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Originally Posted by Homeoboxter
Sounds great. Make sure the new shop documents what the previous shop (S Car Go in San Rafael?) did on your car. Using that you may want to file a claim to Better Business Bureau. A friend of mine got his money back in a similar situation when the shop charged him for replacing an expensive part in his car that was not faulty in the first place.
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Latest installment of the P1341 cam timing saga. After wasting $1500 for a solenoid I prob didn’t need and another $500 on a “engine power wash” that Prob no one ever needed, I Decided to ditch S Car Go. I took the car to Modderman Porsche in Mt View. Gave them the whole ugly story. The shop manager brought the car into their garage and came out 5 mins later with the explanation. The cam timing is 6deg off at idle. Needs adjustment, that’s all. Has nothing to do with the vario cam actuation. He explained why the CEL was thrown only when hot (I thought it was oil pressure) and why it was never thrown on a freeway. He did not understand why S Car Go didn’t pick it up. And unlike S Car Go he was confident enough to stand by the diagnosis.
Another annoyance was that I was never able to get the old solenoid from S Car Go, despite my documented request to receive all parts, made prior to work beginning. They “forgot”.
Was thinking of giving S Car Go a chance to make it right tho. Explaining all this to them. At least asking them to Cover the costs to R/R the valve cover. That cost is nearly $1000 alone in these shops. Or should I just have Modderman Porsche do the job and go the Better Business Bureau route to reclaim some of my loses?