Hi socky. I am hoping you can help me. I hadn't serviced my car and I know it's my fault but it wasn't my fault that I didn't have the money for a service at the time. I moved to another town was homeless and living in my car and people did not pay me back what they owed me. To me that's a valid excuse to not service. I took my hyundai i30 2017 model car in for a check up at the dealership today. All I did was take it in to see what's wrong with it and get a quote. They said upfront it would be $140. It ended up being $195.80. This was on the invoice, topped up oil with 3 litres. They said the engine is burning oil -timing was incorrect. Recommended replacing the engine because between about January to July this year, the car was smoking white smoke and I called RACQ to help me. I then brought it into THIS dealership back then and I left it with them. They ended up charging me $330 odd dollars and said that they don't have any parts but it should be fine til the next service. I thought they gave me a service but they didn't. 2 months later the car was smoking white. I booked it into a different mechanics shop who cleared out the oil sump which cost my bro $600 odd dollars and told me to check the oil every week and that it would cost big money to replace the engine. Back at the dealership today, they wrote could replace cam phases and oil actuators but engine may still burn oil. They quoted $2860.00 Labour, Engine $11,344.06 And oil $120 totalling $14,324.06. Part Number 3374636 magnetic prof A5 5W-30 205L. Is this correct? Because I briefly worked at a mechanic before and my boss (mechanic) told me that dealerships are a rip off. Thanks Heaps for your help. I am hoping there would be a cheaper solution than $11,344.06 bcoz I don't trust them and the RACQ man at the dealership has a bad attitude.
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