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Oil in Coolant Scam

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Oil in Coolant Scam

Post by buzyg » Mon Oct 10, 2022 5:38 pm

Heard similar a few times. Utter Robbing Tossers. :thumbsdown:
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Post by Nick2449 » Tue Oct 11, 2022 7:25 am

Coolant system getting flushed today and second one they have had in a month so I will ask them for an explanation of why it causes the smoke.
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Post by Nick2449 » Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:04 pm

Well got the car back and they had also squirted oil up the exhaust £200 worth of vandalism. Gutted.
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Post by bigwinn » Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:26 pm

Without sharing specifics (which I’m not sure should be done on the forum) could you detail some outlines around what happened?

Just in case someone else gets done in the same way it will help stopping it happen again
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Post by TomK » Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:08 pm

bigwinn wrote: Thu Oct 13, 2022 7:26 pm Without sharing specifics (which I’m not sure should be done on the forum) could you detail some outlines around what happened?

Just in case someone else gets done in the same way it will help stopping it happen again
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Post by Eddiwoodie » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:19 am

I've just had this scam trick played on me. Three of them came to look at the car i had on sale. One asked to see the engine, so I opened the bonnet, another then asked if it had a spare wheel and could they see it. Whilst I was showing him the spare wheel one of the others must have squirted dirty oil into the coolant. When we got back from a test drive the person buying the car wanted to look under the bonnet again. This time the coolant was black and he was spinning some story about the head gasket being blown and could be buy the car for a tiny figure. I said no and he kept on and on with the reduced amount. I said that I thought he had got oil in the coolant, but he was denying it. Eventually they left and rang several more times about the annoyingly low amount. I them saw this post and realised it must be a common trick.
Next time I'll ask the other two to stay in their car and I'll ask to take a photo of the guys driving licence.
I am really annoyed and very angry.
Now I have to change the coolant and I'm worring that they might have put water in the oil or something else stupid like that.

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Post by Eddiwoodie » Tue Jan 24, 2023 8:22 am

The scammers mobile number is 07593678510

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Post by B21 » Tue Jan 24, 2023 10:24 am

If they intended to buy it..albeit at a very low price they wouldn’t have put water in the oil…for one it’s very difficult to see water contamination in oil, unlike oil in the coolant tank..

Change the coolant for sure..however despite what I said I’d treat it to fresh oil n filter ..it can’t do but good :thumbsup:
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Post by Nanu » Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:30 pm

This scam featured on the watchdog section of The OneShow tonight.
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