valve spring issue? - Page 51 - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

zc06_kisstherain · 01-12-2019, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by shiumai

Got my letter in the mail today. I expected it to come, though. Have to stop by the dealership in the next few weeks to see how they're going to deal with my Edelbrock supercharger. Being in CA puts us in a bind as I heard that you can't renew your registration unless this recall is addressed. I might have bought myself a bit of time by renewing this year's registration online a couple of weeks ago. Hopefully I'll get my tag for 2020 and have time to wait for others to get the recall done before I bring mine in. I don't want to be the guinea pig, especially with FA.

I am in same boat.
i have phatom SC and full bolts-on and southbend stage 2 clutch and velox clutch fork on it.

carbonBLUE · 01-13-2019, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by ermax

Wait you are telling me your timing cover isn't leaking? You must have gotten a lemon. Hahaha

I have a leak somewhere... not sure where exactly though... its been there for like 80k miles but its so small that i dont really even need to top it off between oil changes... might lose an once every 3k miles and ive been changing every 10k without any problems or bad results from blackstone.

BRZnut · 01-13-2019, 08:06 AM

Ok , so my letter from Subaru came yesterday. I do not want to be the first in line so I am going to wait to call for an appt. (let them try this out on other BRZs first)

My question--if I delay getting it done and one of the springs go and destroy the engine, will the repair be covered? or will Subaru say I am out of luck since I didn't call right away for the spring replacement??

ermax · 01-13-2019, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Dake

According to the procedure breakdown, they do some suspension disconnections for automatics, which makes this extra concerning because presumably the OP has a manual.

Yeah this guy has as manual but even on the auto, if I recall correctly, they only disconnect the ARB. Disconnecting the ARB alone would have no impact on alignment.

Dadhawk · 01-13-2019, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BRZnut

...My question--if I delay getting it done and one of the springs go and destroy the engine, will the repair be covered? or will Subaru say I am out of luck since I didn't call right away for the spring replacement??

I can't answer your question directly but logically they have no way of proving you got the notice, only that they sent it. Also, they are also paying for repairs retroactively (or it least Toyota is) as long as you have the receipts showing the valve springs were the cause. Also, the chance of having this failure are pretty small to begin with....

BRZnut · 01-13-2019, 04:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Dadhawk

I can't answer your question directly but logically they have no way of proving you got the notice, only that they sent it. Also, they are also paying for repairs retroactively (or it least Toyota is) as long as you have the receipts showing the valve springs were the cause. Also, the chance of having this failure are pretty small to begin with....

Good point. Not sent by certified mail, so who knows when or if I got the notice!

NoHaveMSG · 01-13-2019, 05:09 PM

Anyone who as taken in a modified car care to share how it went? I will be contacting my local dealer soon about the recall, but I am on full exhaust, tune, ect. I can't imagine it will be an issue.

stockysnail · 01-13-2019, 05:56 PM

I'm a little weary of taking my car in for the valve spring recall. My engine internals are not modified but everything else is (supercharger, oil cooler, etc).

Endless Mike · 01-14-2019, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by ermax

Yeah this guy has as manual but even on the auto, if I recall correctly, they only disconnect the ARB. Disconnecting the ARB alone would have no impact on alignment.

Yeah, it's a manual. My plan is when I get my car back to contact Toyota Corporate and complain, and get them to pay for a realignment elsewhere (it probably won't actually need it, but if the dealer is saying they took out suspension parts, I'm going to take them at their word), and then never go back to this dealer.

alan.chalkley · 01-14-2019, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ragin Gti

'13 BRZ production date 12/9/11 - 7/2/13 are recalled for the valve springs.

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My letter states from start of production to 14th May 2013

Ragin Gti · 01-14-2019, 09:17 AM

Those are the dates listed on the Subaru USA recall, other countries may have different dates.

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DarkPira7e · 01-14-2019, 09:28 AM

Car is in the dealership's hands now. They're replacing the clutch and plugs as well. I'll update if they bitch about the oil cooler! I imagine the labor I get charged for the clutch won't be the same for everyone, as it seems like it's up to the tech to determine how long it takes them to remove 14 bolts and slide the new hardware on.

Tcoat · 01-14-2019, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e

Car is in the dealership's hands now. They're replacing the clutch and plugs as well. I'll update if they bitch about the oil cooler! I imagine the labor I get charged for the clutch won't be the same for everyone, as it seems like it's up to the tech to determine how long it takes them to remove 14 bolts and slide the new hardware on.

They won't bitch about it but they may charge you for any additional work it creates. The answer to the many people that asked "what about my modified car" was buried in this thread all along.

https://techinfo.toyota.com/techInfo...p/j02tofaq.pdf

DarkPira7e · 01-14-2019, 10:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

They won't bitch about it but they may charge you for any additional work it creates. The answer to the many people that asked "what about my modified car" was buried in this thread all along.

Glad I told them not to re-install it! Thank you, I did totally miss this.

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BRZnut Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Drives: BRZ DGM Limited Location: USA Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 5 Thanked 431 Times in 250 Posts Mentioned: 8 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ok , so my letter from Subaru came yesterday. I do not want to be the first in line so I am going to wait to call for an appt. (let them try this out on other BRZs first) My question--if I delay getting it done and one of the springs go and destroy the engine, will the repair be covered? or will Subaru say I am out of luck since I didn't call right away for the spring replacement??

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Ragin Gti Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Drives: '15 Subaru BRZ Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 93 Thanks: 8 Thanked 58 Times in 35 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Those are the dates listed on the Subaru USA recall, other countries may have different dates. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

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DarkPira7e Rust bucket enthusiast Join Date: Feb 2017 Drives: 2013 Turbo Firestorm FRS Location: Vermont Posts: 3,934 Thanks: 3,200 Thanked 4,095 Times in 2,045 Posts Mentioned: 31 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Car is in the dealership's hands now. They're replacing the clutch and plugs as well. I'll update if they bitch about the oil cooler! I imagine the labor I get charged for the clutch won't be the same for everyone, as it seems like it's up to the tech to determine how long it takes them to remove 14 bolts and slide the new hardware on.

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