5,000 km and dead

[dom14]

Coupla hundred km (give or take) Perth to Brunswick @dom14!!!

In Victoria, RACV Total care covers 100km towing and even more in country areas. I reckon with such a deal, you can pretty much cover the most cost of towing if not all.

[dom14]

Ended up costing me 380 to get it there. Original quote was 650.
An to add to that, I am a sales rep on commission. So I am broke at the moment.
On the up side work lent me an SS Ute with a 350 Chev in it

Get a roadside assitance deal with an RACV equivalent in WA. It's money well spent, especially in 4WD'ing.

[Clunk]

lets hope they get it sorted and don't try and charge you for it mate......... if it's something they did or didn't do, then I'd be asking for the freight money back too

[the godfather]

Okay, I have had an update from Brunswick on my motor.
For some reason (Unknown) the engine has over boosted.
Not cause by the MAF.
This has cause the head gasket to blow between two cylinders.
Bottom end is fine, nothing wrong down there.
So the engine is coming out, head getting faced or replaced.
Dawes valve getting fitted, and EGR getting blocked.
Is this warranty?
Yes and no.
Worst case scenario is 5k, which Brunswick are willing to split 50/50 with me. So 2.5k my cost.

[4bye4]

Good news that its recoverable mate. About the 50/50 bit hmmm! i don't know what discussions were held between you and Brunswck re the original motor, but seems a of a short life for a recon motor. Not knowing the full story it's hard to tell if its fare or not, but hopefully Brunswick realise that a lot of people read these forums and will have a think if they have a similar problem. I have always said that it is not only how good a job a company does, its how they react when it all turns to crap. In my own engineering business I have had to bite the bullet a couple of times when things went south and we couldn't identify a customer/operator error. I have to say that only happend twice in 25 years operating, but never the less i coughed up and fixed things at no cost to the customer other than freight.
Just my opinion.

[the godfather]

I am sure I will be discussing more when it come time.

[dom14]

I am sure I will be discussing more when it come time.

Discuss it beforehand. If there's no operator error(as 4bye4 explained above) the right thing for the repairer is to fix it at no cost.
It's still gonna cost you anyway. The transport cost, time, the hassle of having to deal with the failure of newly reconditioned engine's failure, loss of work due to that, etc etc is costing you. If the "boost spiking" has nothing to do with the work they did on the engine, then they need to be able to explain it that it's not their fault.

[dom14]

Okay, I have had an update from Brunswick on my motor.
For some reason (Unknown) the engine has over boosted.
Not cause by the MAF.
This has cause the head gasket to blow between two cylinders.
Bottom end is fine, nothing wrong down there.
So the engine is coming out, head getting faced or replaced.
Dawes valve getting fitted, and EGR getting blocked.
Is this warranty?
Yes and no.
Worst case scenario is 5k, which Brunswick are willing to split 50/50 with me. So 2.5k my cost.

Onus is on the repairer to ensure boost related components are finely tuned and checked, so the newly reconditioned engine doesn't end up getting blown less than 5000km after the job, and end up going back to them with more headaches. Repairer/mechanic is the expert, not you.
So, based on the information given, it is a warranty issue, 'cos the part that is blown is a part they repaired.(Newly installed head or head gasket blows & no recognizable operator error was discovered)
If you've had discussed to cut corners with the repairer during the engine rebuild job, then the warranty conditions were compromised. Something like that happened to me while ago, where I cut corners by not pressure testing a cylinder head with a head rebuilder & he managed to miss a visually obvious crack by missing to repair the crack. Head rebuilder was happy to repair the crack again and resurface the head for me in my case, 'cos it was visually obvious crack(the excuse of no pressure test was done wasn't a strong argument in that case). The downside for me was the head getting machined again meant the combustion chamber compression going tad higher than for my liking. I decided not to resurface the head & opted for an off the shelf chemical solution, 'cos I believed the crack wasn't that deep. The head is still going good after four and half years, and I learnt my lesson not to cut corners with important things, even when the finances are tough.

[4bye4]

Any news on this? @the godfather

[the godfather]

Any news on this? @the godfather

Mo mews. No resolution yet really.
I spoke tot hem mid week and they said 3 weeks before I see it again