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OMFG ITS FIXED!!!!! Well it's back to normal anyway. The workshop found the cause of the problem.

The NEG lead from the battery. I think before i bought the car it was replaced by the owner but they didn't do a very good job, because the wire just fell out of the connector. So that would explane why it was playing up in the past too. So the workshop replaced the wire and the very 1st run it was back up over 200kw.

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Yep I would like to know the bill too. After all the suggestions and help from members, one of them really stood out that he never tried from the get go...

GO TO A NEW WORKSHOP!

Probably would have had this fixed ages ago.

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I doubt another workshop would have found it easy. It's not a usual thing to pop the boot open and pull on the NEG cable. And if i did take it to another workshop i would have 2 bills to pay for and not one. I dont know how much it's going to cost yet because they are still tuning it. And where did 6 weeks come from?

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i may have exagerated the 6 week part but nun the less, battery terminals / connections is one of the first things they should have checked.

how long does it take to grab the terminals and twist them and then grab the wires and tug them? 5 seconds tops.

these are the simple obvios things that should allways be checked first.

if they took this long im sure it was just a flook that they found the prob at all.

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Shotter - You can doubt all you want but I guess you will never know???

Just because your battery is in the boot doesn't make it special. Even on a basic service they check your battery. And if doing work on electricals or even playing around with them they "should" have disconnected the battery first to eliminate popping fuses... or getting a nasty shock from a faulty coil ignitor holding thousands of volts.

Come to think of it this workshop sounds ace, I may take my ride on lawnmower there for a dyno run, I rekon it would top your 48kW! Especially in Rabbit mode!! lolz

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Well i just got told the cost....... F*#KING $2196

$900 for workshop time

$1100 for dyno time

and the rest covered parts used.

So not happy.

Now im not saying they didn't spend alot of time on the car. Hell i spent 2 days on it. (what a waste) And they kept saying oh we will look after you and it wont cost all that much. I dont know about you but $2196 is alot in my books. It would have been really nice for them to say "look we found and fixed the problem and the bill is around the $1000 mark, Would you still like us to tune it" My answer would have been "NO $1000 is more than i thought it would cost all up. BYE. I guess it goes to show that it doesn't matter how friendly they are or how much you think they are doing you a favour and will look after you. They are ALWAYS after money and will bend you over. So now my car will probably have to sit in there workshop for the next month till i can get the money to pay for it...

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It might not be obvious for that problem - I had a mate with a very similar problem in an R33 - ended up being that the timing was completely out, but surely wouldn't someone notice!?! I for one always check the battery connections in my cars, if only for buildup of contaminants usually.

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