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obi_ant posted:Before I bring my car back into the dealership... Sorry what is webbing? I'm sure whatever it is can be easily removed/unclipped/etc. same with the seats and you can just put stuff back the way you want it. Try a YouTube video for how to remove the rear seats but normally it's super easy. I think on all my cars it's been toolless.
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 In the crack underneath the black mesh cloth thingy. I’m looking at videos online now. Now too fruitful ATM.
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May 20, 2024 01:13
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obi_ant posted:
Can you flip the bottom seat forwards to get at it, like if you were putting the rear seats down? I don't know what car you have, but I can do that on my '03 Jetta to get to the hatch above the fuel tank and stuff.
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May 20, 2024 01:33
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Hella yeah guys. I got it! Just pulled that sucker a lot harder than I thought I needed to. The seat cousin came up
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May 20, 2024 01:36
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Last October I decided it was time for my mid-life crisis car, so I traded in the 2014 Focus ST for a 2024 GLI 40th Anniversary Edition with a manual trans. Love it so far. However, last week I got a check engine light. Checked the code and it indicated an ignition fault on all four cylinders. Cleared the code and a week later it came back. Car is just about to hit 9000 miles. Seems awfully early to start having these problems. I have an appointment with a dealer on June 8th. What pagan god do I need to offer a sacrifice to?
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May 30, 2024 17:20
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Red posted:Update: The valve was left open and I was just slowly draining oil. They closed it, filled it up and I’m fine. But now I feel like I gotta call the place that did my oil change last week. So: - The original shop checked everything over, and let me know there's no damage. There was a leak from a faulter oil adapter, so they replaced the oil filter cap, which seems to have done the trick, but I'll keep an eye out. The smell was just burning oil from the leak. - They did find some stuff that will eventually break down (axle shaft, control arm), but I'll probably get rid of the car before those need to be taken care of.
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May 30, 2024 21:11
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So let me get this straight, the opinion that "everything is fine" came from the shop that would have to pay if everthing was in fact not fine? Then they tried to upsell you?
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May 30, 2024 21:18
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Motronic posted:So let me get this straight, the opinion that "everything is fine" came from the shop that would have to pay if everthing was in fact not fine? Then they tried to upsell you? The place out of town that said a valve was uncovered was secondhand from someone at that shop's desk who wasn't a mechanic. The original shop owner walked me through everything, and I've been going to him for almost 15 years with no problems. When I first reached out to him over the phone, he was fine to cover anything if it was a mistake or due to a faulty part under warranty, so he was up front from the start.
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May 30, 2024 21:50
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Red posted:The place out of town that said a valve was uncovered was secondhand from someone at that shop's desk who wasn't a mechanic. I think the point being made here is that you potentially ran your (relatively modern, therefore very tight tolerance'd) engine for a period of time greater than 5 seconds with an amount of oil that was low or near zero. It certainly got low enough to 1) trip a DTC / set a light and 2) you smelled it. If I understood your scenario correctly, that is... Short of the OEM tearing apart the engine and checking every surface / etc, it's unfortunately one of those things where that engine is now suspect because of what happened to it. It's up to you to take your trusted shop owner's word and for all I know maybe they can borescope / look at stuff and say its good, but thinking about what potentially happened to your engine, you may want to hold them to a higher standard -- they have insurance.
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May 30, 2024 22:07
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movax posted:I think the point being made here is that you potentially ran your (modern, therefore very tight tolerance'd) engine for a period of time greater than 5 seconds with an amount of oil that was low or near zero. If I understood your scenario correctly, that is... That's good advice - and I don't intend to drive this very far, since we plan to replace the car in the next month or so anyhow.
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May 30, 2024 22:09
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Red posted:At the end of a 2 hour drive, I get off my exit and a red OIL PRESSURE ENGINE OFF! light shows up, so I pull over, and I can hear a scraping noise. I get out and smell burning oil. I wait 10 minutes and coast as much as I can to the last 2 miles. This is the part that says "engine was damaged." Your rod bearings probably took the damage. Unless they pull the pan and remove the caps, you absolutely cannot tell what was damaged. Your oil may or may not have been glitter-fied to show some evidence, but yeah things are worse than they were previously.
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May 30, 2024 22:15
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Suburban Dad posted:This is the part that says "engine was damaged." Your rod bearings probably took the damage. Unless they pull the pan and remove the caps, you absolutely cannot tell what was damaged. Your oil may or may not have been glitter-fied to show some evidence, but yeah things are worse than they were previously. Thanks, I'll follow up with the shop about that in particular.
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May 30, 2024 22:36
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I don’t really care whether the guy is your cousins wife’s brother in law or whatever you should stop taking your car there because they hosed up and then tried to kinda trick you in to thinking they made it right (which they did not). Go somewhere else that you can trust.
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Red posted:Thanks, I'll follow up with the shop about that in particular. Also make note: when vehicle says "ENGINE OFF!" that doesn't mean coast and drive gently for any distance. That means "stop right loving now" and check the oil and get a tow if needed. It's cheaper than an engine, although still inconvenient.
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