THEKILLERWHALE
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- Mar 28, 2011
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San Diego,
California
okay so i originally was having a shop do my timing belt and a few accessory belts and had some issues with that.
after that job was done and it damaged a bunch internally, i then took it to someone else to rebuild the motor for me, it was my only car and i am nowhere near knoledgable enough at this moment in time to do such in depth work alone. so i had someone else do it for me.
so after all the waiting time and everything i started to push him to finish because i was planning on leaving florida to move to california. so he finished and finally got it done and back to me. car ran great for 90 miles. he came and got me, we drove it around about 20 miles. then i dropped him off and took the car.
i then made it 8 miles after leaving his shop and the car started vibrating real bad and died. so i pulled off and parked. tried to start it a couple times, no luck.
so, i towed it back to his place and the next day he calls me and says that i bent all 16 valves and guides and the head needed to be redone. i told him i will pay for the head to be redone. but as for more labor, and the costs of the whole job to fix it over all, i just want to know a little more of what could have happened
what could i have specifically done that would have caused that to happen? or was it something that was inevitable? i didnt push the car, i cruised the whole way, never went past 2 psi of boost on my gauge and never exceeded 3500 rpms. i watched very close, i havent had the car in 4 months i wasnt going to take any chances.
just trying to figure out if what happened was directly my fault, he claims if he had been able to keep the car for the break in process and do it himself he could have possibly avoided it. but by how quick it happened. i see no way how he could have avoided anything.
i just want to know what may have happened and if it was directly anything that was my fault or not.
thanks guys
ps - its a 2g eclipse with a 6 bolt swap. 16g evo iii turbo. vr speed factor fmic. stock ecu, not tuned. pretty much a factory rebuild for the head, block, and internals, except for ARP rod bolts and head studs. stock injectors. walbro fuel pump.
after that job was done and it damaged a bunch internally, i then took it to someone else to rebuild the motor for me, it was my only car and i am nowhere near knoledgable enough at this moment in time to do such in depth work alone. so i had someone else do it for me.
so after all the waiting time and everything i started to push him to finish because i was planning on leaving florida to move to california. so he finished and finally got it done and back to me. car ran great for 90 miles. he came and got me, we drove it around about 20 miles. then i dropped him off and took the car.
i then made it 8 miles after leaving his shop and the car started vibrating real bad and died. so i pulled off and parked. tried to start it a couple times, no luck.
so, i towed it back to his place and the next day he calls me and says that i bent all 16 valves and guides and the head needed to be redone. i told him i will pay for the head to be redone. but as for more labor, and the costs of the whole job to fix it over all, i just want to know a little more of what could have happened
what could i have specifically done that would have caused that to happen? or was it something that was inevitable? i didnt push the car, i cruised the whole way, never went past 2 psi of boost on my gauge and never exceeded 3500 rpms. i watched very close, i havent had the car in 4 months i wasnt going to take any chances.
just trying to figure out if what happened was directly my fault, he claims if he had been able to keep the car for the break in process and do it himself he could have possibly avoided it. but by how quick it happened. i see no way how he could have avoided anything.
i just want to know what may have happened and if it was directly anything that was my fault or not.
thanks guys
ps - its a 2g eclipse with a 6 bolt swap. 16g evo iii turbo. vr speed factor fmic. stock ecu, not tuned. pretty much a factory rebuild for the head, block, and internals, except for ARP rod bolts and head studs. stock injectors. walbro fuel pump.
someones taking you for a ride. Bad workmanship. I would be livid pissed.
