Frankg Member 20 Member For: 21y 5m 16d Location: Adelaide Posted 27/03/06 07:12 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:12 AM Cant Believe it XR6 T has 89000 kays on it still a couple of months of warrantyWas driving last friday pulled into maccas was in the drive through with a magna in front of me... could here a weird rattle / Knock and I thought geez noisey bloody...Magna that one...!!!Then I realised that it was my car.... geeez!!!!Took the beast to Jarvis took them a day to figure out it was bent rods...Bent rods on cylinder 2 and 5.... I cant believe it...Anyone else had or heard of this problem!????Jarvis told me they have contaced Ford and are awaiting a response as to wether they will repair or replace the engine..... YIKES....I think for that kind of failure they should replace the engine actually...They have not even told me how long I will be without a car.... being a company vehicle... this really screws me around!! They also have no loan cars and if they did they wanted to charge me $50.00 a day to have one...Surely FORD should be able to pull some strings and get me a loan Car...Anyone have any words of wisdom for me????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeron Member 194 Member For: 20y 8m 20d Location: Sydney Posted 27/03/06 07:16 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:16 AM I know of someone that has had this problem on a stocker. I cant remember if it was this forum or not. But it has happened before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 27/03/06 07:19 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:19 AM What mods have you got? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 20y 4m 13d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 27/03/06 07:19 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:19 AM Any mods to the car at all?Just wondering if there is something we who do have mods need to look out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotom Team Bute Donating Members 1,550 Member For: 21y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/03/06 07:35 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:35 AM Doesn't sound too good if its an unmodified car..... You've had it since new I gather, so would be aware of its full history.Hey Frank, I gather you're on the road a lot.... Is it mainly city driving.... or do you clock up a lot of country kms? How many T's are out there with similar kms > 90000 km.I'd be concerned if its an issue as my warranty runs out soon. Hope you get a satisfactory result from Ford.tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordak Member 1,226 Member For: 20y 6m 27d Posted 27/03/06 07:55 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 07:55 AM that's some scaaaaaaary sh*tHope all goes well for you mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankg Member 20 Member For: 21y 5m 16d Location: Adelaide Posted 27/03/06 08:19 AM Author Share Posted 27/03/06 08:19 AM No Mods whatsoever to the Car....It is a company Car and I know mods would void warranty...Yes have had it since new I do alot of kays becasue iam an IT Consultant and always at clients sites all over adelaide.. Very Little country driving mainly City Driving.... It was backfiring badly before the problems as well...But I guess that was fuel... Although I have only ever put BP Ultimate in it...Have had a similar problem ages ago with bad fuel where it would backfire...I dont know if that is related to the bent Rods though... wouldnt think so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 27/03/06 08:29 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 08:29 AM It won't be an easy warranty claim, that kind never are.Goodluck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankg Member 20 Member For: 21y 5m 16d Location: Adelaide Posted 27/03/06 08:33 AM Author Share Posted 27/03/06 08:33 AM Why do you think it wont be an easy warranty claim...??Surely a problem of that nature indicates parts failure... The service guys did tell me that they have had to repair one other XR6T and have heard of a few others needing to be done... they were all under warranty no probs...I really think they should replace the engine though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 8m 11d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 27/03/06 08:43 AM Share Posted 27/03/06 08:43 AM They won't replace the engine at 89,000km. No need to really, just the bottom end should do.After 45,000km (I think) they start using rebuilt parts like trans and diff etc from what I understand.Surely a problem of that nature indicates parts failure...Before they look at it they will be suspecting it happened due to mods, no doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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