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Lynton Dickens
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NSW
Soarer V8 GT-L

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Reg: 07-2005

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Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 10:37 am, by:  Lynton Dickens (Kiweed) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Driving home last night, I turned a corner, put my foot down and there was a loud metallic pop from under the bonnet and instant loss of power.
My wonderful V8 now sounded like a bag of bolts in a dryer!

I had the car toed to the workshop and this morning they called to say that tensioner pulley had sheared off and this could be because of fatigue.
The major cam belt service was done just a couple of months ago and they replaced the pulleys, so my question is do they also replace the bolts??

Has this happened to anyone else?

Should the workshop cover this??

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Tamatha Chapman
TryHard
SA
V8 GT LIMITED

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Reg: 02-2006

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Monday, October 16, 2006 - 12:42 pm, by:  Tamatha Chapman (4ltrv8) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You'd think that they would double check everything.

As for the bolts I'd be damn mad if they didn't change mine and that happened to me. I would be questioning their work and asking them what they are willing to offer to rectify this damage.

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Lynton Dickens
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NSW
Soarer V8 GT-L

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Tuesday, October 17, 2006 - 03:58 pm, by:  Lynton Dickens (Kiweed) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah thanks Tamatha,

The workshop fixed it at no charge, so it only cost me the inconvenience...

Oh, and the towing!!

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