Absolute Car Care - Job 132044

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Job #132044 for (Judith Clifton)
2003 Chevrolet Silverado 2500hd
Invoice #23563

Technician:
Concern:	TECHNICIAN COMPLETED TRANSMISSION OVERHAUL AND PUTTING THE TRUCK BACK TOGETHER FROM BEING PARTIALLY DISMANTLED FROM WHEN IT WAS TOWED IN AND FOUND THE ENGINE TO BE RUNNING VERY ROUGH AT IDLE AND IS BLOWING BLACK SMOKE. TECHNICIAN MONITORED INJECTOR BALANCE RATES AND FOUND MULTIPLE INJECTORS SLIGHTLY OUT OF SPECIFICATION AND CYLINDERS #6 AND #8 TO BE WAY OUT OF SPECIFICATION AT -15. TECHNICIAN ALSO NOTED THE TRUCK SEEMED TO SMOOTH OUT OFF IDLE. TECHNICIAN HAD BEEN INFORMED THE TRUCK HAS BEEN SITTING FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND BELIEVED THE INJECTORS COULD BE TEMPORARILY DAMAGED FROM BAD OR CONTAMINATED FUEL. AFTER GATHERING INFORMATION AND TALKING TO THE CUSTOMER TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED RUNNING A BG INJECTION CLEANER THROUGH AND COMPARING RESULTS OF BALANCE RATES ONCE FINISHED. TECHNICIAN COMPARED RATES AND FOUND LITTLE CHANGE ON ALL INJECTORS EXCEPT FOR CYLINDERS #6 AND #8 WHICH DID NOT CHANGE AT ALL. TECHNICIAN ALSO NOTED AT THIS POINT THE OIL LEVEL SEEMED TO HAVE RAISED SLIGHTLY INDICATING SOME SORT OF INTERNAL FUEL LEAK. TECHNICIAN NEXT RECOMMENDED REMOVING THE VALVE COVERS TO INSPECT AND POSSIBLY SENDING OUT INJECTORS ON THE DRIVERS SIDE BANK. TECHNICIAN REMOVED THE VALVE COVERS TO INSPECT AND FOUND THERE TO BE MULTIPLE ROCKER BRIDGES OUT OF PLACE AND CYLINDER #6 AND #8 TO BOTH HAVE BENT PUSHRODS. TECHNICIAN ALSO NOTED THE ROCKER SHAFT ASSEMBLY WAS BROKEN AND THE REAR TWO BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ROCKER SHAFT TO THE CYLINDER HEAD ARE BOTH BROKEN OFF. THE ROCKER HAS BEEN MAKING CONTACT WITH THE FUEL INJECTOR RETURN LINE AND HAS RUBBED THROUGH IT IN TWO PLACES EXPLAINING THE FUEL GETTING INTO THE ENGINE OIL. TECHNICIAN NOTES THERE IS POSSIBLE FURTHER INTERNAL ENGINE DAMAGE TO CYLINDER, VALVES, PISTONS, OR OTHER INTERNAL COMPONENTS. TECHNICIAN STATES THIS WAS LIKELY CAUSED DUE TO AN OVER RPM CONDITION AND MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED FURTHER DAMAGE. TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDS REPLACE THE BENT PUSHRODS, REPLACE THE ROCKER SHAFT, EXTRACT THE BROKEN BOLTS, REMOVE AND SEND OUT INJECTORS, REPLACE THE FUEL INJECTOR RETURN LINE, AND TEST COMPRESSION BEFORE FINAL RE ASSEMBLY. TECHNICIAN WAS ABLE TO PERFORM A COMPRESSION TEST AFTER REPLACING THE PUSH RODS AND ASSOCIATED PARTS, AS WELL AS RE SETTING VALVE ADJUSTMENTS. RESULTS SHOWED ALL FOUR CYLINDERS ON THE DRIVERS BANK TO BE WITHIN ABOUT 5% OF EACH OTHER AVERAGING ABOUT 380 PSI WHICH IS WITHIN THE EXPECTED LIMIT. TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDS RE INSTALLING REMAINING COMPONENTS AND ASSEMBLING ENGINE TO FURTHER ASSESS AND POSSIBLY TEST DRIVE. TECHNICIAN RECEIVED THE TEST RESULTS FOR INJECTORS AND ALL FOUR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE TESTED GOOD. TECHNICIAN RE ASSEMBLED AND TEST DROVE TO FIND ALL INJECTOR BALANCE RATES TO BE WITHIN SPECIFICATION AND THE ENGINE IS RUNNING AND DRIVING AS DESIGNED AT THIS TIME.
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Parts and Labor

Description	Quantity	List	Total	Delete?
KENDALL ENGINE OIL 15W-40	8.50	$5.99	$50.92	X
TEST FUEL INJECTORS	4.00	$40.00	$160.00	X
LABOR	10.30	$115.00	$1,184.50	X
EXTENDED LIFE UNIVERSAL COOLANT	1.00	$15.99	$15.99	X
GOOD USED ENGINE PARTS. 4 PUSHRODS, ROCKER SHAFT, FUEL RETURN LINE, 2 ROCKER SHAFT BOLTS	1.00	$150.00	$150.00	X
INJECTOR RETURN LINE SEAL KIT	1.00	$26.75	$26.75	X
Total			$1,588.16

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