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[vicelore]

cheers guys

[Beckers]

Hey mate, good to hear some good news, hopefully you can come by on Wednesday, pretty sure a few of us are going to be meeting up as usual.

+1 to come on Wednesday night.

[vicelore]

So bit of an update.. The cars STILL in the shop.. Thave had problems with the cams in the AVC .. having them stop working during tuning.. They pulled the front of the engine off to clean it out and then thaught the problem was fixed but its returned now...

 

They are now speaking with AM auto trying to get to the bottom of it..

 

Im half tempted to lock the AVC up and fork it off.. 

[Beckers]

Turbo Yoda should be able to work it out.
Hope it's a quick & cheap fix.

[vicelore]

I've been told he wasn't very helpful. . No idea since he's always been good to me over the phone. . I'm super sick of this tho. . driving me insane. . its almost time to torch it

[U-Shell]

its almost time to torch it

 

I'll take it?

 

Sorry to here more hold ups mate! Just when you finally got the tune done

[vicelore]

Yup.. End of straws here.. I forking hate paying mechanics for their time and them not fixing the problem.. 

 

I know they are trying things to fix it but im now down atleast 4 hours at $125 a hour for a solution that didnt solve it..

 

All its done is rule out the actually cams being the problem..

 

AERH>>

[Liberty]

Stick in there man. It'll all be worth it after everything checks out.

[Scuba-Roo]

DIY

[cameron]

i don't understand how they are charging you for the labour to fix something on an engine that they built. If they built the engine thats not working they should be fixing it. obviously if the issue is found to be in a part of the work which you did at home before taking it to them i can understand.

[vicelore]

They blame wiring etc.. which I did but as far as I know the loom to the engine from the ECU would of stayed intact..

 

I think the parts where the cams are controlled wasnt rebuilt .. I dunno.. its kinda falling into a place of limbo and im taking the fall for it..

[allpaw4]

Workshops will always try and blame someone/something else that isnt of their making for problems. That way you still pay them. Take the hard line on this one man. If they built the damn thing, they should be making it work. And if they didnt have the heads apart for at least a clean when they did the build, they should be shot for missing a major part...

[vicelore]

So they have found whats causing the drop out on the AVCs .. they checked the pin outs on the ECU and all looks good.. And then followed down the loom so all looks ok electrical wise.. 

 

SO its been put down to dodgy Inlet cam sprockets.. SO trying to source some now as subaru want $600 a side for them.. 

 

This may be the last thing tho

[vicelore]

Parts on their way.. thanks again Bobbyjimmy

[Beckers]

Great news on the cam gears, Hope it's all fixed & perfect soon.
Chin up mate.

[vicelore]

Yea It is man.. And ive saved myself a easy $400 by shopping around..

 

Looking forward to seeing how it goes after the tune.. It was only margin-ably faster than when the 2.5 was in it running wastegate pressure..

 

Im sure 24 PSI and 242 kw will be noticeably quicker.. I've been waiting so long to get the Mrs in it and make her scream.. 

[Beckers]

Easy to make the Mrs scream, just spent more time & money on it.
When to we get to see it again.

Do you still have your old tailshaft 4 sale ???

[sbv]

Don't need 242kw for that if you have a wagon

[vicelore]

Hahaha.. Passenger seat is nearly as good as a big boot lol...

 

Umm hopefully Ill get it down to the meet next wend !!

 

Your after the standard 5 speed liberty tail shaft ?