My C7 engine blew
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My C7 engine blew
14' stock z51 with 26k miles. 7 oil changes since new and cylinder 2 has no compression. 3 weeks at dealer and still not fixed. Under gmpp warranty. Never again. Just put money down on a tesla. So disappointing.
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Jun 25, 2019, 09:33 PM
Drifting
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I don't get it. Your upset you had a bad compression in your cylinder so your solution was to just get something without cylinders? I guess thats one way to do it. It sucks your engine went but the LT1 is known for being pretty solid, just a bad roll of the dice. If its going to be fixed under warranty I don't see the issue, brand new engine and it should be rock solid this time around.
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I don't get it. Your upset you had a bad compression in your cylinder so your solution was to just get something without cylinders? I guess thats one way to do it. It sucks your engine went but the LT1 is known for being pretty solid, just a bad roll of the dice. If its going to be fixed under warranty I don't see the issue, brand new engine and it should be rock solid this time around.
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Having experienced an LT1 failure at 2400 miles, I feel for ya. But, while my repair took 30 days, the car is running better than ever and as Mister Big said, **** happens. That's what warranties are for
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Congratulations on your wise purchase of the extended warranty! Sorry to learn of the downtime, others are complaining of similar delays in the repair parts pipeline. Maybe it is time to move on. Just wait till GM starts playing around with overhead cams, again:
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In my case, I figure my motor is better than before the AFM lifter failure
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My thought is the chances he gets a "better built" motor is higher as I'm sure the dealer doesn't want to have to eat the repair labor twice (warranty labor payments to dealer is almost always less than their going "retail" rate).
In my case, I figure my motor is better than before the AFM lifter failure
In my case, I figure my motor is better than before the AFM lifter failure
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Sorry to hear but at least you are getting a new motor out of it! Have you owned the car since it was new?
Careful what you wish : I have two good friends with Teslas, both waiting for parts for their cars to be repaired. neither guy very happy with Tesla. These are both the $100,000 model Teslas too
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Sorry you are giving up on a Corvette - every car has the potential to have problems even at a low mileage and yours is going to be repaired on GM's dime. But good luck with the Tesla.
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Oh, and 7 oil changes in 26K? Mine has 23K miles and 3 oil changes, dictated by the OLM. What have you been doing?
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Yep, my 1988, 1993, 2008, 2014 C7 and my 2017 Grand Sport all required an oil change oil at Minimum 1 year. The C7's are the first to keep track of time. The others required me to: First Read the Owner's Manual Then Follow it!
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