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Old Dec 6, 2017 | 07:32 PM
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Can anyone out there give me the date range for the bad valve springs that impacted the 2002-2003 LS6 engines? I'm looking at an 03 with a build date of April 2003. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Can anyone out there give me the date range for the bad valve springs that impacted the 2002-2003 LS6 engines? I'm looking at an 03 with a build date of April 2003. Thanks for any help you can provide.
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...-failures.html
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Old Dec 7, 2017 | 07:46 AM
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If the car is what you want and in good shape, I wouldn't let the valve springs stop you from buying. They are easy to swap out and the GM parts are not that expensive.
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Originally Posted by sdadams
Can anyone out there give me the date range for the bad valve springs that impacted the 2002-2003 LS6 engines? I'm looking at an 03 with a build date of April 2003. Thanks for any help you can provide.
I just did it on my 03 that I recently purchased.
I figured better safe then sorry.
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Thank you all for the information.
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