.. Or does this sound like a legit situation?

I'm not car savy, so I may be vague on some technical terms..

Here's the situation:


Car was rattling when i gave it gas... was told his was a leak in the manifolds, so they replaced both of them (about $750)

So I pick up the car and the next day I get to work and my car is shaking something awful, I can barely accelerate, and the check engline light is flashing... I'm on my way back to the shop.

The guy says, "Oh I think I know the problem"

Opens the hood and puts one of the spark plug caps on... everything is copacetic.... for about 10 miles... them my service engine soon light comes on again (not flashing)...

So I call and he says "oh it's probably because you were riding with the cap off and all the sputtering, it probably registered the problem... Bring it in and we'll clear the code"..

So I bring it in and they clear the code.

5 miles later it comes on again... I bring it into the shop today for them to check it out and the just called me to tell me it has nothing to do with the work they did last week and it is something to do with "Upstream oxygen sensors that are picking up lean (something or other)

With parts and labor the 2 oxygen sensors to be replaced are about $250...

now my check engine light was NOT on when I brought it in...

he says, they might be picking it up now that they fixed the manifold leak because there was such a leak before that the sensors weren't picking it up...

but I'm almost positive I got the oxygen sensors replaced last eyar, MAYBE be the year before...

Any thoughts?

Could the light be because of soomething they did?

Thanks TWW Garage

8/6/2007 11:13:58 AM

year/make/model?

8/6/2007 1:52:34 PM

99 Mustang

This is the code they said came up

P1131 HO2S 11 Indicates Lean

help?

8/6/2007 2:04:48 PM

sounds like the air pump check valve is damaged or stuck open, completely easy to fuck up when changing manifolds

8/6/2007 2:07:49 PM

do you have all your service records? Find the record that you think indicates oxygen sensors having already been replaced, and then post exactly what the invoice says ("REPLACE OXYGEN SENSOR or whatever)

8/6/2007 2:09:41 PM

^^^ i can probably tell you more about it in a few hours when i get off work, i don't have shit on my computer here

[Edited on August 6, 2007 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ]

8/6/2007 2:11:54 PM

sounds like you are getting worked over


just my opinion.

8/6/2007 2:23:14 PM

Quote :

"so they replaced both of them (about $750)"

stock manifolds run about $140 each, you coulda put shorty headers on there for <$350, and only a tard would take more than 2 hours to change them out, so thats what? $225 an hour? yes you got dicked over





[Edited on August 6, 2007 at 2:29 PM. Reason : O2 sensors are about $80 each and take 10 min to change]

8/6/2007 2:28:25 PM

I don't know if I still have the paperwork for the O2 sensors.. IF i did replace them last year. (i'm pretty sure I did) but a lot of my paperwork got wet one day, so it had to go.

So i got dicked on the manifold stuff, probably... could they have caused the O2 sensor problem I have now?

when I get home I'll post the paper work from the Manifold work they did

.... what shall I do/Can I do?

8/6/2007 3:17:25 PM

Quote :

"air pump check valve "

i though they didnt put those on anymore

that price included labor as well. those mod motor chassis dont give you a lot of room to work with so the labor is more. still it is only a v6. guess the shop charged a lot more for labor

8/6/2007 3:32:00 PM

i wanna know wtf you got these things... i want one.

8/6/2007 3:40:11 PM

Quote :

"i though they didnt put those on anymore "

very comon on new fords to meet emissions, electric air pump and electronic valve

Quote :

"those mod motor chassis dont give you a lot of room to work with so the labor is more."

so it costs per hour more to work on something that is harder to get to?


just give it up man, i have never seen you post anything halfway intelligent, ever

[Edited on August 6, 2007 at 3:45 PM. Reason : sigh]

8/6/2007 3:45:10 PM