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Robert Harik

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  • Birthday 10/14/1975

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    vallejo california
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    mechanic
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  1. Thats a huge amount of glass beads in the pan. That could easily have clogged the filter. Only the poster knows where and how far the beads got. It will be obvious. It doesnt really matter, leaving that many beads in the engine will destroy it in short order, whatever the method. This isnt a "maybe", 'well it could" ... its a major screw up by whoever did the head. The OP has not given very much info though .
  2. What/why are you trying to figure this out? Bottom line ,if you have substantial amounts of blasting media in your engine( if you can see it, you do) , its toast. No its not normal and no its not OK for the shop who did the machine work to have left it in there. Yes it could easily clog the oiling system. If the filter clogged, the filter bypass would open and unfiltered oil would go through the engine. Complain to the shop. This brings up another point , even though its the shops responsibility legally and ethically to do the job according to certain standards , its your responsibility to make sure( if you are the engine builder) that all the parts are clean( and sized right for that matter), before putting the engine together( the buck stops with you). This does not let the shop off( financially) in any way though, unless they gave you the heads unassembled and told they need to be cleaned before assembly( which would be very unusual). If you want proof for court, take the engine to another or a few other machine shops and have them write on their letter heads/ receipts what they see and what likely caused it. This , along with receipts from the shop who did the work and pictures will be good proof for court. Contact the shop with your complaint by email if you can, so you have a record of what was said back and forth. Don't mention law suit.
  3. Unplug you TPS ( throttle position sensor) and see if the problem goes away, if it does check the TPS.
  4. Getting hot is the deal breaker. Have i ever seen a subaru loose a wheel because of a bad bearing ,no . Have i seen it in dozens of other cars, yes.
  5. If you don't have an under the hood sticker /diagram for the vacuum routing, you can find factory service manuals free on line. http://jdmfsm.info/Auto/Japan/Subaru/ http://jdmfsm.info/Auto/Japan/Subaru/--Articles--/--Endwrench--/ You will have to sift through to find what you want ( hopefully there is a vacuum diagram there someplace). Check you IAC valve also.
  6. The clutch can make a huge stinky cloud if allowed to slip to much. The smell is unmistakable ( smells kinda like burning wiring and mattress mixed together). Could be your hill holder was locked on and your clutch slipped and smoked some. Check if you have a HH and if you do, make sure it adjusted right. Did you use Subaru clutch parts?
  7. First look up the codes. Since the drivability problems started after the work ,I would check that first( and any wires or vacuum hoses that could have been knocked loose /broken). Check that the timing belt installation. First look carefully for loose or broken vacuum lines though.
  8. I use to grind cranks many moons ago ,and sometimes on very expensive cranks (tractors) customers would have journals welded back up to try and save the crank. But it seemed more often than not it would warp the crank so badly that it was not usable( or there would be to many inclusions in the weld). Is this a common / reliable method now? Did some reading online , and apparently if done right , it works well.
  9. I doubt that the one rod journal can even be ground out. I bet the damage is over .050 deep.
  10. Could be a lot things , since work was just done and it didn't do it before, I would check easy stuff first. Vacuum leaks( loose/ off/ cracked hoses) did you replace your injector o-rings? ,valve clearances, compression. Move injectors around. What cylinders are misfiring( codes)?
  11. You can really damage a business just by posting complaints ( anywhere) on the internet. So know what you are talking about( do research) before posting. If I am going to do business ANYWHERE, I always look up complaints on the internet first. If I don't like what I see( like what was said above, you have to sift through the garbage) I will go somewhere else. This has saved me a lot of trouble and money. Complaining online is a very power tool and you need to make sure you are fair and truthful.
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