engine cap off while engine is running
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Hello everyone, I was doing an oil change on my c8 Z51 and I acidentally turned the car on while the engine cap was off for about a min, I've noticed it and turned the car off very quickly. I don't have any check lights and I was wondering if I caused any damage or if I need to do anything about it ?
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Hello everyone, I was doing an oil change on my c8 Z51 and I acidentally turned the car on while the engine cap was off for about a min, I've noticed it and turned the car off very quickly. I don't have any check lights and I was wondering if I caused any damage or if I need to do anything about it ?
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Hello everyone, I was doing an oil change on my c8 Z51 and I acidentally turned the car on while the engine cap was off for about a min, I've noticed it and turned the car off very quickly. I don't have any check lights and I was wondering if I caused any damage or if I need to do anything about it ?
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I've noticed today driving in traffic at low speed like 10mph on the 2nd gear the car don't drive smooth and have some kinda vibration as if I'm slighting being pushed forward. I'm not sure if it has to do anything with cap being off when I started the car or could be the way DCT works.
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I've noticed today driving in traffic at low speed like 10mph on the 2nd gear the car don't drive smooth and have some kinda vibration as if I'm slighting being pushed forward. I'm not sure if it has to do anything with cap being off when I started the car or could be the way DCT works.
When did you take ownership of your car and from which dealer? No reason YOU should be performing oil and filter changes within the first 7500 miles as it is free from GM.
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I've noticed today driving in traffic at low speed like 10mph on the 2nd gear the car don't drive smooth and have some kinda vibration as if I'm slighting being pushed forward. I'm not sure if it has to do anything with cap being off when I started the car or could be the way DCT works.
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I had a Porsche that was quite sensitive to the engine being "open", if the cap was off it didn't run smoothly, but once sealed up and the cap back on, everything was as it should be and ran fine.
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Yes, engine running for the C8.
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