My mechanic fitter the wrong cam shaft |
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NOONS1972
Newbie Joined: 25 Feb 20 Location: Plymouth Status: Offline Points: 4 |
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Posted: 25 Feb 20 at 08:12 |
help please !! I have a 2.5 TDi 2006 T5 recently took to my garage with a noisy top end. New cam shaft was undertaken but when I went to pick it up the engine started and sputtered to idle speed but the accelerator was unresponsive. I left it with him and after another week he told me he had fitted the wrong camshaft ! He rectified this and has since fitted the correct camshaft. When the van starts now the accelerator is unresponsive on start up but responds when van gets to idle speed and its unresponsive for a few seconds from a standing start. Up through the gears and at higher speeds engine seems to be running fine. He still has the van but is now telling me I need a new engine!!!! I'm worried he has damaged the engine by fitting the wrong cam shaft ?? Any thoughts please.
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Charlie Dog
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My 2.5 TDi sounds like a cement mixer with a load of stones in it. They all seem to. How on earth could you tell it had a noisy top end? Based on above, I reckon he may have mugged you Has your motor been checked on a VAG fault reader? With any luck he's upset whichever Pandora's Box (also known as an ECU) controls engine revs.
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NOONS1972
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Well it's always been noisy I should have said NOISIER !!
Yes no faults shown
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Charlie Dog
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No faults on the reader sounds good. What reason or reasons did he give to justify the idea you need a new engine?
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NOONS1972
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none really just reckons theres lack of compression but not proven. Have since asked the garage manager to take over the job so hopefully may get a resolution soon
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Charlie Dog
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How do you feel about asking for a compression test?
How do you feel about asking what the wrong camshaft was? There is the possibility that the faulty camshaft opened valves into a piston coming the other way. There is also the possibility that the first camshaft was timed incorrectly shoving valves into pistons. Best to explore those ideas very diplomatically as you could lose such goodwill as you had. Have you seen your old camshaft at all?
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Charlie Dog
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It may be best to leave discussing
what could have gone wrong until later, if at all.
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