Looking for an answer to this also! My build date is March 03.
[Z06] yet another valve spring quesion
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yet another valve spring quesion
My understanding from this forum is that /02s and early /03s are the cars with valve spring failures. Do we know what "early" is? Would that be the first 4 months of production starting in July /02? I am going to be looking at an /03 in the spring and am hoping to get a definitive answer to this, but if the car looks good (don't know the build date yet), I will probably buy it and just change the damn springs for peace of mind. It's too bad GM won't step up and admit they had a run of bad springs, and let us know the serial numbers of the cars that are at risk.
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so there is no specific dates?... i have a 2002 z06 with 11k, and how does this happen? is there a way to know or fix this, is it the heat at idle ect or what?...maybe lower thermostat lol, cause i heard most of these happen at idle...so is it deffinite that every 2002 z06 has the issuse...cause thats a damn big issue and expensive im sure (how much for install of them?)..but maybe mine was alrdy fixed who knows!?
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Is the 3 percent failure verifiable? If so- seems negligeable enough to make the replacement of springs potentially a higher risk ( murphy's law).
PS- Read your related post- I see your basis.
PS- Read your related post- I see your basis.
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Proof?
david please don't make statemets like that unless you can quote your source(s).
If your % is correct , that works out to 508 LS6 engines are at risk .
Does that include both intake and exhaust springs ? And did those 508 LS6es get all "bad" springs or just one or a couple springs? If you are not definitive folks here will misunderstand and then 'wild' exaggerations suddenly spread thru out the CF community. I just want statements of facts , if not nip it, nip it in the bud before the market valve drops out on the 2002-2003 Z06es .
If your % is correct , that works out to 508 LS6 engines are at risk .
Does that include both intake and exhaust springs ? And did those 508 LS6es get all "bad" springs or just one or a couple springs? If you are not definitive folks here will misunderstand and then 'wild' exaggerations suddenly spread thru out the CF community. I just want statements of facts , if not nip it, nip it in the bud before the market valve drops out on the 2002-2003 Z06es .
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david please don't make statemets like that unless you can quote your source(s).
If your % is correct , that works out to 508 LS6 engines are at risk .
Does that include both intake and exhaust springs ? And did those 508 LS6es get all "bad" springs or just one or a couple springs? If you are not definitive folks here will misunderstand and then 'wild' exaggerations suddenly spread thru out the CF community. I just want statements of facts , if not nip it, nip it in the bud before the market valve drops out on the 2002-2003 Z06es .
If your % is correct , that works out to 508 LS6 engines are at risk .
Does that include both intake and exhaust springs ? And did those 508 LS6es get all "bad" springs or just one or a couple springs? If you are not definitive folks here will misunderstand and then 'wild' exaggerations suddenly spread thru out the CF community. I just want statements of facts , if not nip it, nip it in the bud before the market valve drops out on the 2002-2003 Z06es .
Last edited by David426; Feb 25, 2010 at 11:29 AM.
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was any of the valve springs covered under warrenty...just wondering if maybe they were already fixed, and if you had a shop do the valve springs, how much (ball park) would they charge? cause if its the same as a cam install damnnnn lol, cam install im waiting on because you need so much more stuff then just the cam itself(anyone live near Deerfield NH...lol
