Re: what would you do......

["Joe Doty" <rocco2nr@hotmail.com>]

All I can say is...all the more reason to do it all yourself.  Not to knock 
your decision to have it done, I can totally understand not having the time 
or resources to do the job.  But I think it's worth the experience to know 
what to do when something goes wrong later on by doing it yourself, plus 
it's worth the peace of mind to know that's it's been done right.

Just my opinion
Joe

>ok...last fall i finally got my 2.0l 16v motor (after 7 months of
>waiting)......i had a shop assemble it (didn't have the time or experience
>when i initially started the project and i wanted it to be done right the
>first time)....anyway 2 months or so after having it in i started to get a
>tiny coolant leak that i wasnt able to trace easily.....replaced the
>reservoir, cap, metal coolant pipe, all hoses on the driver side and still
>had the leak.....
>i started working at a dealership and got some uv dye to put in the
>car.....traced the leak to the headgasket on very back on the passenger
>side.....
>
>i pulled the head (had arp head studs installed by the shop)....7 of the
>studs were only in hand tight, and 1 or 2 of the nuts werent hardly torqued
>on at all.........i'm surprised i didnt have a bigger headgasket leak....
>
>anyway i used a metal head gasket and installed the head studs tight in the
>block and made sure the nuts were all torqued to spec.......
>
>now as i see it this is the shops fault (there was only 3k on the motor
>from october last year till now....havent driven it due to the leak and
>lack of time to do the headgasket)....i had nothing but problems with the
>shop with this project (7 months for them to assemble the damn block (the
>headwork was done in 1.5 months)....leaking valve cover gasket because they
>pinched it  on the timing belt side.....oil leaking form the end portion of
>the transmission i had them rebuild (they put silicone sealant on the union
>instead of a new gasket)....oil leaking into the timing plug hole and
>ruining my new clutch)....
>
>what would you do if you were in my situation to help get satisfaction.....
>
>i plan on talking to the owner tommorow and tell him what i found when i
>disassembled the motor.....but i'm not expecting much....
>
>anyone else ever have problems with ARP head studs?.....i'm told there isnt
>a need to retorque them, but i'm going to anyway just to make sure....
>
>dave

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