Engine problem?

Tinkerbell4484

Timing belt slipped on my 06 grandis 3 weeks ago. Got the engine rebuilt,all new parts put in. Car was finished and fixed last Tuesday,picked it up. Cost an awful amount of money,that's grand,last night hubby was driving it and the accelerater pedal stuck,wouldn't release,revs were very high,lots of lights on dash,he got the car home without killing himself,brought it back to mechanic,he looked at a pipe and said it wasn't dirty or anything.phoned the engineer that rebuilt the actual engine and he said that there must be a leak somewhere into the coolant? Anyway mechanic is moaning about what engineer said and said if we want him to look further that he wants payment.
Is this right? Surely after paying so much and if it's his fault he will need to repair it??

Greyfoot

Not familiar with the model whether its drive by wire or cable but if the pedal stuck to the floor it is a problem with the accelerator mechanism and nothing to do with "leak somewhere into the coolant". In case the engine was fully rebuilt(at least the head) you should have some comeback I`d say.

Tinkerbell4484

Who would it be from though? Basically mechanic did all the work on car,they sent the head and whatever else goes wth it to an engineer to rebuild,which he did and sent it back and then they put it all back together did timing belt,water pump ect I'm not used to any of this sorry

Cee-Jay-Cee

Did the accelerator pedal actually stick to the floor or did the Engine revs just rise on their own and stay high?

If the pedal physically stuck to the floor then it has nothing to do with the engine rebuild and is possibly a snagged cable or broken pedal spring or switch but if the engine revs just rose on their own then a vacuum leak could have caused it.

If it's the latter then the mechanic who done the work should stand by his work and sort the problem. If he doesn't take the car elsewhere and send him the bill. If he refuses to pay, go to the small claims court.

Tinkerbell4484

Pedal literally stuck to the floor, he turned the car off and went out after 30mins and turned it in and all was fine again,lights were off on dash and pedal wasn't stuck anymore. It's just confusing to spend so much money on fixing it and then for this to happen. We had only bought the car the day. Before the timing belt slipped but as we bought it privately we couldn't do anything about it
Edited to say diagnostics couldn't find any fault either.car is going fine today but very Weiry of it happening again

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Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Did the accelerator pedal actually stick to the floor or did the Engine revs just rise on their own and stay high?

If the pedal physically stuck to the floor then it has nothing to do with the engine rebuild and is possibly a snagged cable or broken pedal spring or switch but if the engine revs just rose on their own then a vacuum leak could have caused it.

If it's the latter then the mechanic who done the work should stand by his work and sort the problem. If he doesn't take the car elsewhere and send him the bill. If he refuses to pay, go to the small claims court.

Agree with all the above .
My only question or doubt is whether the op drove home with the car revving flat out. This could cause further damage to an engine.

savagethegoat

I do wonder without any knowledge on the subject whether the car had been sold because the throttle was sticking and this had caused the timing belt to slip. Not a clue if that's possible.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Tinkerbell4484 wrote: »

Pedal literally stuck to the floor, he turned the car off and went out after 30mins and turned it in and all was fine again,lights were off on dash and pedal wasn't stuck anymore. It's just confusing to spend so much money on fixing it and then for this to happen. We had only bought the car the day. Before the timing belt slipped but as we bought it privately we couldn't do anything about it
Edited to say diagnostics couldn't find any fault either.car is going fine today but very Weiry of it happening again

What age is the car? It's most likely nothing to do with the rebuild and a problem with a cable or the pedal itself. Why the mechanic felt the need to contact the engineer who overhauled the head is beyond me. Surely he would have looked at the pedal/cable first.

Special Circumstances

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

What age is the car? It's most likely nothing to do with the rebuild and a problem with a cable or the pedal itself. Why the mechanic felt the need to contact the engineer who overhauled the head is beyond me. Surely he would have looked at the pedal/cable first.

06 grandis with vw 2.0 tdi I guess. Drive by wire surely, so any pedal sticking is purely due to mechanical issues within the pedal(or floor mats), not due to a kinked cable or sticky throttle mechanism.