my last year and a half

B6/7 S4/RS4
#13

It wasn’t a rebuild and it was a used head so what break in would really be needed?

The oil change thing is pure BS and a shops excuse to not fix their mistakes. I personally wouldn’t have let them have the car ever again.

I actually picked up my motor from the shop after they tore down my motor and one of my heads and asked if my car was tuned. I said yes it is JHM tuned and they immediately had something to say about JHM and the tune was a possible cause of my bad valve stem seals! I was really annoyed by the comments and told them not to touch another thing. I picked the bitch up and rebuilt the heads myself.

#14

If it was a completely brand new motor? Sure. But even that is debatable. There doesn’t seem to be a set-in-stone way to break in an Alusil motor.

We need our resident motor break-in expert BenSTi in here.

#15

Haha…I spit some of my drink out…it’s funny to see different engine builders recommend different ways to break in a motor. I’ve seen some guys recommending driving it like you stole the damn thing.

#16

Yea, I have heard arguments that vary drastically on that subject.

Other than the heads, wasn’t an exhaust cam also replaced?

My thought would be that any time you put new parts inside an engine, you want to do an initial oil change at a very short interval to drain out the oil which may be contaminated from the break-in and wearing of the parts.

#17

Correct the cam was replaced along with two rocker arms the heads the are the same. And if it was a new parts or used breakin oil ok but they only used Mobil 1 oil cant think of the weight off hand but yeah it was fine and the oil was still clear gwen I pulled the pan so I really don’t think that was the issue at all

#18

Well whatever the issue that got you to this point, I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t get better service from that shop because of the owner. I hope things will work out to your benefit somehow in the end.

#19

well we shall see. hopefully on saturday the car will be running and driving so who knows lol and after seeing jhm’s heads im thinking lol

#20

Haha, yea ‘thinking’ can get expensive real quick.

#21

Yes it can but we shall see it might still sell lol

#22

ryan sucks kepe teh car at this point you have tons of time into it and all the work you have done is just helpiong adress the issues with the car. Now all the work is done.

#23

Expect the head casting issue bad the possibility or valve seals going and piston ring issues tg e has 120k how much more do you think it’s got left in it

#24

hahhaha - reading Chris and Ryan posting back and forth is giving me a headache ;D. I feel like we should chip in and send you two smart phones with full qwerty keyboards and spellcheck. Just mess’n with y’all. :wink:

#25

Haha, sometimes I wonder if Ryan on the forum is the same guy I’ve met in person and have had numerous phone conversations with because I can’t understand a thing that he types.

Hopefully they understand each other…haha that is all that matters

#26

Lmfao I got a new phone and it keeps autocorrect me. Lol but yeah I do undestand what’s going on. I hope

#27

Ok guys the cat is out of the bag now a. The shops name that did this all to me is called euro enginuity. They are based here in greenville nc. B. The owners name is frank bianco and is a douce but also will take take your money that you sent him to order you air ride for instance and never order your kit and then convince you that you cancelled the order. And make pay again. C. He fired my freind and his best employe because he couldnt pay him the thousands of dollars he owes him from not paying him. Cause he gas better things to do then pay his employees. D. He will fuck your car up!!! He said my timming chains were stretched and that I needed new ones. But what really what was wrong was the tensioner on the right bank took a shit. All and all do not go the take your hard earned money else where. Please

#28

Sorry to hear that dude. Is this the reason for selling your car?

#29

That’s messed up. I have no need to go that far out of my way, but is good to know.

Obviously they have done BHF 4.2 timing jobs before. Unless this is your car?

http://www.forums.ncdubs.org/showthread.php?t=22818

#30

Haha…that is his car man

looks like a pretty professional place…right? I’m not saying shiny floors= good maintenance (we all know the truth to that), but my garage would put that “shop” to shame.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/92800314/S4/Photo%20Apr%2006%2C%201%2016%2047%20AM.jpg

#31

Did you pay for anything with a credit card? File a dispute when he closes or goes bankrupt. Sounds like that’s what’s happening.

If you dispute a charge for work not done or product jot received its harder to prove. If you dispute a charge for bankruptcy you just have to show that they are bankrupt.

Further lots of credit cards have purchase protection that people done know about. Bought a Canon camera and then dropped it in the river Seine on vacation? Credit card pursue protection equals new camera.

There’s lots of things they offer for the outrageous interest they charge. Nobody takes advantage of it though.

#32

That’s how they can afford to offer those things. For a while there MasterCard was offering things like trips, air miles, gas offers in the tiny fine print of the information that they send you.