Hi guys
Signed up here hoping someone can help me out before I go back to the garage and possibly get ripped off
Yesterday I took a trip from Manchester to Blackpool and the clutch began slipping to the point where I limped it back to Manchester and couldn't get above 60mph on the motorway without it slipping (probably shouldn't have even taken it on the motorway but without cover I had little option)
Anyway this morning I took it to a local garage and he jumped in and confirmed it was the clutch slipping and I needed a new one which parts plus labour would be around £350 (that's about the average price I had seen when I researched it online last night ) I left it with him at 10am ish and by 4 pm he had text to say it was sorted ... At this point I was happy with the job etc I went and collected it this evening and on driving home it's running like a bag of dodo I couldn't get more than 20mph going up hill in 2nd gear and when I eventually made it to the top and changed upto 3rd it was juddering and just had no power.
Now I've spoken to the guy and going to take it back in the morning but what I don't want is him to say this is gone that's gone it's going to cost £££ when before the clutch fault it was running fine.
Is this just coincidental? Or has he messed up timings or something ? (I know little about mechanics etc so he could sail me down the river here and rinse me of my hard earned £££)
The car is a petrol focus ti vct 1.6 and it's an 06 plate
Any ideas or info would be good
Cheers
Dave
Signed up here hoping someone can help me out before I go back to the garage and possibly get ripped off
Yesterday I took a trip from Manchester to Blackpool and the clutch began slipping to the point where I limped it back to Manchester and couldn't get above 60mph on the motorway without it slipping (probably shouldn't have even taken it on the motorway but without cover I had little option)
Anyway this morning I took it to a local garage and he jumped in and confirmed it was the clutch slipping and I needed a new one which parts plus labour would be around £350 (that's about the average price I had seen when I researched it online last night ) I left it with him at 10am ish and by 4 pm he had text to say it was sorted ... At this point I was happy with the job etc I went and collected it this evening and on driving home it's running like a bag of dodo I couldn't get more than 20mph going up hill in 2nd gear and when I eventually made it to the top and changed upto 3rd it was juddering and just had no power.
Now I've spoken to the guy and going to take it back in the morning but what I don't want is him to say this is gone that's gone it's going to cost £££ when before the clutch fault it was running fine.
Is this just coincidental? Or has he messed up timings or something ? (I know little about mechanics etc so he could sail me down the river here and rinse me of my hard earned £££)
The car is a petrol focus ti vct 1.6 and it's an 06 plate
Any ideas or info would be good
Cheers
Dave