Say something, or chalk up to experience
05-24-2010, 12:03 AM
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Say something, or chalk up to experience
I'm going to paste the story below, and give the short version.
Head builder forgot to tighten one of the cam bearing caps. I've been chasing a leak for almost a weak. I thought it was the crank seal, then cam seals, then valve cover, etc I replaced all the seals, the cam seals (cam seals more than once). I bought a timing belt because the other one was so oily. (~ $100 and a lot of my time)
The head was rebuilt 4 months ago, and I found all of this now because I just got the car running.
Should I go in and say something, or are my lack of diagnostic skills too much to blame for the time and money spent fixing the problem.
If I should say something, what does a person say in this situation?
Story:
It's been a long journey chasing this oil leak, but I think I am going to have it beat tomorrow when I check again. After replacing the seals for the second time I was able to pinpoint exactly where the leak was originating. It appeared to be the seam where the cam bearing cap meets the head. I checked my manual at it says there should be some sealant under that cap, but it didn't look like there was any. I decided to pull the cap and put some on. Imagine the rage I felt when my wrench spun freely and the bolts were loose enough to spin with my fingers.
No ******* **** there was a leak. The guy who rebuilt the head tightened every cap but that one, and didn't put any sealant under either cam seal cap. I'm willing to bet that tomorrow I have no leak, I will have spent approximately 32 hrs trying to fix the leak, and spent $100 bucks on seals and a timing belt.
The head work was done 4 months ago, so I probably don't have any recourse with the head guy. Should I go in and say something or let it go???
Head builder forgot to tighten one of the cam bearing caps. I've been chasing a leak for almost a weak. I thought it was the crank seal, then cam seals, then valve cover, etc I replaced all the seals, the cam seals (cam seals more than once). I bought a timing belt because the other one was so oily. (~ $100 and a lot of my time)
The head was rebuilt 4 months ago, and I found all of this now because I just got the car running.
Should I go in and say something, or are my lack of diagnostic skills too much to blame for the time and money spent fixing the problem.
If I should say something, what does a person say in this situation?
Story:
It's been a long journey chasing this oil leak, but I think I am going to have it beat tomorrow when I check again. After replacing the seals for the second time I was able to pinpoint exactly where the leak was originating. It appeared to be the seam where the cam bearing cap meets the head. I checked my manual at it says there should be some sealant under that cap, but it didn't look like there was any. I decided to pull the cap and put some on. Imagine the rage I felt when my wrench spun freely and the bolts were loose enough to spin with my fingers.
No ******* **** there was a leak. The guy who rebuilt the head tightened every cap but that one, and didn't put any sealant under either cam seal cap. I'm willing to bet that tomorrow I have no leak, I will have spent approximately 32 hrs trying to fix the leak, and spent $100 bucks on seals and a timing belt.The head work was done 4 months ago, so I probably don't have any recourse with the head guy. Should I go in and say something or let it go???
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05-24-2010, 12:44 AM
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It's worth going in and trying, if someone does a service I would expect them to do it right. You probably won't get your money back, but you'll probably get some sort of compensation.
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