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UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
got the focus towed to Eastgate Ford here in Hamilton, what a disaster this turned out to be. Lets start from the top. Last night, went in and argued with service until they said they can guaranteed find out my problem if I bring the car in and pay them $100+taxes to diagnostic test it. OK, fine, might as well. Got it there today, leaving work they call and say I have a bad coilpack connection for starters, and its going to be $259+tax to repair and to call them to authorize to do it. WHAT?? So I drove straight there and went to the car...he said first off, he rigged a new plug to get it to run, but still sucks and ready to stall still..so it idles like a bag of crap if anything and sounds like a heavy cammed car. They found a collapsed vaccuum line behind my UIM, replaced that free of charge. Still doesnt run. On their laptop, says my long term fuel something isnt reading, and short term is at 35 and its supposed to be -15...basically he said its dumping too much fuel in. He tested fuel pressure and said I have AMAZING pressure, 60lbs into the rail..seems a bit high, no? Anyways..then he pointed out theres a spacer on my throttle body for reasons he doesnt know and he needs to take that out. valve cover gasket? is leaking also, under where it says Zetec 16V etc in the front/bottom left corner. Then said it needs a new timing belt most likely, and it could have slipped teeth and thats why theres no vaccuum and wont idle right. so heres the breakdown they gave me:
1. Coilpack plug and harness/wiring kit = $60, + 1hr labour at $90/hr = $150,
2. Throttlebody work, 1hr labour = $90, = $240,
3. New gasket at $50, 1hr labour = $90, = $380,
4. Timing Belt at $60, 3.5hrs labour = $375, = $755 + TAXES, total..
then he added, doing all this wont guarantee it will work either..our shop foreman even looked at thye car and laughed and said not to touch it until we fix those things. Thats when I asked for my keys back and shoveled out $160 for the plug to the coil and the diagnostic time WHICH they tried scamming me for 2hrs but I ended up paying for 1hr. Car idles terrible and since has no vaccuum, no power brakes, so I drove home in the rain at 9pm with no brakes basically and a car that wants to stall if the idle drops anywhere under 1000, thank god I lived close enough to take sidestreets to run all stopsigns and lights lol. Made it home okay, $175ish outta my pocket with still a broken car. He also complained about my exhaust saying theres no cat blah blah whatver buddy i dont care. Oh, the joys of Ford dealerships.. :(
got the focus towed to Eastgate Ford here in Hamilton, what a disaster this turned out to be. Lets start from the top. Last night, went in and argued with service until they said they can guaranteed find out my problem if I bring the car in and pay them $100+taxes to diagnostic test it. OK, fine, might as well. Got it there today, leaving work they call and say I have a bad coilpack connection for starters, and its going to be $259+tax to repair and to call them to authorize to do it. WHAT?? So I drove straight there and went to the car...he said first off, he rigged a new plug to get it to run, but still sucks and ready to stall still..so it idles like a bag of crap if anything and sounds like a heavy cammed car. They found a collapsed vaccuum line behind my UIM, replaced that free of charge. Still doesnt run. On their laptop, says my long term fuel something isnt reading, and short term is at 35 and its supposed to be -15...basically he said its dumping too much fuel in. He tested fuel pressure and said I have AMAZING pressure, 60lbs into the rail..seems a bit high, no? Anyways..then he pointed out theres a spacer on my throttle body for reasons he doesnt know and he needs to take that out. valve cover gasket? is leaking also, under where it says Zetec 16V etc in the front/bottom left corner. Then said it needs a new timing belt most likely, and it could have slipped teeth and thats why theres no vaccuum and wont idle right. so heres the breakdown they gave me:
1. Coilpack plug and harness/wiring kit = $60, + 1hr labour at $90/hr = $150,
2. Throttlebody work, 1hr labour = $90, = $240,
3. New gasket at $50, 1hr labour = $90, = $380,
4. Timing Belt at $60, 3.5hrs labour = $375, = $755 + TAXES, total..
then he added, doing all this wont guarantee it will work either..our shop foreman even looked at thye car and laughed and said not to touch it until we fix those things. Thats when I asked for my keys back and shoveled out $160 for the plug to the coil and the diagnostic time WHICH they tried scamming me for 2hrs but I ended up paying for 1hr. Car idles terrible and since has no vaccuum, no power brakes, so I drove home in the rain at 9pm with no brakes basically and a car that wants to stall if the idle drops anywhere under 1000, thank god I lived close enough to take sidestreets to run all stopsigns and lights lol. Made it home okay, $175ish outta my pocket with still a broken car. He also complained about my exhaust saying theres no cat blah blah whatver buddy i dont care. Oh, the joys of Ford dealerships.. :(
Sean- 1998.5 Black/Blue CSVT #5906