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Old Jun 12, 2005 | 10:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Sun King
I've contacted GM directly in the past for service outside of my warranty. They are fair and try to help. I've had them pay for parts and I pay labor at the dealership on a $600.00 a/c compressor. I understand that a ring job is labor intensive but there is a bulletin out on this and if you show them some love and respect I'll bet they help you.

SmacZ; plenty of prob.'s can come from burning that much oil and coating your internals from ignition to oil pump to cat and more...
So if I was burning a quart every 1000 ...that would be ok and I could go on with my mods????? Im just wary about worsening my situation..............
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Old Jun 14, 2005 | 12:31 AM
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Well my low oil level light came on today...at what point does this trigger?? (how much oil burned) Also Im at close to 1800 miles since my last change....are they just going to feed me that its within acceptable limits????
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