Exhaust leak after 60K service

[jdpopp]

I had a 60k service done on 2/10 at a local shop listed on the SHOtimes site. At first I didn't hear it but, there is now a exhaust leak (just a day or 2) madflame . I did'nt think anything of it because I just had the service done and I though there was just extra power there that was'nt there before and it was just showing me what else was wrong. When I went to an exhaust shop I found out that it was coming from where the EGR tube goes into the exhaust manifold. What happened is that on of the bolts that holds the EGR tube is broken off in the manifold and the connection is loose . Now my question is when you guys who do the 60K service by yourself or if you are a shop owner do you take off that tube when doing a 60k service? Its just weird that that noise was not there before and now it is after the service. Did the shop break it? Do I have any recourse in this matter? I just want to find out before I go back to the shop and start asking questions. From what I'm looking at it's going to be a hard job to remove the manifold a drill it out. I can do it now that it is warm out but, if the shop did it I think they should fix it.
Thanks

 

[sdpatt]

That tube usually flexes enough so that it doesn't need to be removed. The EGR line on only one out of the couple dozen that I have serviced has had a problem. The weld or braze at the two-bolt ****** on the exhaust manifold had broken and we had to remove the ****** to take it for rewelding. I have never seen or the bolt broken or caused one to break.

Your recourse is to take the car back to the shop and show them the situation. If they had to remove the rear valve cover the EGR line is an interference and is manipulated to get the valve cover free. They most likely were not aware of the nearly out of sight problem with the manifold mounting ******. Even if they were aware, you should give them the benefit of the doubt and the opportunity to offer a correction to the problem.