Exhaust leak +
Hi there. About 6 weeks ago my rv engine became very loud so i brought it to the garage. They said 3 pins on the left manifold were missing so i had a leak.
I had to wait until last week to have it fixed because the shop was fully booked. They said i could drive it like that for a while without a problem other than the noise and the slight smell of gas that sometimes came in.
They replaced both manifolds and the sparkplugs cables which they said were damaged from the heat and after $3800, i drove away on my now very quiet and pleasant rig. An hour later they called me saying they forgot to install a metal protection piece and that i could just swing by on our way to our camping trip last Friday.
They installed it and we took off. A few minutes after taking the highway, the engine ride became a little rough.
The road had some hills and as we went up, the rv became less rsponsive and had a very hard time climbing and at this point it was as loud as before the fix.
I opened the dog house and noticed the EGR sensor was disconnected. I started the engine and put my hand close ro the spark plugs and could feel air coming out. I also went under the rv to check for missing pins but didn’t see any.
I did notice one of the spark plug cables seemed damaged, like it had little cuts.
On the way back, the engine was loud and unresponsive but we made it home.
I Immediately drove it back to the garage and on the way, the engine cut off completely twice while driving. Both times i started it back with no trouble, but still…
I would like to know if anyone has had something like this happen to them and also if i should be particularly worried that the shop may not be doing a good job. I’m worried that they will try to put the blame on me and try to charge me again for fixing a problem they didn’t really solve the first time around. I also noticed that the gas consumption almost doubled.
Sorry for the long post. I tried to give as many details as possible.
Thanks
I had to wait until last week to have it fixed because the shop was fully booked. They said i could drive it like that for a while without a problem other than the noise and the slight smell of gas that sometimes came in.
They replaced both manifolds and the sparkplugs cables which they said were damaged from the heat and after $3800, i drove away on my now very quiet and pleasant rig. An hour later they called me saying they forgot to install a metal protection piece and that i could just swing by on our way to our camping trip last Friday.
They installed it and we took off. A few minutes after taking the highway, the engine ride became a little rough.
The road had some hills and as we went up, the rv became less rsponsive and had a very hard time climbing and at this point it was as loud as before the fix.
I opened the dog house and noticed the EGR sensor was disconnected. I started the engine and put my hand close ro the spark plugs and could feel air coming out. I also went under the rv to check for missing pins but didn’t see any.
I did notice one of the spark plug cables seemed damaged, like it had little cuts.
On the way back, the engine was loud and unresponsive but we made it home.
I Immediately drove it back to the garage and on the way, the engine cut off completely twice while driving. Both times i started it back with no trouble, but still…
I would like to know if anyone has had something like this happen to them and also if i should be particularly worried that the shop may not be doing a good job. I’m worried that they will try to put the blame on me and try to charge me again for fixing a problem they didn’t really solve the first time around. I also noticed that the gas consumption almost doubled.
Sorry for the long post. I tried to give as many details as possible.
Thanks
