Perth storms

[kabel]

Kim it sounds to me like a hydraulic seizure. I think the insurance company would just pay for a new engine ( if Holden has one) rather than a rebuild.

City HSV said it sounded like hydraulic seizure.I only saw the car on Monday night when I picked her up,she told me there was no hail damage.....HSV called me late today to say otherwise,so looks like a fair bit of panel damage,going to go there tomorrow to take a look for myself.
Nigel does hydraulic seizure cause damage to all components in the engine ?
Shay I will ask once I know what is happening.
gmonkey I guess you are right....new engine,car repainted = New VXR....not what I wanted though.But at least Arden Blue was safe in the garage.

Quite a few people at work have had their cars written off already by the insurance companies,anything with bad roof damage has been deemed to difficult to repair at present.

I had a new work car that was due to be delivered this week(got a promotion about a month back).....could be another 3-5 weeks now !

[nigelh]

It doesn't damage all engine componts but it can cause alot of damage to things like pistons, rods & even cylinder liners & head. I can't see a place like city hsv taking the risk of rebuilding the engine if they can get a new one. I know I wouldn't anyway.

[mania]

I hope the hail damage isn't too bad. Be sad to hear it written off before seeing it on its first cruise .

[kabel]

Still waiting to hear Alex,figured there was no point in hassling them on Friday.
The bodywork did not look all that bad to me on Monday night when I picked her up.

Will keep you updated !

[kabel]

Word back from HSV is "No compression".
Full strip down and investigation of internal parts including sending the turbo and intercooler away for testing.
Bascially I will not know anything for a couple of weeks .

Including the hail damage it is not looking good for Red VXR

[kabel]

Another week gone and still no answers.
Insurance told me that qotes were approved so I phoned HSV who told they had not finished quoting for the engine rebuild.
So far the tally is $10,500 and they are still waiting for quotes on a new turbo and intercooler.
Surely it would be more effective to source a new engine !

[Shay]

so has it been decided that its gettin fixed.
or is it still all up in the air?

[kabel]

It`s all still up in air.
Insurance assessor apparently wants a worse case amount for the engine rebuild before approving anything.
Panel & paint came to about $7500 add $10000 + for the rebuild and things are not looking that great.

Basically I have had one story from the telephone operator at Shannon`s and then the truth from HSV but either I still have no real idea as to what is happening.