nitro_warrior said:

Great! That means the council knew about, ignored it and were therefore negligent or some other lawyer speak. You have a very strong case, keep us informed with how you get on.

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Many thanks with the info on the website, sure will keep everyone upto date.

Jon.

I've got all the parts from Fiat, dispite them trying to charge £4 more than they quoted, I don't think so I told them!

With the gasket for the sump, will I need some sort of sealant or should just the gasket be ok?

Many thanks. Jon.

Eper does not show the need for gasket sealer, so its your call.
Rgds.

petel said:

Eper does not show the need for gasket sealer, so its your call.
Rgds.

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many thanks. I'm going to use some anyway, just incase. Can afford to waist £30 of CVT oil, to remove the sump again if it needs it.

Just online at the mo waiting for the sump to stop draining.

Sump and gasket know changed. Just got to fill up with replacement CVT oil, but had to go to work and its now raining and thundering on and off so the weather has stopped play for now.

So all being well, when I fill up with oil tomorrow, there should be no leaks, and the car should run well

Right, I have fill the CVT oil. Sump gasket started to leak, but I've tightened the bolts and its stopped luckily.

Now then. According to Haynes manual, the auto box takes 1.8L of CVT oil on a oil change and 2.8L from dry.

I've put 1.8L in and all seems fine on the dipstick. Would this be the cirrect level or should it be 2.8L as the sump and entire oil content was removed.

The only reason for asking is because there is a wyning noise on start up, which eventually goes. I used to have this for a few seconds on first start up of the day before, but it seems to hang around more. I'm just wondering if I haven't put enough oil in, but know over filling does do damage.

It sounds like the hydraulic pump. Some times it only happens when the engine is over 2,000 RPM, whether in P.R.N.D.L.

Thanks. Jon.

Most Easterly Panda's said:

Many thanks with the info on the website, sure will keep everyone upto date.

Jon.

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Thought I'd update everyone. I sent off the letter with a copy of all invoices on Monday, so hopefully there's a letter waiting for me when I get home from college tonight or I'll have to wait until next Friday.

I've been told they normaly say no on first letter because 80% of people don't reply back, but I sure will!

Only pain is that the sump has started leaking I think. Not enough to drip onto floor, but you can see the oil in the dirt on the sump (hope that makes sence), so will look at tightning the screws/bolts.

Jon.

Another update. Had a letter back sometime last week saying that they're going to investigate my claim and get back to me in 30 days either with a nice cheque, or a load of bull saying it's not their fault.

So fingers crossed. Jon.

If all else fails go dig a hole in the councils executive directors parking place and see how long it takes the council to repair it

Andy Monty said:

If all else fails go dig a hole in the councils executive directors parking place and see how long it takes the council to repair it

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Very tempting.