idiot mechanic , arrogant idiot ...

[aerobat]

Hey gents ! Please forgive me when i blow some steam ... new to me boat , currently on land in a harbout 4 hours away from home . Survey found stb engine leaks on the impellerpump , no big deal but since time is tight and boat currently far away , i hired the mechanic to change the seal (kad44 ) - what he did two weeks ago .

He left the engine bay open and forgot to close the persenning !!!!!!! Two weaks with rainy and partially windy weather. The cockpit looks like s**t , i now spend hpurs to shopvac and clean the enginebay , thankfully no rust on engine or pulleys but for sure the engine got rainwater ...

I,m pissed , taöked to him and he only said ... - ooh , have you dried out ?

Not sure if i open a can of worms and hopefully no problems on all the sensors , electronics on the kad44 ...

Whats your opinion on this ?

I,m p***ed as hell

 

[Sticky Fingers]

You’ve been very cryptic with some of your earlier posts and this ain’t any different. IMHO you need to revisit your criteria for selecting the ‘technicians’ that work on your boat.

 

[aerobat]

Sorry , not my intention to be cryptic , but i thought it was plain and simple ? The repair was done when i was not aboard , today ( two weeks later ) arrived at the boat and found the persenning as well engine bay was not closed and plenty of water inside ... well , that is the story

 

[Momac]

Not good but really all you can do is hire someone else next time.

 

[ari]

You’ve been very cryptic with some of your earlier posts and this ain’t any different. IMHO you need to revisit your criteria for selecting the ‘technicians’ that work on your boat.

How is it cryptic? Seems entirely straightforward to me. Idiot mechanic did job then went home without closing the lid so the engine space was exposed to rain water.

 

[ducked]

How is it cryptic? Seems entirely straightforward to me. Idiot mechanic did job then went home without closing the lid so the engine space was exposed to rain water.

Not really cryptic, but it appears to be a bit German, which can seem a bit cryptic if you dont know that language

 

[Alex_Blackwood]

Not really cryptic, but it appears to be a bit German, which can seem a bit cryptic if you dont know that language

Certainly not English!

 

[Grubble]

Certainly not English!

And yet still better written than a number of other posters on here who are in fact English - PM me for names.

 

[Daydream believer]

Is this thread about mechanics or prose?
I was Ok with the first part, about a mechanic making a simple mistake- don't we all? & the OP getting the hump-Miserable git
But after that I got a bit confused & I am never confused

 

[Poignard]

The OP has every right to be angry.

The mechanic showed careless disregard for his customer's property and he, or the firm he works for, should have paid for the clean up and repair of any damage.

 

[alt]

A silly move on the mechanics part, but look at the bright side.... your engine got a fresh water 'wash' so removed all the salt! I've had to wash engines down in the past, but granted, I did always dry it off with an airline immediately after. I don't imagine any electrical damage, it was low-pressure rain water, not a powerhose.

Sounds like you've dried it up best you can.... take the boat for a run and the heat generated will dry things up nicely.

 

[alt]

The OP has every right to be angry.

The mechanic showed careless disregard for his customer's property and he, or the firm he works for, should have paid for the clean up and repair of any damage.

If there's damage, yes. But 'paid for the clean-up' .... it's rain water and maybe some leaves? Frustrating, for sure, but if it were me, i'd just move on as OP will only be boiling his own blood.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Buy a second hand car, it's almost certainly had a pre-sale pressure wash of the engine. Either way, it'll have been out in the rain.

 

[Daydream believer]

The OP has every right to be angry.

The mechanic showed careless disregard for his customer's property and he, or the firm he works for, should have paid for the clean up and repair of any damage.

We do not know if there was any damage as such. Not do we know how the OP approached the mechanic of if he have given HIM the Chance to do the clean up

 

[Poignard]

We do not know if there was any damage as such. Not do we know how the OP approached the mechanic of if he have given HIM the Chance to do the clean up

The owner had spend "hpurs[sic] to shopvac and clean the enginebay".

Work that he wouldn't have had to do if the mechanic had done his job properly. It isn't too much to expect that an engine mechanic put the covers back on an engine after he's finished his work, is it?

He left the boat uncovered for 2 weeks after completing his work. That doesn't suggest to me that he was in any hurry to do what he should have done without needing to be told.

I'd be worried what else a man so careless hadn't done properly.

 

[Daydream believer]

The owner had spend "hpurs[sic] to shopvac and clean the enginebay".

Work that he wouldn't have had to do if the mechanic had done his job properly. It isn't too much to expect that an engine mechanic put the covers back on an engine after he's finished his work, is it?

He left the boat uncovered for 2 weeks after completing his work. That doesn't suggest to me that he was in any hurry to do what he should have done without needing to be told.

I'd be worried what else a man so careless hadn't done properly.

The time that it was uncovered is , in many ways, irrelevant. His failure to close the hatch was actually a failure of a few seconds. It could have been an hour or a year before it was noticed. he might , actually, be quite a good mechanic who just forgot to shut the hatch. Or he could be a total idiot who could not care less. one will never know.
How many owners have made simple "forgot" moments.? It happens.

 

[Seastoke]

And yet still better written than a number of other posters on here who are in fact English - PM me for names.

Hey I passed my 11 plus , ho are you to judge.

 

[Daydream believer]

Hey I passed my 11 plus , ho are you to judge.

I remember my father's Joinery manager telling me one day when I reminded him that I had gone to Grammar school.
"The only difference is that whilst I am a natural idiot, you are a trained idiot"

 

[petem]

It's extremely unlikely that the engines have been damaged, particularly with rain water.

I think I'd say that to the mechanic, or whoever he works for, that you're disappointed in how the boat was left. Depending on his reaction, use him again or find someone else.

Be careful about shooting yourself in the foot though. Other local companies might be just as bad and less convenient.

 

[KevinV]

It's extremely unlikely that the engines have been damaged, particularly with rain water.

I think I'd say that to the mechanic, or whoever he works for, that you're disappointed in how the boat was left. Depending on his reaction, use him again or find someone else.

Be careful about shooting yourself in the foot though. Other local companies might be just as bad and less convenient.

This - he turned up, he did the job, the OP hasn't complained the work wasn't done properly, nor about the cost - that's four big wins in marine engineering terms. I'd complain about the cover not being put on, but not make a drama out of it or you risk losing an otherwise competent supplier.