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Out of broke-*** desperation I took my car to a cheap shop for a clutch replacement when the Mazda dealer quoted me $2800, and the guy took forever to do it and then when he gave it back to me there was a turbo leak from a loose hose. Even after clamping the hose though the turbo is just not delivering power with the consistency/immediacy it was before. God knows what else he did in there because it also has this new stutter when the gas pedal is lightly depressed. The car starts bucking just barely. I'm not a gear-head I just have good taste in cars, can anyone tell me a short list of likely culprits that would cause these issues? (Forgive me if that in itself is a stupid question) My wholly ignorant assumption is that it could need a new fuel pump or injectors.
more than likely, a vacuum hose has either been left off, or was in poor shape before he did the job and then broke when he handled it. he would have needed to separate the engine and transmission, so you'd be looking any hoses that would have been in the way for him to do that. i wish i could be more specific, but i don't know the T2 engine bay that intimately.
if the car was running fine before the clutch job and is now acting weird, i think i can go out on a limb and say your pump and injectors are probably fine. there would have been no need for him to mess with either to install a clutch.
07-01-24, 12:27 AM
