[docrodg]

Glad it is getting fixed, but still... letting someone who disassembled the engine without your permission get away with it? With the gaskets and all that must be replaced and materials etc, what if you had told them to put it back in the car? Would they have put it back together correctly and with new gaskets with no charge? Even if they would do it without charge, this is not like removing a tie rod to gain better access to something else in troubleshooting... this is tearing down a major component all the way that requires significant costs in materials to put back together. Such actions should always be approved by the owner PRIOR to doing the work. I would question whether the shop is practicing good business and not just trying to get more money from their customers when something like that happens.