Engine Blown On Dyno

[VSPECT]

Hi guys, My mate has an Evo 7 with 100k on the clock. When bought the car months ago, the compression test gave great results showing the engine is healthy.

Before giving it to the tuner, my mate installed these:-

G20 turbo

272 cams

fuel pump

When he took it to the tuner, the car was running perfectly but since he wanted to put in a Power FC, he went to a tuner to tune the car with standard injectors.

When he returned to the workshop at the end of the day to pick his car up, they said it was pining (not sure how to spell it)...so they asked him to come back and run the petrol down and come with a fresh tank of fuel....

During when he was running the fuel down, the car was not idling properly and at the lights it nearly stalls and on start ups it stalled after approx 30 secs later.... but he loosened the accelerator cable and that fixed all the problems he felt his car was having after the first tune....

When he gave the car the second time, he left the car at the tuner in a perfect condition and was not making any sort of noise and was running healthy....But unfortunately he walked into the workshop later that day to find his engine was blown while they were tuning the car...(bearings, rods, crank all gone and prob other parts of the engine too due to them damaged)

Now the question is that where does my mate stand and how should he go to pursue the matter....should the tuner fix the engine at no cost? or is he responsible for the damage....Noting he didn't sign any paper work saying he will be responsible for any damage like we do on the dyno days....

[RBPOWA-(TJ)]

most dyno places or workshops will have a sign up near the dyno or workshop entrance saying they are not held accountable for engines blowing up on the dyno. they didnt do any mechanical work so what ever f**ked up is your mates issue

[MUZT3K]

f**k harsh thats sucks to hear, is that your mate ive met a few times?

[VSPECT]

ya james thats him...the guy with the black evo...

TJ, the work my mate did wasnt the cause of the engine blowing though....

[Downforce]

Agree with TJ, if the workshop didn't install any parts or do any of the mechanical work.... it would be difficult to blame them. I've seen turbos blow out on dyno before, shit happens... that's life

[KamikazeNinja34]

Part of the risk you take unfortunately. Too difficult to prove they did anything wrong in court even if they didn't display a disclaimer.

[R31Nismoid]

We don't need two threads mate.

One is more than enough.