Some of you guys know that I embarked on a turbo upgrade and got messed around by a turbo builder.

I then bought some Protomotive K24/18g turbos and was having work done at a well known Porsche specialist.

When they took the turbos off I was told about some oil feed pipes which feed the turbos which they had to heat up to remove from the turbos due to corrosion. They said that 'its just a warning but they may need replacing.'

I visited mid job and looked at the pipes that join the turbos, they looked fine and my contact there said 'yes they dont look too bad and it all should be fine.'

I then got a call last week to say that the car has been run in the workshop for an hour and all is fine.

Car has been gone for a while and everything was set to be finished for a pickup tomorrow. I called this morning and paid my final bill.

Great!

I then get a call at 3pm to say that there is oil leaks from these pipes at the joins to the turbos and they will need to be replaced.... engine needs to be removed to fit the new pipes and its going to be 14hours labour!

Ouch..... was so looking forward to having the car back.

My questions are has anyone else had a similar problem?

Should I get a second opinion?

Also what would the labour on a clutch be while the engine is out, have a feeling I might need one within 10-15k miles, should I just do it now?

And what else is likely to come up?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks

 

WHat? get that car out and run as far as you...
what new pipes? engine removed? ??????
those hard lines to the turbos usually never go bad... I have taken them off and on many times.... even so you can change them without dropping the motor... you lower it within 10 minutes...

OIL? where is it.. on top of the turbo where the oil feeds? if so then they screwed up either the install or the checkvalve is busted thats on top of the turbo and is part of the oil feed line... usually its the install...

If you have oil on the inlet (cold side of the turbo) then maybe they overfilled with oil if you changed it.... or the check valve is busted and not working properly...
aaah... close your wallet .. get it out... find a place that knows whats up...
markski

 

It sounds like that shop it trying to screw you. I'd get my car and find someone who knows what they're doing and isn't trying to screw you.

 

Listen to Markski. If something is leaking, probable that they caused it.

 

Agree 100000 percent with Marek
R

 

Lol at 14 hours!!! Pretend like you dont have any money and that you can just barley afford the Porsche. The shop wont charge you anything more because they will think you cant afford it, so they will get your car out in a timely manner and move onto the next rich guy to rip off.

 

Run forrest run............, gotta agree with the rest of the fellas..

 

I think the oil lines are more likely to seize in our climate which could cause them to twist and then snap when being removed

Since the lines were removed without any problems and they had trouble whilst reinstalling them it sounds to me as though they messed up the install

The question has to be - why should you have to pay for it?

This work (installing the lines) was part of the job in the first place, therefore you've already paid for it once

The fact that they messed it up doesn't mean you should have to pay extra for it even if it does take them another 14 hours, which is a complete joke anyway

 

Btw - listen to Mark
He's diagnosed all kinds of stuff for me when I was having problems

The garages I went to were wrong and gave me a load of BS
I described my symptoms to Marek (which is difficult when you have to type sound effects ) but he's always been spot on

Pick the car up, tell us/Mark what's happening and no doubt it'll be diagnosed

Good luck (will you be ready for the shoot?)