This is cute!
hey guys look at my funny but not so funny pic story,
just another thing that went wrong on a cobalt, ironic.......
some people are taking this way too far, get a life people, or ya konw laugh, or get laid, something....
just another thing that went wrong on a cobalt, ironic.......
some people are taking this way too far, get a life people, or ya konw laugh, or get laid, something....
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From: Kathmandu
You are confused. You money shifted it. If you are off the clutch, and the motor zinged to 8500 and hit a ton of boost, it's because you shifted into 2nd. Are you seriously dumb enough to argue against this? It is not possible for you to shift up and have the RPM go up. The boost spike is the 2nd piece of evidence. Tremendous load of downshifting at too high of speed will generate a boost spike.
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I miss shifted my RSX-S once. I got lucky with that one but for a brief moment I saw the RPM needle peg out and beyond on the 9,000 RPM stock gauge. YIKES!!
Anyway, I broke my car too. It's getting torn down now for mostly likely a broken piston. I'm not arguing right or wrong necessarily about warranty but me personally.... I'm just paying to have the work done and I'll just put in better parts. (Forged Pistons if it's in fact a piston that broke)
Another way to look at it is just that if you take it for warranty you'll end up with all the same parts all over again, just waiting for you to break them all over again. I'd rather pay some cash now and forget the headaches later.
Anyway, I broke my car too. It's getting torn down now for mostly likely a broken piston. I'm not arguing right or wrong necessarily about warranty but me personally.... I'm just paying to have the work done and I'll just put in better parts. (Forged Pistons if it's in fact a piston that broke)
Another way to look at it is just that if you take it for warranty you'll end up with all the same parts all over again, just waiting for you to break them all over again. I'd rather pay some cash now and forget the headaches later.
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Really? I was driving and I know the difference between 4th and 2nd. If you would read my post about them calling and saying the PCM is bad would give u the hint that something fucked up bad. I understand u might be John force but i know how to drive and know what happened. U r correct tho at that speed and going into the wrong gear would cause the same issue. When the car did this then shut off and I had to limp it home.
Anyway, I broke my car too. It's getting torn down now for mostly likely a broken piston. I'm not arguing right or wrong necessarily about warranty but me personally.... I'm just paying to have the work done and I'll just put in better parts. (Forged Pistons if it's in fact a piston that broke)
Another way to look at it is just that if you take it for warranty you'll end up with all the same parts all over again, just waiting for you to break them all over again. I'd rather pay some cash now and forget the headaches later.
Another way to look at it is just that if you take it for warranty you'll end up with all the same parts all over again, just waiting for you to break them all over again. I'd rather pay some cash now and forget the headaches later.
Really? I was driving and I know the difference between 4th and 2nd. If you would read my post about them calling and saying the PCM is bad would give u the hint that something fucked up bad. I understand u might be John force but i know how to drive and know what happened. U r correct tho at that speed and going into the wrong gear would cause the same issue. When the car did this then shut off and I had to limp it home.
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Just because the dealership covered it doesn't mean GM will. When GM rejects it then the dealership pays. After they get burned a few times doing this you can bet they wont want to cover much of anything legit or not.
You tuned it knowing that it could damage the car. You missed a shift. The damage is your fault. Pay to play.
You tuned it knowing that it could damage the car. You missed a shift. The damage is your fault. Pay to play.
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From: A.B.E. PA & Jacksonville FL
I love this US Federal Law - MagnusonMoss Warranty Act - the dealership I go to, even has this LAW posted on the wall next the service/parts counters.. My dad was denied legit warranty work (#2 DI failed), but once he called the State DA's office, the dealership called the following day to cover the work.. yea the Mazda had a K&N air filter, but to say "the K&N air filter caused the DI plug to fail"? really now? For last 1 year 1/2 now every time he goes to get the oil changed on the Mazda - it's on the house.
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From: Dyess AFB,Tx/Canton,Pa
One if I wanted to fix it I could've. Learned today the tune had gone bad. Will be getting the report from what the computer read. Since the tune was on the car when bought under a GM ceritified warranty that included the tune. So now its getting repaired and a new PCM will be put in. Sucks but just to know it wasn't my fault and a mess up in the tune I feel better.
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From: Dyess AFB,Tx/Canton,Pa
Really? So the GM techs are wrong? Hmmm guess maybe I should bring my car to u assclowns since y'all are the pros! Whatever I'm done in this thread. The computer don't lie and the car is getting fixed.....so I'm happy!
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From: Kathmandu
What we don't believe is you because your story about "I just shifted from 3rd to 4th and it happened" is an impossibility.
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From: Dyess AFB,Tx/Canton,Pa
Same thing happened to me about 3 months ago. wierd ticking noise under the valve cover but not really loud. Car still ran good so i thought it was the cold weather. Took off the valve cover last week to paint and found 2 rockers laying in the lifter valley. Also chewed up the exhaust cam pretty good. Anybody upgrade their cams yet and have a spare exhaust cam laying around? Le5 cam will work too i believe. Need to get this beast back on the road! If not i guess i'll have to find some money for the zzp head and cam upgrade. :-)