Quote:
Originally Posted by jimbobrand
Taking the car to the dealership today so they can have a look and document the issue and hopefully reseal the plate. While I understand why many of you are doing the fix yourselves I recommend taking the car to the dealership so they are aware of the problem. That way they make Subaru/Toyota aware so an official "fix" comes out of this and doesn't cause any issues down the line.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by ap1mikeo
Exactly what he said. They need to know about this issue. By bringing your car to the dealer you are helping expand the dataset of the engineers solving our problems. The better data they have, the faster we get TSBs.
my dealer resealed this plate earlier this week. I picked it up and for a few hours the smell was terrible. I'm guessing more oil spilled out during resealing, or the sealant itself was curing.
Less than a day later, the smells *seems* to be gone. there is still some smell at high rpms, but it is nothing compared to the burning smell there was before.
I'm not 100% convinced its solved (yet), but almost there.
|
I agree in part with your point of view but me personally, and I know several people in the forum agree, would not let anyone besides us work on the car much less a dealer unless its a catastrophic failure. Also, I am sure people who have already installed a TC, SC kit, will be even less willing to allow anyone to work on the engine or leave the car under the dealer watch given past well documented history of A-holes beating on owners cars.