4DZILR Donating Members 713 Member For: 14y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney - Brighton Le Sands Posted 31/12/10 06:21 AM Share Posted 31/12/10 06:21 AM f*ck man... lucky I didnt come with ya..I would of hired a car and a trailer.. towed her down.. as you would of had to pay for tickets return and also - towing.. I feel for ya mate! 2011 brings on a new year with happyness :beerchug: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XR09 Guests Posted 31/12/10 07:09 AM Share Posted 31/12/10 07:09 AM Why? It's a modified car.Hopefully it's a simple (and cheap) fix.Yeah mate paid 29k car had 20k on it and 5 year extended warranty! Plus it has 330 rwkws and my Ford dealer agreed to honour the factory warranty. Change ya name to ADnauseam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOLDIE My new toy Lifetime Members 5,344 Member For: 21y 8m 3d Gender: Male Location: stanthorpe wine capital of qld. Posted 31/12/10 08:23 AM Share Posted 31/12/10 08:23 AM I would be worried as the dealer does not have a say in the warranty.Ford have final say onit theyy will have to get approval before they even start to fix it.Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 31/12/10 09:05 AM Share Posted 31/12/10 09:05 AM Like I said, I hope it all works out, but I wouldn't hold your hopes on the dealer. If they do get it under warranty then you've had a win.It might be an idea to hit up the old owner if warranty doesn't come to the party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vevapower Waiting for the 1st N/A 12! Donating Members 2,533 Member For: 16y 10m 14d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 10/01/11 05:19 AM Author Share Posted 10/01/11 05:19 AM OK quick update on this debacle!Car was delivered to my Ford Dealer on Thursday and they only really as of this morning had a chance to get into it.Well look what they found early into their diagnosis:-3 plugs had melted (do you think the tune was lean much) and we initially think that the pcs have gone down and into the valve seats and this is the tapping noises that we are hearing.One thing that surprised us though was that all 6 cylinders all had equal and perfect compression!So it may be as simple as removing the debris and checking the vavles if all good then screwing her all back together and we'll be all good.Or we order a new head through Ford and fic it that way.I'll know more tomorrow when they have the head off.Stay tuned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 7m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/01/11 05:51 AM Share Posted 10/01/11 05:51 AM Glad to hear they found the source of the problem. It's safe to say that just didn't happen after you picked it up.Hopefully there's no problems with the head and it just needs new plugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBOO57 Member 538 Member For: 15y 6m 12d Posted 10/01/11 11:02 AM Share Posted 10/01/11 11:02 AM What he said..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1PERFORMANCE Donating Members 104 Member For: 15y 9m 12d Gender: Male Location: VIC Posted 10/01/11 11:07 AM Share Posted 10/01/11 11:07 AM (edited) Hope all it all works out for you - my bet would be that the end of the plugs are wedged in the top of 1 or more pistons and hitting the head every time it goes past TDC. dont drive car hard with that tune or fuel in it till you get it checked - some major detonation has gone on there looking at your plugs Edited 10/01/11 11:10 AM by F1PERFORMANCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 14d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 10/01/11 02:33 PM Share Posted 10/01/11 02:33 PM Mate I might have missed something here but are Ford still doing this all under warranty? I hope there isn't some sort of 'communication problem' and they laugh as they hand you the bill. I say this because I find it very hard to believe that they'll do this if it's making 330rwkw because that's more than just a 'flash' and they bail out at that normally! We'd be talking injectors, cat, maybe pump, etc. Just hope they haven't roped you in mate. If they cover you, we'll all be happy because I've already kissed my warranty goodbye with just a tune! cheers, Bomber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
louiseanddanny 10.5 @ 132MPH Donating Members 477 Member For: 16y 11m Gender: Male Location: FALCON COUNTRY Posted 19/01/11 11:08 PM Share Posted 19/01/11 11:08 PM That sucks about your car man id be asking the previous owner like what the and who did the tuning to have that much bad luck in 24 hours,those plugs look shocking!!! I feel for ya hope everything works out man and would love to see the blue meany on the street when all is over.Goodluck and may the s be with you in this crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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