savage1987
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ooh ouchstockVN said:I had a similar story with mine.... Never really gave it the berries when I first bought my VN, the car had 202,000 never had a leak in its life and drove well. took it to discount tyre service :flame: to get a rego inspection and a general check up. never seen them drive it but when I got it back the car had a pinging noise under load and the gearbox blew 3 weeks later..... $3500 later it was back on the road but I was furious.... the engine sprung a leak as well from the drivers side head gasket too, but as I had no proof it wasnt like that before I couldnt nail them for it. :b: :ranting:
wouldn't take much of a thrashing to hurt an old engine like that though...
my dad's vn (lexcen) has never blown a 'box but it has got a pinging noise ALL THE TIME and he's not the type that thrashes his car (mind you he don't pussyfoot around either...)
sorry to hear that