my dip stick keeps poping out.started happening after i had the stage 3 pully installed
also my car died today and flashed a engine power reduced on the display

 

dude i had the same problem and now my car is having some internal surgery. funny thing is i was just running 2.8 on a 0* weather on a warm weather tune.

 

There is a bulletin out about this. I don't have access to it right now, but the head gasket needs to be replaced with a newer style gasket. Take it to the dealer.
Dennis

 

No, not a head gasket. Just had this done on my car. It is the intake manifold gasket. If you have ever had your superchager off you should have noticed the gasket is a metal plate with like a rubber o ring around the inside opening of the gasket. GM did not have those little rubber seals on the original intake manifold gasket but there is one out now and that will fix your problem

 

i did change my gasket but it didnt work. best thing to do is have a compression test. if compression is good then change your gasket if not rebuild your engine.

 

I just got back from the dealer its the gasket. they will not cover it because of the stage 3 pulley.

 

same thing happend to me which is retarded because it is an updated part and there is a tsb on it it is a defective design. stock cobalts are popping there dipsticks out.
here is the bulliten

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Subject: Oil Leak From Top Of Dipstick - Replace Intake Manifold Gasket - keywords accel acceleration CEL crank crankcase dip engine excessive hard high MIL P0171 pressure repeat SES stick WOT #PIP3983 - (11/16/2006)



Models: 2005-2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS

2004-2006 Saturn Ion Redline

with 2.0L Engine (VIN P - RPO LSJ)




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The following diagnosis might be helpful if the vehicle exhibits the symptom(s) described in this PI.

Condition/Concern:
On rare occasions, the engine oil dipstick may become unseated on hard acceleration, resulting in an engine oil leak. If the engine is operated long enough like this, a P0171 DTC could set due to the engine ingesting unmetered air.

This concern is the result of excessive crankcase pressure on hard acceleration. This crankcase pressure may be the result of an intake manifold gasket concern that allows supercharger boost pressure to bypass the intake manifold gasket where it seals around the PCV orifice, which is between the #2 and #3 intake runners.

Recommendation/Instructions:
If the SI diagnostics do not isolate a cause for this concern, replace the intake manifold gasket using part number 12597855, which contains an updated sealing surface around the PCV orifice. This part number, or any future part number, is designed to address this concern.

Please follow this diagnostic or repair process thoroughly and complete each step. If the condition exhibited is resolved without completing every step, the remaining steps do not need to be performed.



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Document ID# 1872878
2006 Chevrolet Cobalt

 

apperently its not all that rare....

 

then why are the making me pay for it if it is happening on stock cars also

 

im lookin at PN 12597855 and it is the intake manifold to cyl head gasket
intake is coming off tom. to do dual pass install

 

get the gasket so you dont have my promblems

 

****** wouldn't warranty mine but they are putting a transmission in a 700whp twin turbo
Z06.Under warranyt.It took all the hardening out of the gears and sharpend them to almost a blade in 1000kms.

 

I have never had any problems with my stage 3 pulley. It looks like you do not have the GM stage 2 kit from what I can see in your sig unless you did not list it. If you put the stage 3 pulley on your car with a stock tune and injectors, that is bad. Really really bad. Next time you take your car for warranty work, put the stage 2 pulley back on the car. I have had to do that several times and never had an issue.

 

just got back from the dealer ,they are going to repair it under warrenty because they have a new manger that agrees that if its a gm part and that they installed itit will be covered so i'm taking the car in tommarow morning to get fixed.I'm so glad and reliefed that they are taking care of it

 

well i had my dipstick popping out... they replaced the intake manifold gasket, supercharger gasket and throttle body gasket.

drove it home, and the dipstick popped out again.

they did run a compression test and everything passed.... any ideas?

bump

 

Take it to another dealer, there is no reason why they shouldn't cover this. It is a known problem with the Balts.

 

my dealer covered mine with a zzp 2.85.

 

I would run the compression test yourself then, or they didn't really replace those gaskets. Because it would be one or the other.

 

mine hasnt popped out since the new gasket, also take the dip stick out to see if yer getting any blow by with the engine on, if you can feel air coming out soemthing is up.

 

something internal?

 

Yes.

 

I' ve got my car going in tomorrow for this with a CPP 2.9 pulley on it so we will see what happens. It has been doing since I bought it and I had the dealer put the GM stage 2 in the day I bought it.

 

add me to the list. Mine popped out when I only had 1000 miles on the car. and now it's doing it even more. I'm taking mine to the dealer!

 

I have a stage 5 From intense,stage 4 clutch, and performance exaust, GM just put a brand new engine and supercharger in the car, because i had a blown piston ring. before they change the engine my oil dipstick was popping out, and that is how they found out about the bad piston. I got my car back and the oil dip stick is still poping out. does anybody have any advise about this? I'm pushing 20lb boost.

 

Lol, why would you run the same Intense tune on a brand new (second) motor when it blew your first one.

Wouldn't you think by putting the same parts back on, that it might just break again?

You probably nuked the piston again, Intense tunes are known to be on the lean side.