done tests", apparently), and the service station are equally intransigent that it was diesel that was put in - so someone's lying, and I'm £700 quid out of pocket
I'll be on the phone to solicitors shortly - can anyone recommend any checks or owt that I can instigate in the mean time (the mechanic has held on to the old pump and filter) or has anyone had any experience of resolving a similar matter - if it was diesel that went in to the thing, I'll accept that the fuel pump going was just a coincidence, but I want the money for the pump out and the wasted fuel back off the RAC - if it was petrol, I want the cost of everything back off the service station !