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RZNT4R · 10-22-2019, 09:55 PM

4 weeks on the day, I picked it up at 5 PM.

Seems to be running well, but has a slight smell of oil-on-exhaust. that takes a while to burn off so no worries yet. I wish the sealant application had been neater, I know I'm neater than that on much less critical seals, but I'm not gonna shit on it unless it dies or starts pissing oil, it's just a shame that the memo hasn't gone around after the recall failures that the timing cover on this thing needs OCD levels of neatness. The Right-Ex OCV solenoid is new... Again, not going to panic just yet, it's far forwards and low on the engine, easy to bump and break the connector on an engine R&R. I've done two drive cycles already with a cool down in between so if it had silicone in the OCV screen and was going to throw a slow response code I think it'd have done so already. I took the long way home and beat on it like I stole it, many WOT runs to 140 km/h, with everything in between being heavy handed, it hasn't spun a bearing yet.

So, on the to-do list stands: Sneak a peek at the exhaust for the oil smell and properly evacuate and pull a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooong vacuum on the AC because I know the car was outside for weeks without caps on the ac lines, and the dryer is probably saturated with moisture, a few hours of vacuum should get that out.

Oh, also: the damn thing took 12 shims.

10-22-2019, 09:55 PM	#222
RZNT4R Professional Mechanic Join Date: Apr 2010 Drives: 2017 86 6MT Oceanic Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 789 Thanks: 17 Thanked 634 Times in 371 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	4 weeks on the day, I picked it up at 5 PM. Seems to be running well, but has a slight smell of oil-on-exhaust. that takes a while to burn off so no worries yet. I wish the sealant application had been neater, I know I'm neater than that on much less critical seals, but I'm not gonna shit on it unless it dies or starts pissing oil, it's just a shame that the memo hasn't gone around after the recall failures that the timing cover on this thing needs OCD levels of neatness. The Right-Ex OCV solenoid is new... Again, not going to panic just yet, it's far forwards and low on the engine, easy to bump and break the connector on an engine R&R. I've done two drive cycles already with a cool down in between so if it had silicone in the OCV screen and was going to throw a slow response code I think it'd have done so already. I took the long way home and beat on it like I stole it, many WOT runs to 140 km/h, with everything in between being heavy handed, it hasn't spun a bearing yet. So, on the to-do list stands: Sneak a peek at the exhaust for the oil smell and properly evacuate and pull a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooong vacuum on the AC because I know the car was outside for weeks without caps on the ac lines, and the dryer is probably saturated with moisture, a few hours of vacuum should get that out. Oh, also: the damn thing took 12 shims. Last edited by RZNT4R; 10-26-2019 at 12:51 PM.