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Re: Tapping nosie
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2018, 09:46:41 AM »
I just think he's paid a 1000 pounds out just in labour no parts .he's got a engine that's still no good which can't be right .

Take the bike back to the shop and ask them that question !
There must be a invoice for parts and work carried out  ;)

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« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2018, 09:52:40 AM »
He already as .the engine builder told him were it's leaking from as nothing to do with what he's done .So were does he go from there.

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« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2018, 10:02:07 AM »
He already as .the engine builder told him were it's leaking from as nothing to do with what he's done .So were does he go from there.

All depends on what the invoice says on what work has been carried out.
Were is the leak from ? Head, rocker, pucks. Clean the engine, dry it off and put a layer of talcum powder over the engine and this will show were the oil is coming from.

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« Reply #33 on: July 28, 2018, 12:19:32 PM »
Not sure if I've got it right,  but to clarify.

Was the original "tippety tap" problem considered to be caused by the head/barrel stud being left so lose so that oil pressure, although getting to the head, was not able to pressure the cam carrier etc?

If that's the case,  which person was responsible for mounting and torqueing the head onto the engine?

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« Reply #34 on: July 28, 2018, 12:32:56 PM »
K2 that would be the engine builder

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« Reply #35 on: July 28, 2018, 01:08:39 PM »
Is the engine builder the same person / company that reassembled the head?
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Re: Tapping nosie
« Reply #36 on: July 28, 2018, 01:14:08 PM »
Yes it is

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« Reply #37 on: July 28, 2018, 01:34:31 PM »
So you have your answer then. If your mate asked a company / person to do a job and that job was not done to the standard expected of a competent, professional engine builder, the liability remains with that company but only if your friend can prove that nothing he has done after taking the engine back from the builder, or by supplying his own parts, has contributed to the damage now caused. What I will say is that if it was a well established reputable company, they would have no issues with re doing the work as their reputation is at stake. If it's a tin pot bunch if cowboys who know diddly squat and are playing at being engine builders, good luck, I don't think you will get anywhere. 
« Last Edit: July 28, 2018, 01:40:14 PM by Nurse Julie »
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Re: Tapping nosie
« Reply #38 on: July 28, 2018, 01:51:33 PM »
Did the engine builder ask your mate to supply the parts ? If so, then he was covering his arse.
In a courts the court take a very dim view to any aftermarket parts being used (the same as a main stream manufacture, will not guarantee vehicle if any aftermarket parts fitted or any modifications).
The courts will not back up any claims to any vehicle that is non standard.     

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Re: Tapping nosie
« Reply #39 on: July 28, 2018, 11:08:39 PM »
If its who and where I think, doesn't he specialise in 750 sohc engine building. Its about 3 or4 years since I was in his workshop.

 

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