Oh No - Not again
Discussion
Well,
As you may remember from many of my posts since September last year my engine has been rebuilt 3 times, the last in May 2002 returned to me on the 1st June.
Well since then I have had it serviced 2 times, 1st the 1000 mile after engine rebuild and then again at 6000 miles, both perfect, standard services that showed no problems.
The car has been running perfectly since then and have had no problems whatsoever.
Well went in 3 weeks ago for some paintwork touch up and a service to follow, well Brooklands, who I now know are no longer a TVR dealership, started the service on Thursday of last week with me due to pick the car up on Friday PM for the weekend.
I get a phone call from them Friday stating that the engine is knackered yet again.
As I am sure you would agree I was not to pleased, phone TVR to ask about timescales, warranties, loan car etc, they are not in? they finish at 2pm on Fridays......
What am I to do? My wife is not talking to me (which may not be a bad thing) she wants me to get rid of it and get a beemer, as they are reliable..... I am fed up with only having my car for 8 - 10 weeks at a time before it goes on holiday to Blackpool.
As you may remember from many of my posts since September last year my engine has been rebuilt 3 times, the last in May 2002 returned to me on the 1st June.
Well since then I have had it serviced 2 times, 1st the 1000 mile after engine rebuild and then again at 6000 miles, both perfect, standard services that showed no problems.
The car has been running perfectly since then and have had no problems whatsoever.
Well went in 3 weeks ago for some paintwork touch up and a service to follow, well Brooklands, who I now know are no longer a TVR dealership, started the service on Thursday of last week with me due to pick the car up on Friday PM for the weekend.
I get a phone call from them Friday stating that the engine is knackered yet again.
As I am sure you would agree I was not to pleased, phone TVR to ask about timescales, warranties, loan car etc, they are not in? they finish at 2pm on Fridays......
What am I to do? My wife is not talking to me (which may not be a bad thing) she wants me to get rid of it and get a beemer, as they are reliable..... I am fed up with only having my car for 8 - 10 weeks at a time before it goes on holiday to Blackpool.
Thanks for all your suggestions, Jason Oxley is getting a call tomorrow from me to discuss this exact issue, he is not in today.
I can tell you that I have had a new / recon block from the last build so I do not think the problem is there, it appears from what the garage has told me today the the problem lies with the timing chain.. not being too technically minded and having done a search I can see that this could affect the block.
My biggest concern though is that the engine worked, although it did sound more rattley than normal for about 500 miles before it went in for it's service, there was no immediate concern.
I must admit, that I am losing confidence in this S6 engine it works very well when it runs but it does seem to be prone to failure, I really hope they get it fixed because I love the cars......
I can tell you that I have had a new / recon block from the last build so I do not think the problem is there, it appears from what the garage has told me today the the problem lies with the timing chain.. not being too technically minded and having done a search I can see that this could affect the block.
My biggest concern though is that the engine worked, although it did sound more rattley than normal for about 500 miles before it went in for it's service, there was no immediate concern.
I must admit, that I am losing confidence in this S6 engine it works very well when it runs but it does seem to be prone to failure, I really hope they get it fixed because I love the cars......
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