[s-cars] Blown turbo & Life lesson #3568921

[HEALY, WILLIAM L (ATTOPS)]

While on the subject...I bought a dual mass fly wheel, and clutch kit
from an independent parts supplier. 11 months after the purchase, when
installing it, I found out the pressure plate and clutch disc were the
wrong ones. (the PP was for a 7A and didn't fit with the DM FW).  When
contacted, the supplier told me I should of called sooner. Anyone who
needs these parts?  At the end of the day, I was out $500 or so.

Live and learn I guess.
Bill


-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] On Behalf Of Taka Mizutani
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 6:35 PM
To: Robin Stoddard
Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Blown turbo & Life lesson #3568921

Wow, that sucks. I guess the stories I've heard about 034 are true-
buyer
beware.

Although 3 years is a really long time- I had a similar issue with a
vendor
where they sold me the wrong part, but I didn't know about it for 18
months
(never installed it and I can't tell the difference just by looking at
it-
box wasn't labeled wrong or anything). I kind of strong-armed the vendor
into giving me a small concession, but at least the part was workable.

I'd be really pissed if the part was simply faulty.

Taka



On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Robin Stoddard <rstoddard at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> I bought a pair of new RS4 turbos from a tuner that specializes in
> Audi based mods three years ago for a race car build.  Only to find
> out (now that the car finally runs) that one of the new turbos is
> blown.  The company's response that sold them to me is "sucks to be
> you" because we (or anyone else) will not warrent our parts for that
> long.
>
> So the lesson here is, TEST your f'n parts before you install them
> espescially when dealing with a certain Audi turner/parts company.
>
>
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