Chalk up another engine failure
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Chalk up another engine failure
2019 GS, 2,488 miles
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
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Indeed. This why it's very important to actually drive your new Corvettes - so that this doesn't happen out of warranty. Excessive garage queening, won't expose the car to what it was built for - being driven!
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Sounds like broken rocker. Neighbor had this happen on his 2015 when it was still fairly new.
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2019 GS, 2,488 miles
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
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Seems like most the small number of LT1 failures have been cases of infant mortality. There are an awful lot of high-mileage LT1s out there now. It's not unusual for manufacturers to get a run of bad parts every so often.
Good luck on a quick warranty fix.
Good luck on a quick warranty fix.
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Yea, my 2014 was flawless, right up until I sold it with 52K miles
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Indeed. This why it's very important to actually drive your new Corvettes - so that this doesn't happen out of warranty. Excessive garage queening, won't expose the car to what it was built for - being driven!
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Oh, didn't throw a single error to the DIC but I'm gonna read the OBD-II and see what that says
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Not surprised. It was functioning perfectly until something broke. The same thing happened with my LS7 failure about 10 years ago. I was cruising along at highway speeds spinning under 2K rpm when all hell broke loose.
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2019 GS, 2,488 miles
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
Driving along at around 45 (in 5th), heard a pop and then a loud ticking noise. This happened about 2 miles from leaving home (fortunately?). Limped home and noticed car would madly ping if too much accelerator used. Time to call flatbed in the morning for trip to dealer.
I suspect it either dropped a valve, lost a lifter or a rocker...
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5 year, 60,000 mile powertrain warranty by the time that expires on my 2017 they should have worked the bugs out of the C8 and mate a M/T to it.
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I know these things happen and I'm sure it'll work out smoothly (my dealer has 2 certified 'vette techs, has for years and I have a VERY good relationship with them, going on 15+ years now)
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I know that I've had a tendency to trade off when big repairs have been done on previous vehicles. I always want to move on.
..Maybe Ken will lose interest in this particular car and just buy a new one. Sometimes these cars are Jonahed, and ya gotta start over.
.. I'm somewhat at that point with my diesel coach (RV) - I just might want to move on. Although I have owned it since 2003 - only 101K miles.......so maybe it's time?
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