P1CR

Chris Walrod and I were stumped by my car's mystery CEL/Misfire issues plaguing me for the past 5 months. We tried everything on the list and nothing worked. As a last resort, it was going to be engine-out for a new flywheel, etc.

Chris was hesitant with this because he wasn't convinced of the bad flywheel, but I was getting desperate. So Chris contacted Tony...

A few days at Callas Rennsport and all was well. Tony handed me a defective alternator belt (which we installed 2 months ago) and sent me on my way.

300 rev-limiter canyon miles later and no CEL.

Keep in mind, we could have done the big job and I would still have had a misfire CEL! We would never have suspected a brand new oem belt to be out of spec.

Nurburger

Hallelujah.

Canyon56

Cool.

Although kind of depressing about shoddy OEM belts. Quality control, eh.

Texas993

Wow, you are one lucky guy.

Reddy Kilowatt

Wow. Buy that man a beer.

Chuck W.

I hear Callas is expensive. But it sounds like he is worth it! Glad it worked out.

Ed Burdell

Hats off to Chris and Tony for insightful troubleshooting! That's Cleverness with a capital C.

RJT

He used to like Wheat Beer in the 'olden days'.

P1CR

Callas may be a little bit more than other shops, bit he's a scientist when it comes to these cars. He ran countless tests on my car to determine the real issue. Really, he could have told me anything and I would have gone with it.

He actually uses diagnostic equipment, experience, deductive reasoning, and honesty to get things done. My kind of guy. Zero witchcraft.

MarkD

wow, so that was it eh?

I suppose you always have to go back to the basics.
Belt slippage... go figure.

Congrats on getting it resolved Maz!

bobesser

Its the Toyota way.

air klwd

Good On Ya.................and Tony @ Callas You too Chris........

Raptor

Was the defective belt OEM?

P1CR

Yup, OEM. it was actually coming apart.

993Porsche

Man, I love stories like this. It's a great feeling to know that you have competent professionals working for you.



Ken