[s-cars] Was Bad CPS - Now Bad Crank Pulley

[hoog23 at aol.com]

Thanks for the replies everyone.
 
Well as of right now the the car is waiting to have the harmonic balancer and pulley inspected by the warranty company -- I imagine that they are something that doesn't normally go bad on other vehicles?
 
The only thing (besides diagnoses time) that I have authorized at this point is for the dealer to special order the crank pully and balancer.  The dealer will have to negotiate with the warranty company on the diagnostic time.  So as long as the warranty company cannot find a means to deny coverage I should be covered for everything except the $100 deductible.  
 
Note that the car is stock and service is up to date, recent oil, etc.  The belt was changed (by this dealer) at ~55K miles.
 
I was driving the car aggresively minutes before the failure.  The only possible symtoms prior that I noticed is that my idle had become noticably rougher over the last few months.  But I guess that could be attributed to other things (I recently purchased plugs and o2 sensor but had not installed yet).  
 
Dave 
 
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From: pkrasusky at ups.com
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Sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:10:04 -0400
Subject: RE: Was Bad CPS - Now Bad Crank Pulley




Tom recalled:

<<<Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:41:44 -0400 
From: Tom Green <trgreen at comcast.net> 
Subject: Re: [s-cars] [s-cars} Was Bad CPS - Now Bad Crank Pulley 
Not so, Tom. 
The CPS was changed in this case by removing and reinstalling the  
timing belt, which means the mechanic should have caught the bad  
pulley if it was prior 
damage.  If not, it was damaged on reinstallation.  You only assume  
at this point that the CPS was not faulty, and the valves were bent  
before, not after the 
timing belt was removed and replaced with the CPS change. 
I am still on that road - the dealer owns the bag unless they can  
show otherwise. 
If you had seen Dr Molk's car, you would have been out of sorts as  
well.  There were few cars with that low mileage and pristine  
condition around at that time, 
and Hoffman did not step up to bat until management stepped in- the  
service manager was the obnoxious party. 
Tom>>> 



"Pristine".  HA!

Rich Molk's car was a roach.  Low mileage maybe, but neglectfully owned / driven by his wife.  Maybe the car was solid, maybe, but it was pretty tattered looking.  And yes, Hoffman is a bunch of fools.  Oh, he lives in CT, not Chicago, and Hoffman is here.  He's got a V70R now, looked near as ratty already.
ANYway... 
Regardless, I agree with the Tom's here.  Dave you got to put gun to their head on this one.  Something's seriously f'd with their diagnosis / remedy / outcome.  They  need to make right.
Good luck. 
-Paul 
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