Suspect Timing...Judder from the front...

just instructed them not to do any ordering of new coil packs until theyve fitted the gaskets and ive driven it.

Hopefully should pick it up later today.

Not impressed!

Right guys/gals.

Got the car back last night after many phone calls (explain later). On arrival the garage was shut, and the car was clearly to be seen at the polish carwash place across the road (nice).

Finally a mechanic appeared and handed me the keys which were left in clear site on the office table, unmanned, side-door open to the public. (nice).

Got the car back and gave her a good wash/inspection and low and behold the passenger wing and passenger-side nose-cone have lacquer scratches – some deep – NOT F-ing HAPPY by this point. Opened up the engine bay and inspected all areas and oh...theres a shiny silver torque wrench extension bar sat in the windscreen wiper / lower windscreen enclosure. I then started looking harder...frown lines steadily increasing, and I notice a bright green handle sat right down in the duct which sits above the back of the engine....i was absolutely furious.

More-over the problem is still there after some trouble with the mechanics themselves... Ordering parts in against my specific wishes not too (extra coil packs..a whole new set of spark plugs (mine are only a few weeks old which they well know) both coils and sparks can easily be tested anyway!! Plus when I went in on Saturday, my engine cowel etc were lying on the floor and the lads had dropped two washers down into the spark plugs (one of which had to be broken to remove the washer)...god knows what wouldve happened if they hadnt noticed more dropping into the top of the block (cam covers were removed) plus my air filter was on the floor covered in oil and leaves etc – which luckily I checked when I got it back last night – still full of oil and debris!!!

Went back this morning and told them exactly what I found, and that I was not happy in the slightest. Luckily no money has passed their way. I may, or may not pay them for changing the cam gaskets...depending on the scratch situation...if I cant successfully remove them then it will go to the bodyshop.

Watch this space.

...tell me about it chap.

when confronted, the owner was so blazé about his garages workmanship and lack of care and pride in the job, and damage to my car i could have throttled him.

ive now found another specialist in nottingham to proceed with the solution to the problem. They have been recommended by friends and clients...recently stripped and rebuilt an M5 engine so they cant be bad!

£40 ph is pretty good value too.

car went into the NEW specialists yesterday...all together much slicker outfit and a handful of very expensive cars being worked on...garage floor nicely painted and tools in ....tool chests!

Today theyve diagnosed the fault as an intermittent failure on one of the lambda sensors causing the ECU to shut down the left bank. (think its left).

new sensor to be fitted tomorrow and the cats are being scrutinized also.

Thanks reinhard et al!

hi reinhard,

they have suggested a cat replacement as one is deffenately on its way out.

the engine doesnt misfire now when the exhaust is cold...when its hot it does misfire which they warned about.

So new cat is going on next tues.

cats now been replaced as have 2 rear suspension bushes and some front **** arms...not sure what these bits are but apparently there was a small amount of wear.

car now runs perfectly!! and ive finally found some guys who actually know their stuff! :))

me too chap...luckily i managed to knock off a couple of thou when i bought her 4-5 months back so im encroaching upon the original asking price now...

The car now feels totally different to what she was before so its nice to "feel" the difference through the handling and performance rather than just spending huge amounts on things that make little or no difference.

...next up is the centre resonator delete...just trying to find someone to mandrel the pipework.

thanks again reinhard et al with my original problem.

Hi Argonaut!

just checked the engl kit out...looks very well made!

are the X-pipes available for my M62 V8? as it states M70 series V12?

many thanks for the heads up!

i await your reply.

thanks, Ben.