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Old 08-11-2015, 04:45 PM   #1
tracerit
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Did something stupid, left OFT E85 tune in while bringing car for service

I've had this squeaky clutch for a while now and have been meaning to bring it in to get it looked at. There's only one dealership I'm willing to go to now and it's far from me but this week I'm staying at my sister's place and I passed the dealership on the way to work. Decided to drop in and have them look at it. The tech mentioned that it maybe the throwout bearing and another part needing lube. I agreed to let them work on it after being told it'll be covered under warranty.

As I'm walking out to my car to get the sunglasses, the techs looked a bit confused with their computer. They asked if I made any changes and I had an "oh shit" moment. Luckily I still have the Grimspeed Intake on and told them it was a tune for that, rather than me running E85. Hopefully no one can smell the E85 :/

I'm now concerned they'll invalidate my powertrain warranty after investigating and determining it's not just the MAF change but that I'm also tuned to run on E85. Does that invalidate my ENTIRE powertrain warranty and they won't cover the clutch work? Or will they still cover the clutch work unless they can prove the ECU changes caused the squeaky clutch (highly unlikely).

If they do fix the squaky clutch and make no comments about the ECU, then all is good. However if they do mention it, but will still work on the clutch then i'll have learned a lesson to not be so careless next time. If they decide to invalidate my entire warranty... well i'm going to probably cry for a day then might as well look into supercharging.
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