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frogboy · #18 07-12-2008, 01:57 PM

I recently had an issue with my wife's car where her timing chain snapped! It was horrible and I didn't know what to do. The good thing is that it snapped during the startup not while it was running so I figure that there is little possibility that it did extensive damage in the engine. So....back to Ernie

I called Ernie and told him my entire situation and he told me that I would need a new engine. I was shocked becuase i told him that it happened when I was starting the car, but he would not budge. He refused to even look at the car first to make sure I needed a new engine because he said that it would be 7-10 hours of labor. So I asked him when I could have him install a new engine since I didn't want to do it myself after having put the current engine in and he told me it would be the middle of August! WTF?

So....long story short I ended up going to Silver Star Motors on Fair Oaks in Carmichael and those guys are AWESOME!!! They fixed the car no problem and didn't give me any grief about the engine being "ruined". All they had to do is replace a guide rail, the upper pan and the timing chain and I have been driving the car around for the last week with absolutely no problems! I also told them that when I bled the clutch it felt kind of squishy and they re-bled it for free for me! Needless to say that I will be taking my brand new AC compressor, expansion valve and AC drier to them next week to have them do the work.

I highly recommend Silver Star Motors. The owner's name is Frank and when I pulled up they had at least 5 W123s as well as several W126s and W107s so they are experienced with the older models.