He did give it a run I belive but the lack of power was not apparant till going uphill at about 40.
He probably just gave it a run to see it was running smooth and quite after the 2 jobs were done.
Timing Belt Change, Now Power Loss.
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Re: Timing Belt Change, Now Power Loss.
In all fairness, at low speeds and revs it was not really noticeable.
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Re: Timing Belt Change, Now Power Loss.
.....................and thats why a proper road test should follow any major work - maybe your man's learnt something too.Retro Bates wrote:In all fairness, at low speeds and revs it was not really noticeable.
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Re: Timing Belt Change, Now Power Loss.
I had similar symptoms-struggling to get up hills and no power on kickdown and it turned out the air intake pipe had come off the airiitake manifold
Re: Timing Belt Change, Now Power Loss.
Yep,dandywarhol wrote:.....................and thats why a proper road test should follow any major work - maybe your man's learnt something too.Retro Bates wrote:In all fairness, at low speeds and revs it was not really noticeable.
the road test is usually the bit that the Mechanic likes.
