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I realllllly didn't want to have to post this, but as much as I geared myself up to expect it, I did kinda hope that it wouldn't happen to me.... but it has...
Poor little beasty has had a tiff with it's camshaft and as such is rattling away like good-'un. MV have taken the car in and had a look, and are sending the engine off to Blackpool for a rebuild. So for a few weeks UR 02 SLO is going to be IM 02 SLO...
Still hasn't put me off the car, just sad to see that there's still a few issues with the engines. Or maybe mine's just a bit of bad luck and a one off, who knows...?
Anyhow, the car would have been off the road now anyway, for winter, and I had a load of bits of pieces for the dealer to look at under warranty so it would have gone in anyway.
Ho hum...
-andy-
Poor little beasty has had a tiff with it's camshaft and as such is rattling away like good-'un. MV have taken the car in and had a look, and are sending the engine off to Blackpool for a rebuild. So for a few weeks UR 02 SLO is going to be IM 02 SLO...
Still hasn't put me off the car, just sad to see that there's still a few issues with the engines. Or maybe mine's just a bit of bad luck and a one off, who knows...?
Anyhow, the car would have been off the road now anyway, for winter, and I had a load of bits of pieces for the dealer to look at under warranty so it would have gone in anyway.
Ho hum...
-andy-
Car is on 11,600...
Interesting point about setting of the valve clearances..
Wonder if it's possible to find out from the factory whether it was a camshaft hardening failure (?) or bad setup that caused it.... Would they admit to either?
Donut's and burnouts - be pretty sad if the camshafts gave up because of that! Just the same as driving down the road... just you're not going anywhere..
Simon at MV said probably around 4-5 weeks. Not been confirmed yet. Going to ring Redhill tomorrow to get a good idea.
-andy-
>> Edited by sixspeed on Monday 4th November 01:41
Interesting point about setting of the valve clearances..
Wonder if it's possible to find out from the factory whether it was a camshaft hardening failure (?) or bad setup that caused it.... Would they admit to either?
Donut's and burnouts - be pretty sad if the camshafts gave up because of that! Just the same as driving down the road... just you're not going anywhere..
Simon at MV said probably around 4-5 weeks. Not been confirmed yet. Going to ring Redhill tomorrow to get a good idea.
-andy-
>> Edited by sixspeed on Monday 4th November 01:41
Ho hum.
Out of interest Jools, my car went all the way through to 11k with no problems regarding slow idling. Don't know if they did an adjustment without me knowing at the 6k service, but i doubt it.
Admittedly, just before the camshaft started rattling away, the idle was starting to hover around the 700rpm mark rather than the 800/900 as it had been up til then. But it was on 11600 miles, so falls within the expected service schedule..
Don't believe my problems were owner inflicted. Car was looked after. Yes, I drive the car hard, but it was always after the engine was fully up to temperature...
-andy-
Out of interest Jools, my car went all the way through to 11k with no problems regarding slow idling. Don't know if they did an adjustment without me knowing at the 6k service, but i doubt it.
Admittedly, just before the camshaft started rattling away, the idle was starting to hover around the 700rpm mark rather than the 800/900 as it had been up til then. But it was on 11600 miles, so falls within the expected service schedule..
Don't believe my problems were owner inflicted. Car was looked after. Yes, I drive the car hard, but it was always after the engine was fully up to temperature...
-andy-
Still no sign of UR 02 SLO.
When I spoke to MV on Friday, the engine was still at the factory. Not bothered that it's taking longer, as I'd not be driving it a great deal anyway, but I will expect to be getting some sort of compensation for the loss of the car for this length of time.
Free service perhaps?
-andy-
When I spoke to MV on Friday, the engine was still at the factory. Not bothered that it's taking longer, as I'd not be driving it a great deal anyway, but I will expect to be getting some sort of compensation for the loss of the car for this length of time.
Free service perhaps?
-andy-
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