3 night in a row now
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3 night in a row now
Well keep in mind I am green at this 4wd thing but learning every day. So I put my Patrol in to have the EGR plate installed, install Dawes needle valve, catch can and ARB diff breathers. I pick up the Patrol and the check engine light comes on within the first 5kms. I take it back and after they go over it they decide to remove the plate because they can't clear the light.
When I get home I realise they didn't show me any of the work they had done so I lift the bonnet to see what's changed. There is a shinny round thing trapped between some hoses that seem to be holding it in place. I'm guessing that is the Dawes needle valve, not what I was expecting but.....
Anyway after searching for a couple of minutes I find one hose with a filter type thing on the end. I'm guessing this is the diff breather kit. The catch can is pretty easy to find and it looks pretty good it has a tube running from top two bottom to display the level of the oil inside.
I take the Patrol on the freeway and I notice the boost is now sitting around 20psi. So I pull over and find the hose has blown off the shinny round thing, I connect it up again and all is good. So this is indeed the Dawes needle valve. No knob inside the vehicle, only under the bonnet so I'm once again guessing that the needle valve is an automatic one. It does work pretty good, turbo spool up is a lot faster and the engine just seems to be rung a lot smoother.
Anyway this gets me thinking, hey I asked for an ARB diff breather kit, there's only one breather I can find under the bonnet. After I read the reciept it says that they installed a custom diff breather kit. I specifically asked for the ARB kit. If there is only one breather could they all be feeding into the one hose from somewhere deeper inside the engine bay? Or do you think they just hooked up the 2 diffs?
This all makes me a tad angry, I didn't know to ask for a manual Dawes needle valve and they didn't ask me. They just installed it. I did ask for the ARB diff breather extension kit and they installed a custom job and in the end they just took my dollars and explained nothing. I suppose looking back I should have asked them to run me over what they had done but at the time it didn't seem necessary.
I do t think I'll be going back there any time soon.
Mate you need to take that back to them. It doesn't really matter what the job was, you have not been given what you asked for. If you asked for 4 breathers you should have got 4 breathers. If you requested an ARB anything you should have got it. Also the fact that hoses were falling off valves and things indicates very poor workmanship. The story about the EGR plate is astounding. I figure you asked for it to be installed in the engine, not in the glovebox because it made the engine light come on. If I employ someone to do somthing I expect them to do it. Mate, I have my own mechanical business, all be it not automotive, and if I don't do what my client asks for he doesn't pay me. End of story. Example if I am asked to install a XYZ box I have two options, either do it and tune the machine to suit, or say I'm sorry sir, I can't fit that mod to that machine. i can't take his cash and then say I couldn't make it work with an XYZ so I took it out.
Made a boo boo at work (yeah I know right!! My bad) so whilst running around in a panic to fix it so the Damm salesman could deliver the car the same sale sales guy comes at me in panic mode because wheels haven't yet been swapped over in another car he's delivering !! WTF
A) wheel swap WASNT on the contract and I'm not a god dam mind reader
B) that FREEKING car hasn't even been booked for delivery so guess what dickhead ?? It AINT GOING anywhere !!! And
C) what do you want done? The boo boo on the car car booked OR wheels swapped on a car not booked !! Grrrrrr
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picked my nose and now its bleeding
BWAHAHAHAHA did Ya eat it?Quote:
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too bloody right I did, can't let something as tasty as dried up boogah go to wasteQuote:
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You crack me up!!!!Quote:
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Follow the diff breather hose back they may have a "t" piece down in the bay that goes to front and backQuote:
Originally Posted by Patrol-Guy
I'll check it out, thanks.