Got my letter today

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

My car is identifying as a Miata today. What a drag.

I saw that -


humfrz

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

That would be fun! A DIY. We will make sure:

• there is proper amount of cleaning around electrical or fluid connections before cracking them,
• the mating surfaces of covers when separating them are not buggered,
• nothing is dropped into an oil gallery while it's apart,
• mating surfaces are cleaned well enough before applying new sealant, and properly degreased, this is critical,
• there are no busted electrical connectors or bent pins when reassembling,
• there are no over-tightened vulnerable 6 or 8 millimeter fasteners because "we will use a torque wrench on those!"
  And whatever happens, make sure we do not rush or ignore the evacuation step before charging the AC.

I'm good with any lager or pilsner. And why can't I make the chicken?

Mrs. Ultra busted out laughing.


...and please make chicken.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

I saw that -

Ho's on point today, ain't he.

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, you can bake/fry your own chicken. What do you need? A deep fat fryer? Just an oven? Bring your own oil (if it's special) and secret ingredients. What breed and age of chicken do you require?

You have no idea. That man is the fried chicken king.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Mrs. Ultra busted out laughing.


...and please make chicken.

At least someone appreciates my work.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by humfrz

OK, you can bake/fry your own chicken. What do you need? A deep fat fryer? Just an oven? Bring your own oil (if it's special) and secret ingredients. What breed and age of chicken do you require?


humfrz

Any good young fryers will do. I will bring the Colonel Sapphire 11 herb and spice mix. And I will bring the pressure fryer. I will need non fat milk, eggs, bread or cake flour, corn oil, and salt.

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

At least someone appreciates my work.

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Lol,............

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Oh, I'm sorry. I posted wrong before.

I ment,

Lol,fu

[Cent]

Originally Posted by finch1750

Yep. Fix the timing cover leak, replace a bunch of seals, coolant and spark plug change (gotta pay for the plugs but saves the PITA labor). That's a nice little refresh. I just hate I have to get it done to renew my reg in CA as I wanted to drive another 20k miles before my plugs and coolant were due again. Guess they'll just get changed early.

Hi,

So when they did your recall they fixed all those things and you just had to pay for plugs?

Just wanted to clarify.. Thanks.

[Riftur]

Originally Posted by humfrz

^ ya, I hear that -

My 2013 FRS only has about 23,000 miles on it, and I'm not sure what I'm gonna do when/if I get a recall letter.

I looked over that post showing all the things they will have to do - and I ask myself, NOW, what are the chances of my engine surviving all that without at least a leak - ??




humfrz

My 2013 has about 33k miles and I am very worried about the car never being the same after they do this. If I do not have the work done will they cover it if it breaks at a later date or does it all land on me?

[Dadhawk]

Originally Posted by Riftur

My 2013 has about 33k miles and I am very worried about the car never being the same after they do this. If I do not have the work done will they cover it if it breaks at a later date or does it all land on me?

I'm no expert but I would think it would be covered, since they are covering repairs retroactively now. Also, they have no real way to "prove" you were made aware of the recall. Yes, they mailed you a letter but they can't show it was delivered to you.

That said, they may not cover all the damage it causes. I suppose they could limit their exposure to the estimated cost of the fix (about $2,500 parts/labor based on what the shop showed me).

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Riftur

My 2013 has about 33k miles and I am very worried about the car never being the same after they do this. If I do not have the work done will they cover it if it breaks at a later date or does it all land on me?

Well, I figure like ol @Dadhawk speculated.


humfrz

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

If it does, here's where something will go sideways. It's all in the details:

• Not cleaning enough around electrical or fluid connections before cracking them.
• Buggering the mating surfaces of covers when separating them.
• Dropping ANYTHING into an oil gallery while it's apart.
• Not cleaning the mating surfaces well enough before applying new sealant. Proper degreasing is critical.
• Busting an electrical connector or bending a pin when reassembling.
• Over-tightening the most vulnerable 6 or 8 millimeter fasteners because "who uses a torque wrench on those?"
• Rushing or ignoring the evacuation step before charging the AC. This happens all... the... time.

The actual spring replacement, valve train clocking, etc... is not rocket science. What really bugs me is that book time is based on servicing a clean system. Most techs gloss over the details for the sake of expediency. I've personally seen and railed against it throughout my professional life.


Oh, and everybody fucks up from time to time. Rare and appreciated is the guy that isn't afraid to admit it.

Thanks for the "encouraged " words, im def not drop the car for that. But i would rather bring to a performance shop to "refresh" the engine (seals, bearings etc.)

[sheady]

Originally Posted by Dadhawk

You know, the car was assembled by the Japanese equivalent of your local yocals right? It wasn't assembled by some master mechanic with some level of Zen training. Just saying...

Actually our cars have similar mileage and I was thinking the opposite. This is a good opportunity to get a LOT of zero mileage parts on my car, particularly seals, gaskets and such. I would be more likely to NOT do this if my car had fewer miles on it. I would wait until I had over 100K miles then take it in rather than replacing relatively new parts that work.

Just a different way of looking at it. It's the same reason I had the "cricket TSB" done right before the warranty expired. I didn't need it, but it zeroed out my pump.

Took my car into the dealer on Monday. it's just over 5yrs old and ~41k miles. They're replacing spark plugs, pcv valve, and cleaning the throttle body since the engine is out.

They also found an oil leak so waiting to hear if my cpo warranty will cover fixing the oil pan.