I can only hope you're right but that would mean there was something with the engine that is the actual problem and not the software running it, which is what Aston believes.

I wish I knew how thorough the "remanufacture" is.

 

So --- based on that statement Aston Martin would hope it stalls...otherwise, I believe many of the members here and other sites will be asking for REPLACEMENT ENGINES... there are a ton of stall threats and owners upset.

While, I hope you come out ok on this mess. I doubt Aston Martin will release a statement stating they think a bad engine or even make a passing comment.. I am surprised they have not had you sign a paper to not discuss what they feel is the real problem and disclose to others.

Good Luck---

 

Who knows what the actual issue is, just like when they believed it was the lightweight flywheel making it stall, new stock clutch, stalled 3 days later. None of us really believed it was the flywheel, but they want to make it stock to continue to diagnose it, I'm all for it, as long as the bottom line is they solve the stalling. If it never stalls again I'll be very happy, but I don't see it. If 2016's have stalled, then even if it's a current spec 2016 remanufactured engine, why would the reman stop it from stalling?

 

IT'S ALIVE!!

And surprisingly difficult to baby it when I just want to plant my right and see if this engine turns like the original! Not that I was told to baby it, in fact he said just keep it under 5000rpm for 500 miles, but that I can floor it. There is nothing in the manual I could find on what the recommended break in procedure is so if anybody knows for sure I'd love to hear. I've kept it under 4000 so far, figured that would be very conservative for a couple hundred miles, but 4000 comes quick even at minimal pedal.

I only had one other question, if he had any extra bolts leftover when he was done. He said no, and I believe him

 

HO

with old school motors its important not to sit at one rev level for any extended period - run it up and down through the rev range & progressively (after the 500 miles ) increase the revs to say 5000, 5500, 6000 for short periods as the miles increase

then after 1000miles drive it like you stole it

and fabulous news that its been fixed for you

Graeme

 

You have a beautiful car!

 

Well glad that you are back on the road

 

Well, that eliminates a Florida drive to see some friends just to get the break in out of the way LOL I haven't been able to sit at any rev range yet, nothing but stop and go traffic coming home, but I will definitely try and avoid it. 500 should go by pretty fast, I hope, I've always broken all new cars in correctly but it's always tough being restrained!


Beautiful, AND it drives again. Honestly I was very unsure about the color watching it on ebay for a month. It was a light color and all the other boxes checked, but no matter how much I researched Mako there was no way I could buy it without seeing it in person. It seems to be an extremely popular color in the UK, probably because it's usually cloudy like today where it throws off shades of gold and purple on the fringes of the flop, Americans seemed to be more ambivalent, but if I'm not being ask "what is it?", the second most common thing I hear is "I love that color". I've never seen Glacier in person but it's stunning in pictures.

 

Awesome!!

 

Glad you were able to get this resolved! My engine was replaced in my Porsche Boxster... the dreaded IMS failure. Porsche furnished a new long block and dealer did the rest of the accessories and install... All together it was 2 weeks ( after porsche agreed to replace) it had over 45,000 miles on the new engine when i recently sold it... not a hiccup

 

Hey HO...the best to you!!! I bet you can finally walk straight as all the stress is lifting off your shoulders...

​​​​​​Enjoy...enjoy..
enjoy!!!!

 

Glad to see you are back on the road with it already.
Enjoy!

 

One thing I noticed so far is this one is very quiet. The original was a little clackety in the valvetrain, I was told it was about average. This one seems much quieter from the couple seconds I listened. I'll spend a little more time tomorrow listening, washing, and wax on/wax off, it'll be almost 70!

I would love to get 45,000 out of it without hiccups, I'd like to get 450 without a hiccup! I definitely won't be able to see if the bogging is still there until I can smash my foot on the floor, but it was rock solid on idle today, and in stop and go gridlock that usually fluctuates a bit.

The stress was alleviated once they approved the replacement, the absolute worst part was the week it took them to decide to cover it. But I'm still not in love with losing the original block. And the new oil reservoir does not have the oil temperature sensor on the bottom of it with the wiring, which plugged into a now open plug right on the front left side you see very easily which makes it look like something is missing. It took them a day to get an answer from England, it was designed into the package but never activated in the Vantage, so on any replacement tank it's just not there.

How much does it matter these days if an engine has been replaced? I know what it means if the car is 50 years old!
Considering the size of the marque and the relative difficulty to get parts fast in the US, it really wasn't that long a wait. Just a hair over 6 weeks. Long enough to run up a $2000 rental tab. It's amazing how complicated it is to to replace though!

 

$2000 rental charge isn't chump change... did Aston cover it?

When my daughter's BMW had the recent airbag recall, i jumped on it quick and arranged for BWM to provide a replacement car... granted her car is only a 2013 X1 35i, but BMW put us in a brand new 5 series rental from Enterprise for about 7 to 8 weeks... the bill was about $3200 a month!

Needless to say, it forced BMW to get her car fixed sooner rather than later. .i know folks who waited 12 months for replacement airbags...

 

I would say, go on your trip to Florida, just very your speed and gear. Don't use cruise control. I have done that with new cars in the past. Drive at 70 mph for a bit, then 80 mph for a while, or just drop down to 5 th at same speed. It will all work just fine.
Ron