I'd be tempted to open it a see what's inside.
only for me to stare at it with a blank Expression
P38 Cold Idle Issue
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only for me to stare at it with a blank Expression
RangeRoller dt
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Probly when you find it’s empty
Advice please
570 miles after having the engine/flywheel/clutch swapped at a Land Rover specialist for a low milage unit. My flywheel has now gone again. Rattling like hell when you set off and turn the engine on and off. It just suddenly went driving home. One little rattle putting away and then next time I pulled away that was it awful.
it’s a well known specialist (I won’t name and shame yet). Who did it as a cash in hand job but still a decent bit of money.
I’m aware it being a cash in hand job ive no real consumer rights. But morally I think they’ve sort of ****ed up. As if they’ve not even checked the flywheel they’ve put in.
where do I stand? I’m going to find up tomorrow and politely explain. But this isn’t a back street garage it’s a well established specialist in a very very affluent area
getting to the point now where I’m sick of the car and looking at 200tdi pickups (the eventual plan anyway as I hold a US nationality as well as U.K. and can import Tax free)
570 miles after having the engine/flywheel/clutch swapped at a Land Rover specialist for a low milage unit. My flywheel has now gone again. Rattling like hell when you set off and turn the engine on and off. It just suddenly went driving home. One little rattle putting away and then next time I pulled away that was it awful.
it’s a well known specialist (I won’t name and shame yet). Who did it as a cash in hand job but still a decent bit of money.
I’m aware it being a cash in hand job ive no real consumer rights. But morally I think they’ve sort of ****ed up. As if they’ve not even checked the flywheel they’ve put in.
where do I stand? I’m going to find up tomorrow and politely explain. But this isn’t a back street garage it’s a well established specialist in a very very affluent area
getting to the point now where I’m sick of the car and looking at 200tdi pickups (the eventual plan anyway as I hold a US nationality as well as U.K. and can import Tax free)
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As above^^ a second hand DMF is a hiding to nothing. Personally I would fit a solid flywheel
the one installed on with the new engine was on 100k and the clutch on 5k. Assured by them it was a solid unit.
honestly on any other car or my 65” Chevy I would spend the money. But on a car that’s never worth more than a grand it’s hard to justify a £900 flywheel
where can you even get a solid flywheel? I’ve never seen one for sale
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100K a dmf is ready to fail
Evidently. And I understand it’s my job to be informed. Just slightly miffed I was assured by a well established specialist that it was solid
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Someone on LZ fitted a solid one some time ago, a decent engineering shop could make one for a lot less than a dmf
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That's why they are called Stealers.
I think I’m at the point now looking at realistic projected spending and condition of the car. That if some deal isn’t made with the specialist to put this right when I ring up tomorrow. That it’s just getting driven until it’s scrap.
I’ve got to get my Chevy back on the road. At least I can justify the money on that!
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See what the guy that did the job says, cash in hand jobs reflect more on his personal reputation to locals than the stealer jobs, he may well look after you.
I’m really hoping so. The experience with the garage was 100% positive. Family run, seem to have a very loyal customer base. Very much enthusiast run.
I’m hoping that we will be able to work something out. If it had been a few thousand miles I’d of been thinking fair play just one of those things. But 500miles just screams it wasn’t even looked at
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Not easily possible to see that the bonding on the rubber is about to let go.
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Dual mass flywheel, manual only.
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It could be a component failure? In that case it's a manufacturing fault. Unfortunately not the fitters fault if it was installed correctly.
