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OILGATE:- (the original issue)

Phil Hughes (known as ferrarifixer on some internet sites) has told a number of lies about me to cover up some poor work he did on my car and to try and protect himself.

Phil Hughes attempted to fix an oil leak I had from the cam covers on my Ferrari F355. He did this work along with an engine out cam belt change and repairs to other oil leaks and general service work. I paid him to do this work. I actually pointed out the cam cover leaks to him specifically.

One month after I got the car back, the cam covers leaked again in exactly the same way. He refused to repair his poor workmanship for over a year, and even then, not until I threatened him with legal action.

He suggested leaving it until the car needed a $35,000.00 engine rebuild!! I wasn't willing to accept this, as I'd only just paid him to fix it, and didn't think this was a good enough response.

After a couple of months of back and forth emails about it, he finally agreed to fix it with him supplying the labour, but me paying for the parts....AGAIN. I found that totally unacceptable too, as I'd already paid him for parts and labour the first time.

13 months later, when he finally rectified the leak, he blamed the gasket goo he used the first time. It hasn't leaked since.

My experience with him leads me to the conclusion that he gives no after sales service. Once the cheque's cleared, you're on your own, buddy!

For your information,  inspections by Black Stallion Motors saw the cam cover leak and so did Lance Dixon Ferrari. Piero (now at Zagames) even commented that the leak was so bad that it would fail a roadworthy. You could see the drips at the front of the cam covers on BOTH sides. Hughes refused to rectify his faulty workmanship until I had reports and quotes to repair from the independent mechanics, and threatened him with VCAT. The photos are below.

By the time Phil finally decided to rectify his poor workmanship over a year later there was another leak from the sump which he found while repairing the cam cover leaks. This was totally separate from the cam cover leaks and was repaired elsewhere, despite his claim that the other mechanics had misdiagnosed the leak and it was actually the sump all the time. The photos tell the real story.

Phil has been going around saying that there was little or no leaking from the cam covers and that, all along, the leak was from the sump. This is a lie. See the photos.

I'm sure Piero or Black Stallion would confirm my comments if you could be bothered asking.

Ferrarifixer (as he calls himself) took my money but left my car with an oil leak and took 15 months before attempting to  fix it. Until the threat of legal action, he didn't even offer to look at the car, never mind offer to properly fix it. This is unacceptable.

If you want good customer service, in my opinion, don't go to FerrariFixer Phil Hughes in Braeside in Melbourne Australia!

And where are the pictures, you ask? You don't need to be an Einstein to see clearly where the leak was.

When it comes to this person, remember, caveat emptor.

INCREDIBLE UPDATE!!!!

Sadly, my 308GT4 was run into while it was parked in the street and written off. For some inexplicable reason, Phil Hughes decided to post how his very reliable sources had told him that I claimed on my agreed value insurance policy and made out there was some shifty business going on. He did this to try and discredit me because apparently this website irritates him, and so do I!

Since I neither claimed on my insurance nor was it agreed value anyway, what does that say about him and his very reliable sources?? Poor Phil was forced to post an apology and retraction.

What does it say about all his other claims, usually from reliable, but unnamed, sources?

Just wondering.

It's a funny little world...and sometimes...things work out really well

Here's another happy customer:-

http://aussieexotics.com/forum/ferrari/chassis-cracks-rust-and-ppis-oh-my-t533.0.html (note the pure arrogance of Phil/ferrarifixer)

and.....nothing to do with the idiot above, but I LOVE this video.