an ugly tale of a customers 07 wrx wih 12k miles

[ray@turbotek]

so i had someone bring me a car to because it was misfiring and someone had suggested that he do fuel rails. in the process i noticed tons of oil around his turbo area asked the guy and he said it was a previous oil leak i told him it looked fresh but he said its been fixed. so i did his rails and went out for a tune . after a few pulls i noticed more oil burning so i came back and asked him to get the oil issue fixed and come back. well the car kept missing and running rough he brought it back and i did a compression test cylinder 4 is at 25. just like i expected his external oil leak was due to the previous shop who installed the turbo not connecting his drain tube all the way and the tube was kinked. turbo also has blown seals and was blowing about 1 quart of oil every 10 mins through the intake system . this is so sad for something this new.

[Buster]

Yes it is, hacks shouldnt work on cars. How do you screw up a turbo install? It goes in the same way it came out.

[ray@turbotek]

car was tuned on utec by another shop not know who it was.
mods were vf39 installed incorrectly by another shop different from the one that tuned it
car had broken evap purged solenoid broken by the shop totally different than the ones who did the work above

car was brought back 2x to the shop that did the turbo because of oil drain leaks causing the engine to run totally dry
car was also brought to the same shop on 1 occasion for oil leaking out of the oil cooler housing after it was swapped for an sti one during header install.



bottom line find one reputable shop and stick to it, do not bounce from place to place


btw neither of the shops are vendors on our forum

[ray@turbotek]

Yes it is, hacks shouldnt work on cars. How do you screw up a turbo install? It goes in the same way it came out. i feel terrible for this customer

[Buster]

So do I. Thats pretty beat. How is the motor? Salvageable?

[ray@turbotek]

So do I. Thats pretty beat. How is the motor? Salvageable?

the block is salvageable needs piston and rings, the customer needs the car by the 13th of this month so he ordered an sti shortblock and some other goodies

[Buster]

Someones got some dough to throw around. must be nice :(

[ray@turbotek]

Someones got some dough to throw around. must be nice :(

sti shortblock
new oil pump
gaskets timing belt etc
aem alkie
blouch 18g
650 cc injectors

[Buster]

did you reco a spare tanny lol?

[xEJ20x]

I'm surprised a clutch isn't on that list....

[ray@turbotek]

alot of things arent on the list as this guy isnt rich.

we are just replacing whats broke and there isnt any point in replacing everything with stock parts

[Buster]

alot of things arent on the list as this guy isnt rich.

we are just replacing whats broke and there isnt any point in replacing everything with stock parts

Quoted for trooof.

PM the address to the shop so I can get there on time tonight.

[Racersky]

man that sucks for the owner of the wrx.....

[C'DALERIDER]

i thought you said cyl 4 was 125, still low? Geez, 25 is like not drivable...lol. That stinks! STI SB is pretty much same he is replacing then. Such a PITA! Oil feed or return 'kink', such a rookie mistake! ya only do that once!

[ray@turbotek]

i thought you said cyl 4 was 125, still low? Geez, 25 is like not drivable...lol. That stinks! STI SB is pretty much same he is replacing then. Such a PITA! Oil feed or return 'kink', such a rookie mistake! ya only do that once!
25 was the result. 125 was cyl 3

[Buster]

I have renamed this car "stinky"

[Honest_Bob]

Thats why my car only goes to people I absolutely trust. :(

[Buster]

Thats why my car only goes to people I absolutely trust. :(


If I can trust this guy to eat a burning potato chip, I can trust him with my car.


http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd308/Scoobykeith203/BBQChips005.jpg

[Vypurr]

Keith, you know as well as I do that it was not a burning chip, but rather a Bar-b-q chip!

[malloyboy1]

did he go to a shop to get the turbo thrown in or was it a diy?

[ray@turbotek]

[QUOTE=malloyboy1;775180]did he go to a shop to get the turbo thrown in or was it a diy?[/QUOTE
it was a shop that did it

[james_ls]

[QUOTE=malloyboy1;775180]did he go to a shop to get the turbo thrown in or was it a diy?[/QUOTE
it was a shop that did it

Sometimes you think "WHAT ARE THEY THINKING!"

[Buster]

Keith, you know as well as I do that it was not a burning chip, but rather a Bar-b-q chip!

even still William, even still.

[ScoobyNubieToo!]

Damn! How did they screw that up? EVen I was able to swap a turbo (with a little help from EJ220X) without screwing it up and I don't know how to do s*#t!

[Subie_sleeper]

holy crap. can this guy get any compensation from the shop (s) that screwed his car up? Lawsuits suck in general but I think one might be warranted in this case.

[ray@turbotek]

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/turbotekray/Picture013-1.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa112/turbotekray/Picture015.jpg

[ThePrimerSuspect]

where'd you end up doing it?

[ray@turbotek]

at my buddies shop, i didnt want to get the floor dirty at my shop lol