hi guys . im after some advice on this one please , bought a 58 plate mk 1 in january guy i bought it from said dont worry about timing belt it was changed 25,000 miles ago , anyhow driving up to aberdeen , car cut out , heard a few noises and knew the worst . got a garage that i know nout about apart from it was close by and my mate said they were decent . i live in newcastle and was visiting family , anyhow 3 weeks later got car back , head went to engine recon shop which i had to arange . car was running spot on , £360 for head skimmed new valves gaskets etc . and a whopping £935 labour from garage this was also for timing belt kit water pump oil n coolant do the next again week noticed oil drips on drive way on further inspection noticed oil coming from head gasket area . but yet cooland orange and oil fine , ive clocked 4000 miles since and the oil is leaking externally . not mixing or nor is the car over heating or running badly .. i got veedubs a local skoda and vw expert to check it and he said its down to the garage who fitted it back together . it was the oil return low pressue channel that was leaking , now what do i do??? run it the way it is and hope it dosent get worse . or take it back to aberdeen 230 miles away and take the chance that they dont find a fault that they may say wasnt there fault , as they have alreay told me that if its there error they would cover it if not id have to pay £££££ or do i get veedubs to tackle it , or do i try a stop leak product , any advice would be great as i dont know whats best to do . Tony

Distance here is the problem, I reckon this garage has taken your wallet for a ride, I highly doubt if a main dealer done that it would be the best part of £1300, I'd phone them and give them the run down, hear what excuse they have to offer, but be prepared to get fobbed off.

I would start off by phoning the garage. Explain the problems you're having and ask what they intend to do about it.

 

That's at least a start.

If it's an external LP oil return, it could be as easy as a loose hose clip or a cut line.

is that inside the head its self ??

garage that done the work prepared to look at the car but cannot gaurantee that it is a fault of theres so in limbo with do a take it to them and risk them charge me more money ?

oil leaking from gasket area.

If it's an external LP oil return, it could be as easy as a loose hose clip or a cut line.

 

 

is that inside the head its self ??

 

Big clue in the use of the word "external". This means "outside the engine" in this context.

oil leaking from gasket area.

Well, IME a leak from a new gasket tends to mean that either the head or block isn't true (and the garage charged you for a head skim so either the head's true or they're incompetent at best, dishonest at worst) or that the head was allowed to move on the gasket during the rebuild, which can happen by genuine accident rather than incompetence or carelessness but is certainly the garage's responsibility to fix.

soz never exlained it properly. thanks for info .