oil leak part 2

[Henry Jay Hannigan]

---Hey George!

Great reply from a mechanics view! ur correct about implied
warranty of merchantabilty for only 90 days,. However, discovery
comes into view also..and...if it is true that GASKET was NEVER
installed, don't u thing the Installer owner has some good
faith/good will obligation to respond?

Also please note that I told Ernie to have the repair mechanic
certify the "never installed" gasket fact in writing.

Probably all moot and nothing will happen except Ernie will eat the
bill, but if it were me, and...I had the facts, I would make a phone
call to the garage owner where it was installed and share the story.

Besides, I have nothing to do in retirement and was very bored as I
have slowed my online poker down, so I thought I would respond to
Ernie...AND I got SUNBURN laying on the beach at KOolina Resort
yesterday. LOL
Hank Hannigan
90SP36(stored inVegas but for sale so I can pay my Hawaii hotel bill)
In Hawaii washing dishes..LOL





In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "George Witt" <mrdonut12@...>
wrote:
>
> Hank,
> If I may chime in here as a repair shop owner and mechanic...
> If the bolts were loose and the gasket not present, is it
possible
> that the bolts failed, came loose and the pressure blew the gasket
out?
> The fact that no gasket was found only means "no gasket was
> found". It doesn't necessarily mean it was never installed.
> Tightening bolts stretches them and the resulting stretch
> provides a clamping force. If the bolts fail, they stretch too
far,
> like a rubber band that was stretched too far and they get loose,
> since the clamping force is no longer present. This could allow
the
> gasket to blow out from the pressure. Hence, no gasket could be
found.
> Next, I believe Federal Law only requires a warranty to be 90
> days or 3,000 miles on mechanical repairs, so any warranty would
be up
> by now.
> Moral of the story: Be sure they throw out the bolts that
were
> loose and use new ones. Once any bolt is found loose, you never
> "tighten them up" as they are probably stretched. Also be sure
they
> use the proper grade of bolt and they're torqued to the proper spec
> for the grade and thread pitch. Each grade has a different torque
> spec and so does each thread pitch for that grade and size bolt.
> This is the reason my shop NEVER reuses cylinder head bolts
when
> replacing a "blown head gasket", since the bolts could have
stretched
> and caused the gasket to blow.
> Just some background from a mechanic's perspective...
>
> George Witt
> 81 FC 35
> Lincoln, Nebraska
>
>
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Henry Jay Hannigan"
> wrote:
> >
> > ---Ernie:
> > Not sure what Texas legal ground u stand on as that rebuild was
a
> > while ago, however it was evidently done incorrectly. As such it
has
> > been a concern since day one of the rebuild. Recommend u chat
with
> > a Texas attorney(first visit free right?) about the traceable
> > problem. Perhaps the attorney or you could m ake some noise to
the
> > rebuild company and request they pay your bill. No doubt their
> > screwup caused it.
> > LOL
> > Hank Hannigan
> > 90SP36
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, erniecarpet@ wrote:
> > >
> > > After the mechanics removed the turbo, they found the blower
plate
> > bolts
> > > LOOSE!! They removed that plate to check the blower. The
blower
> > checked out
> > > fine-BUT- there was NO gasket between the plate and the
engine.
> > So, whoever did
> > > the inframe reman- left out the gasket. It really is rocket
> > science!! No
> > > wonder I have been plagued with all this oil scum. More later-
> > Erniie-83pt40 in
> > > Childress, Tx, for a short time, I hope
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> >
>