You have to ask yourself a couple questions, if you are in my situation:
1. Does it make sense to pay for work before the car is even repaired?
2. What is the competency level of the service department in this situation?
3. What should the service department do to correct the situation?
My Solution:
Randy Marion's Service Department should do the following:
1. Apologize for the delay in repairing the car
2. Take the car apart, again, to see if there is in fact a broken timing chain
3. If it is a timing chain issue, I should be issued a credit for the Opti-Spark work that was unnecessarily done and
the timing chain should be replaced
4. If the timing chain is not broken, then the car should be put back together again, by a more experienced mechanic,
to ensure that everything is aligned correctly so that there is compression.
Randy Marion's Solution:
1. Threaten to get a Mechanic's Lien on the Vehicle Unless I pay $1,000 up-front before the car is repaired
Problem with this:
1. The car had compression before going to them but not after
2. Who pays for repair work that was not done or possibly unncessary
