Overhead on a C15 NXS

So your saying they helicoiled 2 of the bolt holes in the intermediate plate??
And re used the valve cover gasket?

 

Is it not possible since you " argued them down" on price that maybe they wanted to get you out the door. If they had come back and told you they needed 150 to fix the stripped holes would you have approved after previously disputing costs?

Make you wonder............if you had not disputed the original price..........would the job had been completed correctly?

Did you get charged for parts for cover gaskets?

If I was able to count the times I found stripped valve cover holes on a C15 when I performed an overhead, I would certainly be outta fingers and toes.

Not trying to argue, just calling it as I see it.

 

To me, pissing off the people that work on your truck is like pissing off the cook that makes your food.........its gonna get spit on.

 

Valve cover gaskets are reuseable. Common practice to reuse them. If you didnt have a leak it must have worked fine.

 

seen this all too often. last bit of the job and one or 2 strip.... tech just goes F*** it and tightens the other 4 and sends it. normally it wont leak and when they undo it the next overhead they'll feel those two loose and know to heli-coil them. I don't condone this or think its right but its what I've seen happen many many times.

as for re using the cover seal, they're interference fit around the fastener assemblies and it is common practice to reuse for life of engine. they don't need to be changed every time the cover is lifted or every 65K mile overhead. I can count on one hand the amount of times ive seen a cover seal leak without it being from either a dirty mating surface or stripped cover threads and loose bolts.

I always carry a 5/16" UNC heli-coil kit so I can repair then and there and avoid a disgruntled customer like yourself.

for comparison I charge to do an overhead by the hour.... so generally $350-$600 AUD depending on truck would cover NXS ACERT overhead