Hi
I'm wondering if someone could give me advice on work my boyfriend has had done on his BMW 520? His car was overheating whilst on the M6, so he pulled off the motorway and called the AA. They found that it was leaking water and the AA man suggested it could have either been a faulty hose or the water bottle. The car needed an MOT anyway so he took it to a local garage and asked if they could check out what the fault was. They had the car for the day and said it was the radiator, but they couldn't do it then, so he would have to bring it back another day, which he did. He left it with the garage for the full day again, but told them that he definitely needed it back as he had to travel to Kent the following day to see his daughters (he lives in Cheshire). When he went to collect it they told him that they hadn't managed to get the radiator, but that they would definitely have it by the following day. The following day, when he went to collect it, they had replaced the radiator, but said that wasn't what the problem was, it was actually the head gasket that had gone, but that he had also needed the radiator anyway. They agreed that he could just pay £200 for the radiator instead of the £250 he had been quoted, but they couldn't fix the head gasket there so he would need to take it to another garage. He was absolutely fuming at this and more so because they hadn't phoned to tell him before they fitted the radiator that the head gasket had gone.
Does anyone know whether there is anything he can do with regards to the garage not confirming what the actual problem was prior to fitting the radiator? He has not paid the garage for the radiator yet, he has left it with them until he can find a suitable place (and the money) to get the head gasket fixed?
Thanks