Great news Amar, pleased you have got it sorted and your peace of mind back!
I live in Banbury and can vouch for Doug at MRC - friends of mine who run a business just down the road highly recommend him also.
I was going to start a new thread to say that I am over the moon with service above & beyond the call of duty from Ben who is now based in Revo, Daventry but as he has been mentioned and has contributed to this thread I hope you don't mind my posting this here?
I have to say Ben's passion & knowledge of the '8 is unsurpassed and I really get the feel-good factor from him and his team working on my car.
He had my 2001 S8 in recently for a full service, cambelt, water pump, thermostat, tensioners, gaskets, belts, coolant anti-freeze etc. along with replacing the leaking gearbox output shaft seal, repacking & replacing the n/s front cv boot, front discs & pads and dropping the gearbox sump, replacing filter & seals & replenishing auto transmission fluid.
I had a couple of faulty pre-cat Lambda probes which proved a real ******* to get out necessitating a revisit where he and his team dropped the subframe to lower the engine just to get the manifolds off to remove the siezed probes.
Some special H/T grease was applied to the new lambda's and while access was good the post cat lambda's were removed to have the same lube applied to them to expedite removal if these needed to be changed in the future.
While the car was in he also cleared out those pesky drains that seem to cause so much grief to us '8 owners.
I am quick enough to **** & moan when I receive bad service but I also believe credit where credit is due.
Thanks Ben...you're a star. Please pass on my regards to the rest of your team!
I also caught up with Conan the Amazing Librarion geezer while I was at Revo...was good to see you again Mike!
Sorry for hijacking your thread Amar...
now you are enjoying your '8 again maybe we should meet up for that beer sometime?
Kind regards,
-=Glyn=-