Princess Blanca : The NA6

[WRXtranceformed]

Oh yeah. I was doing some digging at work yesterday and long story short this is definitely because the timing belt job was done poorly. The belt is already torn up and there's a spot on it where you can see something gouged it. The water pump looks new, vcgs and other gaskets look new, so it wasn't BS it was all actually done. They didn't put the crank pulley on right and/or tightened the tbelt causing too much stress. Oh well.

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Man what a bummer. That is frustrating that you have to deal with the fallout now. Another issue with older cars...unless you have a verifiable ownership and service history (including knowing where the work was done, ie quality vs. speed) the older a car gets the more likely it changed hands to owners who simply don't care to maintain it properly or take the cheapest avenue possible to proper fixes (ie epoxy weld).

When I sold my Jag, I maintained a hard bound binder with:
- Every single Jag service record from the prior owner and from my ownership at the local Jag dealer
- TSB / factory recall paperwork and service history
- Carfax report
- Printed, time stamped digital photos of the damage from the low speed rear-end accident it was in
- Warranty documents and transfer details / paperwork
- Every aftermarket part receipt I had

The new owner brought a mechanic friend to look the car over and he literally had nothing to say. I'm assuming the car has treated him well since he bought it, I haven't heard from him since. But even so as a buyer, that's the situation you want to be in for a pre-owned car purchase...that's WAY more than any dealership ever gives you