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Query Re Car Purchase
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I am buying a used car from a local garage on Tuesday & thought I would check on the gov.uk site for MOT info etc.
The garage I am buying it from put it through an MOT yesterday. It failed on a couple of lights being defective & obviously they are easily fixed. But it also failed on something else & haven't the foggiest what this means/whether it is important & more so whether it is something that can be easily sorted. T
The wording states: Offside outer front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc". This was an advisory on a previous MOT so presumably not sorted last year. Does this involve a big job to correct it & does the garage have to correct it for a valid MOT to be issued?
Please reply if you can help with this question. I have already paid a deposit on this car but don't want to go through with purchase if it is something major.
Thank you
The garage I am buying it from put it through an MOT yesterday. It failed on a couple of lights being defective & obviously they are easily fixed. But it also failed on something else & haven't the foggiest what this means/whether it is important & more so whether it is something that can be easily sorted. T
The wording states: Offside outer front constant velocity joint gaiter damaged to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc". This was an advisory on a previous MOT so presumably not sorted last year. Does this involve a big job to correct it & does the garage have to correct it for a valid MOT to be issued?
Please reply if you can help with this question. I have already paid a deposit on this car but don't want to go through with purchase if it is something major.
Thank you
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It's only a rubber gaiter that covers the constant velocity joint, won't take a mechanic very long at all to replace that.
18:02 Sun 18th Jan 2015
Thank you for your quick replies.
Of course I won't buy a car without a new MOT & this is something they said they would do/give me.
As it was an advisory on a previous MOT & presumably not sorted/done I really want to know if this SHOULD be corrected before my purchase
The garage at this moment do not know I have found out this information from the gov.uk websit
Of course I won't buy a car without a new MOT & this is something they said they would do/give me.
As it was an advisory on a previous MOT & presumably not sorted/done I really want to know if this SHOULD be corrected before my purchase
The garage at this moment do not know I have found out this information from the gov.uk websit
As a few answers, if the Gaiter was showing "signs" of wear, Slight Cracking, the garage was in order by saying Advisor to put him / her self in the clear, the seller should replace the Gaiter FOC Thelewisgang, regards the loss of Grease, what I think the garage will do is clean out the Joint & refill with Clean Grease, the Gaiter is like putting Plaster on to keep the dirt out & the Grease in to lubricate Thelewisgang, I would also ask about the N/S!
Prudie. If you read my original post you will see it was NOT the garage that told me this. I said I acquired the information from gov.uk website & it was also on there I read the "advisory" on previous year's MOT.
I would like to thank you all for your helpful answers. Being a retired, recently separated woman with my ex husband keeping the car we jointly owned I wanted to make sure I wasn't entering into a dodgy purchase
I would like to thank you all for your helpful answers. Being a retired, recently separated woman with my ex husband keeping the car we jointly owned I wanted to make sure I wasn't entering into a dodgy purchase
As has been advised by many on this section Thelewisgang, do you trust the Garage? do you know the Garage owners? have you heard any reports on their work? If money is ok with you, get someone who knows a bit regards the Mechanics of a car, what has this car done? depending on the mileage has the Cam Belt been chained? If not, this in some cases can cost you a new engine.