STEALERSHIP at it AGAIN!??? e60 N54 turbo warranty
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You're going to listen to a,sales guy over a mechanic? Lol
If your valve cover was leaking onto the waste gate actuator or the vac lines, all this would do is create low vac to the waste gate causing low boost and check engine lights. If the waste gate flap in the turbo is rattling, it's toast. Even with low vac it shouldn't rattle.
If your valve cover was leaking onto the waste gate actuator or the vac lines, all this would do is create low vac to the waste gate causing low boost and check engine lights. If the waste gate flap in the turbo is rattling, it's toast. Even with low vac it shouldn't rattle.
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If you have a hand held vacuum pump you can easily diagnose the problem yourself, take them out of the loop.
Yes we do prefer customer pay stuff over warranty because it pays more, I don't know that dealer operates, but if kne of our guys sells a job as customer pay, and it doesn't fix it, they don't get the labor time for that.
Installing a waste gate seperate from a turbo (which I would never do) is time consuming and tedious. You could always tell the shop you want someone else working on it. The guy working on it may not know how to properly diagnose that issue. That doesn't means he's trying to screw you over, he may just be wrong.
Either way, 45 mins of your time and 30 bucks at autozone on a vacuum pump could save you a good chunk of change. Pm if you want help testing the waste gates.
Yes we do prefer customer pay stuff over warranty because it pays more, I don't know that dealer operates, but if kne of our guys sells a job as customer pay, and it doesn't fix it, they don't get the labor time for that.
Installing a waste gate seperate from a turbo (which I would never do) is time consuming and tedious. You could always tell the shop you want someone else working on it. The guy working on it may not know how to properly diagnose that issue. That doesn't means he's trying to screw you over, he may just be wrong.
Either way, 45 mins of your time and 30 bucks at autozone on a vacuum pump could save you a good chunk of change. Pm if you want help testing the waste gates.
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