Quick backstory, I mentioned a little while ago the VNT of my turbo was seized (C5 2.0 2009). I bought a recon turbo (from aet-turbos.co.uk, local to me, recommend them), all the various parts from Citroen (oil tube, gaskets, seals etc), discovered I'm just not fit (ie: slim) enough to do this on my back, so booked in with a local garage recommended to me. They charged me the 5 hours quoted, although say it took them 12, due to having to remove the subframe, replacing sheared bolts etc. Ok, fine.
The saga isn't over - they've forgotten to replace the left hand steering rack bolt! Nor did they use any of the additional bits I provided, so I'm still on the original oil pipe, pre-cat clamp/gasket etc. I'll be screaming at them about the missing bolt tomorrow. Oh, and they handed it back with the engine fault light on. That turned out to be a turbo sensor short, which I've cleared, so far hasn't come back... yet. Still, they would have known.
But what's really got me stressed is now, all of a sudden, it seems the clutch is slipping. Engine revs higher than the car accelerates (although boy, does it accelerate now with a proper turbo!) and by the time I got home, strong burning clutch smell.
I'm not missing anything am I - there can't possibly be a link between all that work and suddenly the clutch slipping / burning? As much as I don't want to believe it, I think this is just sheer further bad luck. The engine had lost a lot of horses in the time I've owned it (since around May), and now that's fixed, it seems most likely that lots more bhp has revealed a weakened clutch? If there's any possible connection to the work that's been done, I'd love to hear your thoughts, although I can't think this one is really negligence.
I'm due to go on holiday to Cornwall end of the month - I think after several thousand pounds spent I'll still end up having to hire another car
