boost69 Legacy Donating Member 737 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Posted 10/02/06 06:04 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:04 AM Whent to Ford last week as car was making tapping noise.They couldnt figure out where the noise was comming from so they told me they need to rebook it for the engineer to check it out.They specificaly said I could drive the car as nothing was going to pop.Well guess what? I had a rod puch through the side of the block.Im fuming!!!Cant beleive a car which is essentialy stock can sustain such damage!!!I also cant believe the Ford people let me drive the car.I anticipate the Ford people giving me the biggest run around now!!!!I bet they will try and find any excuse not to replace my motor......I seriously dont know where I stand....
Paradoxx Colossal Member Member 5,049 Member For: 22y 30d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 10/02/06 06:09 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:09 AM What mods?The fact u reported the noise means they are obligated to act on this, as they assured you you could drive it.
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/02/06 06:09 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:09 AM If they find the exhaust and edit you were running you might have an issue.
F6_Tornado F6+300+ Member 940 Member For: 21y 10m 15d Location: In The Ute Posted 10/02/06 06:24 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:24 AM What mods?The fact u reported the noise means they are obligated to act on this, as they assured you you could drive it.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>As long as its documented!!!
boost69 Legacy Donating Member 737 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Posted 10/02/06 06:31 AM Author Posted 10/02/06 06:31 AM The car has been towed to the dealership and the only mod on it is a cat back herods 2 x 2.5 inch exhaust system.
wiresquire Member 266 Member For: 21y 9m 29d Posted 10/02/06 06:32 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:32 AM LOL @ AdamOct 31 2005: Flash, catback 205rwkw. Dodgy tune?Jan 26 2006: Tapping noise from motor exh, flash, k&nJan 27, 2006: Capa flash & ford warranty, can ford find out I've been flashedFeb 10, 2006: Rod punched out side of block. "Essentially stock". ws
Adam Here since the start... Legacy Donating Member 10,282 Member For: 23y 4m 28d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 10/02/06 06:35 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:35 AM The good old "find members topics" button strikes again!
FPV 521 FPV521 Member 989 Member For: 22y 18d Gender: Male Posted 10/02/06 06:51 AM Posted 10/02/06 06:51 AM I dont have a Turbo anymore but remember my dealer telling me that they can tell if you have had an edit done.Apparently when they plug there computer in they can see what kind of boost, mixture etc the car has been running, so just incase that was true I never did an edit as if I blew the car up during warranty I couldnt afford to fix it. (Should say didnt want to) How true this is I dont know. They also told me that Ford wouldnt honour they new car warranty if such a mod had been done. Might be different in NZ.Good luck with it anyway
boost69 Legacy Donating Member 737 Member For: 21y 4m 4d Posted 10/02/06 06:56 AM Author Posted 10/02/06 06:56 AM Well that's how the car is in its present form.The car should be able to handle slight mods but its obvious the xr6t has some major workmanship issues.Punching rods out of the block should normaly happen when your running rediculous boost.The xr6t is popular because it has the potential to unleash extraordinary power.Its obvious though now that it cant handle even the slightest increase in power reliably.Prob reason why the Phoon got the strenghtened rods.I could understand if I was running stupid boost but I wasnt.The car was dynoed to make sure it was within safe pametres
shockF6 Legacy Donating Member 478 Member For: 20y 11m 19d Location: Melbourne Posted 10/02/06 07:05 AM Posted 10/02/06 07:05 AM Well that's how the car is in its present form.The car should be able to handle slight mods but its obvious the xr6t has some major workmanship issues.Punching rods out of the block should normaly happen when your running rediculous boost.The xr6t is popular because it has the potential to unleash extraordinary power.Its obvious though now that it cant handle even the slightest increase in power reliably.Prob reason why the Phoon got the strenghtened rods.I could understand if I was running stupid boost but I wasnt.The car was dynoed to make sure it was within safe pametresmaybe your definition of "SAFE" needs to be put under the spot light for scrutiny
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