Finally saved enough money all of last year to buy the car ive allways wanted paid £4,795 for my EP3 2002 Black with 55,572 miles even had the air con which is an extra i believe 
.. Bought it from bradford and i'm living in south Wales, picked it up on the 29th of december stayed with relatives in manchester that night and drove back the next day engine and everything sounded sweet as a nut i and i listened to it all the way back as the radio is off and needs the code by the time i got to merthyr i started to hear a slight knocking noise but i thought it was my imagination as i was getting pretty tired and even thought it was the exhaust blowing at one point i got back and let my grandfather have a listen to it as he was an ex-mechanic and he told me the bad news, i was absolutely gutted, the following day i took it to a local garage and they had a look underneath and they said the sump had been recently taken off as the bolts wernt even tightened properly and the gearbox bolts were also loose they said they had packed or replaced the bearings just to shut the noise up for a few hundred miles, Has anyone else had this problem and how much did it cost you to get it fixed? I've had a quote off a guy down this area for the works to be done for £2,500 but i just aint got that money left anymore after also paying out £1,500 for my insurance this year, so any help guys will be much appreciated cheers.
.. Bought it from bradford and i'm living in south Wales, picked it up on the 29th of december stayed with relatives in manchester that night and drove back the next day engine and everything sounded sweet as a nut i and i listened to it all the way back as the radio is off and needs the code by the time i got to merthyr i started to hear a slight knocking noise but i thought it was my imagination as i was getting pretty tired and even thought it was the exhaust blowing at one point i got back and let my grandfather have a listen to it as he was an ex-mechanic and he told me the bad news, i was absolutely gutted, the following day i took it to a local garage and they had a look underneath and they said the sump had been recently taken off as the bolts wernt even tightened properly and the gearbox bolts were also loose they said they had packed or replaced the bearings just to shut the noise up for a few hundred miles, Has anyone else had this problem and how much did it cost you to get it fixed? I've had a quote off a guy down this area for the works to be done for £2,500 but i just aint got that money left anymore after also paying out £1,500 for my insurance this year, so any help guys will be much appreciated cheers.
