2000 miles = engine repair :(

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Jan 15, 2004 | 01:38 PM

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yea but my car really hasn't been above 80 mph yet, i was planning on a slow break in.

Jan 23, 2004 | 01:01 PM

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update:

one lobe was defective and caused the bending of my valve.

The installed a sh*tload of new parts in the engine.

Today they call and say that the computer is checking the engine out fine, but the car is taking to long to start. ie. the guy says it should go crank, crank vroom. But, it is turning over like 20-30 times before it starts.

So, they have now had my f'ing car 2 weeks and still have no real clue what is wrong with it. (exact words from mechanic)

I really can't take it anywhere else as there are only like 4 evos in the whole cleveland area so no tech has experience with them.

I am seriously considering raising a huge stink and getting them to buy it back. This is bs, I am really thinking about getting an STI now.

Jan 23, 2004 | 01:28 PM

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Originally posted by GrimDog
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one lobe was defective and caused the bending of my valve.

A defective cam lobe? Weird. You think if it was defective enough to bend a valve (not even sure how that would work) it would have happened earlier.

Jan 23, 2004 | 01:44 PM

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Don't worry. Lemon laws should allow you to get a new car or refund if the car has been out of service for a certain period of time (I think it's 3 weeks, but I could be wrong). Besides, I think every state is different.

Jan 23, 2004 | 01:47 PM

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30 days here :0

Jan 23, 2004 | 01:59 PM

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dude dont get rid of it, its like you won the lotery just a bad one, i never heard of a bad lobe on an evo yet. my friends have STis, they are cool, but once you break in yur evo and you drive a broken in STi, sure the STi is a little faster, but which one is more fun?

case closed...

Jan 23, 2004 | 02:02 PM

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I actually had a bad dream last night that my car wouldnt go over 4000 RPM and it was sounding like **** and back firing, dont ask me why i had this dream... maybe because i waxed it for 3 hours just before i went to bed?

Jan 25, 2004 | 04:06 AM

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ok before you post things like ( i had no problems... knock on wood... my car is squeeking now, i think its the water pump

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Jan 27, 2004 | 10:14 AM

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complete repair list:

2 Valve Inlets
2 Valve Exausts
3 Rocker Arm Inlets
2 Rocker Adjusters
1 Inlet Camshaft
2 Camshaft Oil seals
bunch of random gaskets
1 timing belt

seems to run fine now.