Hi,

First I want to say....Awesome Forum!

Now, here's my dilemma.

Against my better judgment, I had the timing belt/water pump replaced by a
'friend of a friend'. Now, the engine seems to be a bit down on power and
it's got a pretty noticeable vibration at speed.

I know...I already feel stupid...

I took it back to the 'friend of a friend' and he rechecked to see if
everything was lined up. And..lo and behold...he says all is normal. UGH!

While I'd like to administer a baseball bat to his cranium, I know that
it's ultimately not worth it. So....

Am I totally screwed? Anyone know any good shops in Northern NJ that can do this at a price I can live with (since I've already spent a dencent amount of $ on this)?

Thanks in advance!

Jim


Modified by JMK3rd at 7:05 PM 4/8/2005

 

sounds to me like he has the cam timing off and the balancer shafts alignment off as well have someone that knows what he is doing take a look at it

 

how much did you pay this idiot?

i don't understand these people's mentality, if you're gonna take the time to take it apart at least do it right!

 

if the balance shaft belt is off 1 tooth it with shake..... and if the cam timing is off 1 tooth (about 12 deg.) you will expirience a drivability problem, laggy/lack of power and maybe even spark knock if it is advanced

 

$700 for a new radiator, coolant, timing/balancer belts, water pump.

It was a freezing day......my radiator was pissing steam...and i needed to get back home from work (75 miles). I should have listened to the voice in my head and just had the radiator done. But.....noooooooo