V10SpeedLuvr
Enthusiast
Last Tuesday I had new motor mounts installed on my car. I dont have a lift, so I let a mechanic I've known for years do it. He's not a Viper tech, but just on mounts, I didn't see a problem. Well......stupid me
I was at a carshow yesterday and when the hood was popped, I happened to notice both my smooth tubes and the hose running from the LH valve cover to the air box were disconnected. The smooth tubes were still fully connected to the airbox, but the bottom of each one had popped off the throttle bodies. The hose was still connected to the valve cover, but completely off the airbox. I reconnected them and called Tator. He said its just a "cross your fingers" situation that nothing bad occured while the tubes were loose. I work down a dirt driveway, so the car went from the dealership to work, from work to home, stayed parked until Friday night and then from home to Atlanta with the tubes loose. I'd say roughly 150 miles. The dealership is offering a free oil change to hopefully drain any crap that got ingested out of the engine (its now been ~300 miles after the drive back home last night). Anyone have any experience with this problem and any signs I should look for to alert me to further damage?
As a side note, I dynoed it after I reconnected the smooth tubes and hose and it put down a nice 404RWHP, 476 Ft/Tq which is the 1st time I've dynoed since adding Borla headers and cat delete, so it still has plenty of power
I was at a carshow yesterday and when the hood was popped, I happened to notice both my smooth tubes and the hose running from the LH valve cover to the air box were disconnected. The smooth tubes were still fully connected to the airbox, but the bottom of each one had popped off the throttle bodies. The hose was still connected to the valve cover, but completely off the airbox. I reconnected them and called Tator. He said its just a "cross your fingers" situation that nothing bad occured while the tubes were loose. I work down a dirt driveway, so the car went from the dealership to work, from work to home, stayed parked until Friday night and then from home to Atlanta with the tubes loose. I'd say roughly 150 miles. The dealership is offering a free oil change to hopefully drain any crap that got ingested out of the engine (its now been ~300 miles after the drive back home last night). Anyone have any experience with this problem and any signs I should look for to alert me to further damage? As a side note, I dynoed it after I reconnected the smooth tubes and hose and it put down a nice 404RWHP, 476 Ft/Tq which is the 1st time I've dynoed since adding Borla headers and cat delete, so it still has plenty of power
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