Vanagon mechanic - Southeast US (Georgia, TN, Carolinas)

[Jake de Villiers]

That's very unfortunate. Its so easy to communicate with your clients nowadays that there's really no excuse. I find the key is just keeping them informed of where we are in the process.

Pix help, too!!
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Chris

Get Van Diesel back, pay the bill, move on. At some point, you have to accept that you have to take over the repairs on these things yourself, unless you are in Berkeley.

That limp mode after boost probably isn’t a major issue, most maps build in a safety blowoff if boost or MAP gets too high. Does it reset with a key off / on sequence ?

No defense of timlieness or communication skills, but to be fair to garage, they can make 4x the money and margin doing brake jobs and oil changes vs working even a working restoration list.
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[82westyrabbit]

If they haven’t pulled it in to the shop in 6-7weeks it is time to go pick it up. Changing the fuel lines is a do it yourself project. There are lot of people that are good with TDI engine’s you don’t need a vanagon/old vw mechanic to fix it. It sounds like you can drive it and have some fun for the summer. I would do that. It is much easier for a shop to work on a well defined list of problems rather than a vague figure out what is wrong with it. Maybe you have had those decision with the mechanic all ready. If they are a restoration shop maybe fixing the drivability problem is not in there skill set. In any case you need to take two and punt. Go pick it and make a plan B. Start a thread about the turbo/drivability problem with as much detail as you can. I bet someone will volunteer to help(maybe not free). I hope this helps. John

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