Rant about Wasted Money and Bad Workmanship!!!

Mustangbelle306 · 01-22-2002, 08:59 AM

I am soooo pissed!!!!!!!

I don't know if most of you are aware of how long and how much money it has teken me to build my 306...but after all the problems with money, and finally get her finished, the damn thing is burning oil almost as much as before with my bad rings and seals!

I keep taking the stupid car back to the machine shop, and they keep feeding me BS. They are nice people, but quite frankly I think they have no idea what is going on with it. First time they told me it was because I was running a chrome breather on my Motorsport valve cover

so they CHARGED me for a stock oil cap, and SURPRISE! still spillage and burning. Sooooo...back in she goes, and this time the suspected culprit is the PCV valve...replaced twice, still burning and spillng oil.

Now I might not know much about the engine, but after trying to inspect what's giong on myself, due to the oil covering the back if the intake, I'm thinking its either STILL the PCV, or maybe the new idiot mechanic installed the intake gasket incorrectly, and its leaking from there. I know it isn't something major, because the car is NOT down on power AT ALL, and I haven't even been able to really get on it due to my current suspension issues. I'm just so annoyed that after all this drama and waiting, I'm still looking ghetto with smoke flowing out my pipes and smelling like burnt oil...

On a side note, when my fiance's Beretta was surging, he requested that they take a quick look at the engine before he had to drive back the 400+ miles to NJ. So what do they do? Start pulling wires off the distributorless 3100 engine WHILE its running, and annouce that he needs new valves....the real problem? A wire arcing against the header....

Kinda reduces your confidence a bit eh??

She's currently parked in Jersey, but once I get her back down here and back to the shop....if they don't fix it this time...their 12 month warranty agreement is going to be shown to my lawyer...and I wlll make them foot the bill to someone else to figure out what's wrong with the engine THEY built. Grrr....

01-22-2002, 08:59 AM	#1
Mustangbelle306 Yay for Chickys Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,532	Rant about Wasted Money and Bad Workmanship!!! I am soooo pissed!!!!!!! I don't know if most of you are aware of how long and how much money it has teken me to build my 306...but after all the problems with money, and finally get her finished, the damn thing is burning oil almost as much as before with my bad rings and seals! I keep taking the stupid car back to the machine shop, and they keep feeding me BS. They are nice people, but quite frankly I think they have no idea what is going on with it. First time they told me it was because I was running a chrome breather on my Motorsport valve cover so they CHARGED me for a stock oil cap, and SURPRISE! still spillage and burning. Sooooo...back in she goes, and this time the suspected culprit is the PCV valve...replaced twice, still burning and spillng oil. Now I might not know much about the engine, but after trying to inspect what's giong on myself, due to the oil covering the back if the intake, I'm thinking its either STILL the PCV, or maybe the new idiot mechanic installed the intake gasket incorrectly, and its leaking from there. I know it isn't something major, because the car is NOT down on power AT ALL, and I haven't even been able to really get on it due to my current suspension issues. I'm just so annoyed that after all this drama and waiting, I'm still looking ghetto with smoke flowing out my pipes and smelling like burnt oil... On a side note, when my fiance's Beretta was surging, he requested that they take a quick look at the engine before he had to drive back the 400+ miles to NJ. So what do they do? Start pulling wires off the distributorless 3100 engine WHILE its running, and annouce that he needs new valves....the real problem? A wire arcing against the header.... Kinda reduces your confidence a bit eh?? She's currently parked in Jersey, but once I get her back down here and back to the shop....if they don't fix it this time...their 12 month warranty agreement is going to be shown to my lawyer...and I wlll make them foot the bill to someone else to figure out what's wrong with the engine THEY built. Grrr....