Shops suck!
Here to vent! So the car was leaking coolant for months and months. Couldn't source it changed all the hoses all the clamps and nothing. Said fuck it and just topped it off everytime it would get low. Winter came and surprise surprise it got worse.
The car looked like it was on fire every morning so finally bit the bullet and took it to a shop for the first time in my life (I'm 33 and have had 5 ek civics and more vws).
The shop had a ek sir track car so I assumed they would be trustworthy, nope. As you can see I had narrowed the leak down to the waterpipe orings and told them that.
It took him a month to get it done. And it was still leaking. The guy crossthrraded the intake manifold bracket bolts, forgot a nut on the intake manifold and worst of all as I found out today used the wrong oring and compensated with rtv. He also filled the thermostat with rtv.
So here I am now, new water pipe, new orings, skunk2 thermal im gasket, and extended studs. And the kicker. I must not have been nice with the water pipe because after reassembly it proceeded to dump all the water out so I had to redo the job twice.
As it was getting late I decided to call it and roll up the windows. Whelp I didn't pull the fuel relay and sprayed the bay haha. And that's where I am now. Next morning. Put together and leaks almost gone and car idles.
This thing is teaching me patience.