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Review: I took my engine out of my 1988 Merkur xr4ti which has a rare 2300 Ford turbocharged engine. I asked for good pistons, good bolts, and all the correct engine parts for the Merkur not a stock Ford 2300 engine. They gave me the engine back and I installed it. The bill was 1587.45. After starting the engine and fine tuning the engine was not right and ran rough with low compression of only 120. Before the engine was rebuilt it had 140 compression. By this test I knew that the engine was not right. I towed the car to the shop so they could "get to the bottom of it and get the car running right", as said by the shop. They found burned piston so I asked what pistons they used and they were a cast piston which is not the correct piston for the car. Factory piston is forged piston. On top of that the oil pan was loose leaking oil and the vaulve cover bolts were loose. So a second repair was done at my cost. I bought forged pistons and new injectors for the second rebuild to make sure those parts were correct. I paid for the repairs at an additional cost of 735.29. I drove home and oil was blowing from the engine. I found too much oil in the engine and wires broke, clamps loose and many other problems. I called them and told them the problems I am still having with the car and they laughed at me and will not fix the car right. This is very poor work. This is a collector car so the paint was in perfect shape and it now has srcatches in the front fenders and hood.Desired Settlement: I would like full refund of both repairs and the cost of the paint repairs covered.

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The 2300 Turbocharched engine was produced from 1979 thru 1989 and was available in most ford motor company vehicles. Mr. [redacted] removed his engine and brought it to us to be rebuild. Upon tear down of the engine it was discovered to have a broken Piston, a slit cylinder wall, and cracks in all four combustion chamber of the cylinder head. We were able to save the block by installing a sleeve, the head was sent to Marsyville WA to be welded. While waiting for the head to return I ordered the Parts required for the rebuild, some of which are exclusive to the turbocharged version of this engine. Our normal piston supplier had discontinued their turbo pistons, however I was able to buy a set from Speed Pro Federal Mogul Corp. they recomended a hypereutectic piston part *H599P, which in many ways are superior to a forged piston the customer seems to be under the impression this engine requires a forged piston...I'm prone to agree with a multinational piston manufacture. When the customer picked up his finished engine he was advised on break in procedure recomended oil, etc. We also suggest to all customers with fuel injected engines that they have their injectors serviced. He told us that his injectors had recently been replaced. A few weeks later the customer called and said he was having a hard time getting the engine to run properly and that he had a major oil leak. I told him to bring the car out and we would have a look at it. He drove the car here from Washington an oil leak so severe that it left a train clear through our parking lot and two foot puddle where he parked in front of our building (which is still visible). our mechanic immediately discovered that the customer had installed a typical ford oil filter (which is far too large for this application ) and his steering shaft had worn a hole in it. This was not just an oil leak, this was sprayine pressured oil. We had to install a PH 3600 oil filter and apo oil just to get it into the shop. In the shop we found many loose and missing bolts, broken vacuum lines and wires, a split fuel line and turbo oil return hose. Of curse the valve cover was loose, it had been installed by the customer. The biggest concern was the loose distributor and vacuum lines, either of which could cause internal engine damage. We decided to do a compression check and fund very low compression on the #3 cylinder so we removed the cylinder head and discovered a burnt piston. I called the customer he and his father came out to look over the situation. we felt sorry for this young man and agreed to do what would normally be a $2700-2900 job for just the cost of parts and whatever our mechanic charged us to remove and reinstall theengine. After removing the enine to Mr. injector in CDA to have them checked. This engine requires 380cc injectors ... three of which were corret, however one of theme was only 280cc. It has been doccumented tha ta 15% plugged injector can cause a burnt piston, this was 27% lean. the customer agreed to buy new injectors and also furnished his own pistons of choice. During the second rebuild it was nessasary to replace some parts, such as cam bearings and followers, due to lack of oil. Probabbably caused driving with a hole in the oil filter. After the installation our mechanic was concerned about the dipstick tube leaking and the fact that it took 6 quarts of oil for the dipstick to read full. I called the customer to ask if this was in fact the correct dipstick and tube, ... he informed me that it had leaked before and that it had a larger oil pan that required more oil apparently he changed his mind on that later. When this car arrived here it had a multitude of scratches and dings. It is a 25 year old car with original faded blue paint and is what those in the used car business refer to as a roach. We use fender covers and blankets to protect our customers cars so I seriously doubt that any damage was done here. When the customer picked up his car he was informed that the wastegate on his turbocharger was inoperable and he needed to have the turbo repaired as soon as possible to prevent more damage and to drive it very very carefully until then. the customer called sometime later complaining about an oil about an oil leak and loose clamp or something of that sort. I told him to bring it back and we would take care of it. He said he just wanted his money back. There may have been some laughter at that point.

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Description: Engines - Rebuild & Exchange, Auto Perform, Race & Sport Equipment, Auto Repair - Vintage, Cylinder Heads - Auto & Motorcycle, Auto Machine Shops

Address: 6711 E SEltice Way, Post Falls, Idaho, United States, 83854-7729

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