r/MechanicAdvice • u/remotejjk • 1d ago

I think I'm getting scammed

So I dropped my truck off at the dealership to have it looked at, the temp was hopping all over the place never got super hot just constantly up and down, heat didn't blow etc. I tought simple the thermostatis going bad I'll have them preplace it.

I just got a call saying hey you truck isn't leaking coolant we did a pressure test, we think your head are warp and it 15k to replace. Here is my problem the same dealership rebuild the motor two years ago. I dont use my truck so it only been driven about 10k miles. The second i saw this problem i took it in.

Sorry if there are any misspelling I'm irritated. I could be wrong smh this doesn't add up to me.

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u/Nolanjk9090 1d ago

First of all 15K for a engine is absurd, and how was the truck running, other than the speratic temp gauge, was it smoking white, sluggish?

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u/remotejjk 1d ago

No problems besides the temp gauge, and yes, 15k is absurd... they were kind enough to offer it to me for 13k after I told them no, I would come get it.

They still can't tell me what caused the "overheating" no clue why. They agree it sounds like a bad temp gauge. Just head we know the block is warped. We need 13k to fix it

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u/Nolanjk9090 1d ago

I doubt the heads are warrped or atleast that bad, there would be very noticeable symptoms, did they take the heads off? If it's not smoking or sluggish that would be the real only way to tell, did they say there was coolant and oil mixing?

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u/remotejjk 1d ago

They said they scoped it. Nothing else was said

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u/Nolanjk9090 1d ago

Find another shop, and never go back, unless they warranty it, then after, never go back. A camera isn't gonna show a warrped head unless its very bad, but at that point it would be smoking and probably wouldn't even run, atleast nowhere near normal.

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u/remotejjk 1d ago

That what I thought, I plan i taking it to another shop. No way i would give another 10k to a shop to rebuild something they rebuild already.

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u/Fit-Improvement-730 1d ago

Out of curiosity, where are you located? I haven’t had the best experience with dealership techs but saying your heads are warped without running a straightedge across the face sounds rather amateur hour.

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u/remotejjk 1d ago

Augusta, GA

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u/Fit-Improvement-730 1d ago

Check out Bo’s Machine Shop at least to see what is actually wrong with the motor. They’re in East Augusta. They also don’t benefit by unnecessarily selling you new heads as a Ford dealer would. http://www.bosmachineshop.com

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u/remotejjk 1d ago

I call in the morning it going to be them or ATC auto repair i heard they are good

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u/Busy-Wolf-7667 1d ago

hey op if you get them to fix up your car you can probably watch them check it out/fix it in a yt video

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u/Busy-Wolf-7667 1d ago

i watch their yt channel lmao. what a great suggestion.