Broken spark plug :(

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:24

Matt82 said:
yoiks. how long do they warrenty their work for??

1 year or 20000 miles which I'm currently at 10 months and 14,000 miles.

Matt82 · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:25

sick... ill cross my fingers for you

whats the summary of the work? i thought you had new software and an exhaust and got you 290bhp ish. did you go further from there?

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:26

I can see this one ending up in the small claims court.

DM · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:28

Firestar_3x said:
I can see this one ending up in the small claims court.

After all the rubbish iv read about that company i would be seriously considering ringing his neck if it didnt get put right.

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:29

I had a FMIC for a while whuch put the power to ~300bhp. As it stands at the moment the car is stock. All the mods and map were removed at a TMS Performance center a few weeks ago. Thinking about it and looking at the plugs I'm feeling they haven't removed the map or put the wrong one back on.

Matt82 · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:31

Princey said:
I had a FMIC for a while whuch put the power to ~300bhp. As it stands at the moment the car is stock. All the mods and map were removed at a TMS Performance center a few weeks ago. Thinking about it and looking at the plugs I'm feeling they haven't removed the map or put the wrong one back on.

wow. so it ran nearly a year and three weeks after they "reverted back to standard" it completely falls apart

either bad timing for them, or they did it wrong

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:32

Matt82 said:
wow. so it ran nearly a year and three weeks after they "reverted back to standard" it completely falls apart

either bad timing for them, or they did it wrong

No it ran for 2 weeks back to standard or so I assume its backs to standard.

The Running Man · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:34

how much is a new engine for one of these?

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:36

I wouldn't a clue, I'd guess about £5000 for the engine itself plus fitting on top.

Maz · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:40

Ouch, not nice mate - I hope it gets sorted without any pain!

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:46

Princey said:
I wouldn't a clue, I'd guess about £5000 for the engine itself plus fitting on top.

You will have loads of issues selling the car if it's got a whole "new" engine in it.

I say "new" because odds are he will fit one from a crash damaged VXR.

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:46

DP...

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:50

I doubt it'll need an engine if I am honest, I don't think the cylinders are damaged as there isn't any smoking.

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:53

Take the plug out and shine something down the hole, see if you can see the top of the piston (if not crank the engine till you can), if it's still running on 3 you might have a nice hole in the top of that piston.

If thats the case then the electrode might indeed be in the sump...............

Janesy B · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:56

Firestar_3x said:
If thats the case then the electrode might indeed be in the sump...............

Along with the rest of the internals of the engine

DM · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:58

Now might be a good time for that to get stolen again.

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:58

I'll go and have a look right now.

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 15:58

I just find it funny that MrLOL might be right

Princey · 4 Oct 2010 at 16:10

Ok all pistons are fairly coked up with carbon but piston 3 and 4 are slightly damp with I guess oil (valve stems??) but there isn't any visible holes or impact marks on the pistons.

Firestar_3x · 4 Oct 2010 at 16:12

Any oil in the expansion tank?

Could be oil, could be coolant, might even be fuel, (lolz) have you got something like a very stong white cloth (that won't come apart) which you could poke onto the top of the piston and soke some of it up?

Odds are its oil, you really need to check how intact the turbo is.