lol coming from a BANNED member shush it.

 

I was wondering if this was going to be the straw that broke the camel's back.

 

I thought he was never going to get banned. Thank you to the mod that did this.

 

Well I have driven the car to work the last two days and put about 100 miles on it. The coolant appears to be going down once again in the reservoir. Also the oil on the dipstick is about 2 to three inches about the full mark. The tech put die in the coolant. When I look at the oil it appears to have a yellowish color. I have to wait til next Thursday for them to diagnose the car due to the tech being on vacation.

 

Lmfao! Remember PEMDAS guys... N no, this is not a math course.

 

Ohh damn he got banned lol

 

Lmfao!!! Well its about time. Damn, now who are we going to make fun of next? Lol

 

Okay here's the latest update on my car. After a week of running the car with dye in the system I take the car back Wednesday evening so they can work on the car Thursday. Thursday afternoon I contact the service rep and he told me unfortunately we did not get to your car today because the service tech is offtoday again. I stated will he be back tomorrow the service rep said yes so good I will check back with you tomorrow Friday. Friday afternoon I called the service rep he tells me quote well we know you're losing coolant and it’s not leaking externally but we need to drive the car more because not enough dye is in the oil yet for it to show up on the UV light. So the service rep then tells me maybe we can get the engine piping hot and then have the tech quickly drain the oil and pull the oil pan off the car to see if we can see coolant leaking inside the engine. I stayed it to him that's not a great idea is it hot oil on a hot engine he said yeah not the best way to do things is it. I don't think I'm going to get through this situation too easy it's getting very frustrating I keep getting the blow off treatment they don't contact me I have to call them every time to ask about my car and for the most part it has done nothing but sit in the parking lot so now I'm taking the car home I'm going to drain the oil out of it and put conventional oil back in it and see if I can have an oil analysis done on myself through Blackstone labs. I almost wish this thing would start sucking coolant at a very fast rate so I can get through this issue does the porous engine problem get worse does anybody know? If I was to keep driving it would it get worse. Because now that's what I wanted to do just so I can get some resolution to this. If the warranty company is not going to cover this I want to order a motor for it I'm tired of not driving my car. Does anybody know if the LDK engine definite solves this problem of coolant loss for certain. I don't want to keep sinking money into this car if it’s going to be a problem in the future plus I want to mod the car somewhat, not ridiculously but some and I don't want the modded equipment to affect the reliability of a new motor I'm not talking crazy mods either. I appreciate any input.

 

If you go LDK you shouldnt have any problems

 

Don't give up. You bought a warranty, make them fix it or give you the cash to have it done. Just ask them to explain how your oil level went up? The only other liquid in the system with enough volume is coolant. That means they either think you sabatoged it or the block is leaking.

Daniel

 

I had porous block wiht a third party warranty I sent him around 40 links of porous blocks after they went back and forth with the dealer. they acknowledged that the coolant is going into the oil but dident have a physical fault they could say caused it. after a month of escalations they finally approve the repairs for a new lnf and would not put in a LDK. Waited a year for a new engine parts guy said that gm had to set up the tooling again and made less then 5 engines (not sure how true this is )

After all that crap put around 5k miles on my car and the turbo died due to contaminated oil degrading the turbo bearings life while doing all the dye testing so keep an eye out on that.


who is your warranty company if you don't mind me asking?

 

Thank you for making a comment I appreciate it it's good to hear from people who havethe same situation as I have right now unfortunately it doesn't sound like it's looking too good. Sounds like a long drawn out frustrating process in which I don't want to endore. I'm to the point now where I feel like I'm just going order an LDK Motor and I have a shop that will install it for $1,400. I do like the car but by the time this all plays out I'm not going to like it very much. I am going to talk to the warranty company one more time what's going on at this point and decide what I'm going to do. I talked to an auto mechanic in my area and the guy seems very honest he told me that it would be like trying to find a needle in a haystack to justify to the warranty company that it is a porous block issue. I hope the LDK engine fixes this problem for good I would hate to do all that work put in a motor in it and I'm having the same situation come back. From what I heard the LDK takes care of the problem. The name of my warranty company is called Premier . Any and all input is much appreciated thank you.

 

I would take them the car, and make them give it back to you with no coolant missing. leave that in their hands.

I would leave the keys, walk out and also, contact BBB and small claims (its over $500)

 

Whatever happens, whether you pay or the warranty company pay the LDK will take care of the problem. Look around everyone that has had the porous block problem has replaced the engine with the LDK

 

Is the car still at the stealership? They can do the same oil analysis. It's beyond me why they haven't done it even if they supposedly can't see the dye in the oil. I'd tell them they can either fix it under the warranty's dime or you'll take it back. Getting the car hot enough to start leaking shouldn't be an issue. Even if it toasts your turbo, i'd rather replace a $500 turbo on my dime than pay for the whole engine.

 

^^ makes sense.

 

i had the porus block issue with my car and it happened with 19,000 on the car. if your oil looks milky its the head gasket or the porus block issue man. most likely porus block. i went through 1.5 gallon of coolant in 2 days lol it was covered under warranty and i now have 102k on the car and i have been fully bolted and tuned and have ran 2 tunes of e47 through it for 2 summers and no issues, knock on wood lol. idk why the dealership isnt trying to help you out any. if you get the LDK yes that will solve your problem and you dont have to worry about anything but then also the replacement engines are a lot stronger as well.

 

There's just nothing else it could be, and blown head gaskets are rare.

 

It doesn't leak when it's just sitting cold. I notice it goes down after I park it and it cools off. Each time I drive it I notice it goes down little bit each time. I drive back and forth to work about 40 miles round trip. Another thing a mechanic told me to check was the oil cooler. Is that a possibility? He said I could bypass it don't drive it hard and see if I lose any coolant.

 

First things first - I think I say this on behalf of all the LNF owners this is a shitty situation to go through and gm should have addressed this a bit better esp after 2008, We all feel for you and the community is here for you.

From a mechanic point of view they are avoiding the problem, Like stated before they should have done a proper analysis test. Not some half ass dye test esp for gm?

Also coolant is a sealed unit
Oil is a sealed unit

If either one of these goes down or up you have a problem plain and simple

I personally haven't experienced it, But i do remember a recent member just had it and he said it was getting worse and burning more as he drove it. I am not sure what happened in the end but he drove it.

Also my 2 cents, They won't help you out esp if you replace the motor (fix the problem) That is their job and what you paid them for.

 

My LDK has been great for the little over a year I've had it.

This is why I don't do warranties, dealing with their crap isn't worth the possibility of them paying to fix it.

 

thats exactly what a porus block is man. not no damn oil cooler or whatever the hell the mechanic is saying. it truly sucks that your getting dicked around here on this situation. when i had my porus block the mechanics were stumped with what was going on and then i told them what it could be and they looked into it and said thats exactly what it is and gm even mentioned it in something they had read for their bulletins or something he said. so like i said you def have the porus block issue without a doubt.

 

I told about the porous block and even sent them threads on it websites about it and they looked at me like I had three heads. So I guess I'll be doing this for a while. I talk to the dealership where I bought the car and they were really cool I talk to the sales manager and I talked to the service manager and he said if you lived closer we would definitely take care of you man I've dealt with this before about our dealership so I know what you talking about. He told me to keep the warranty and just go through the process and eventually I will get through it so I guess that's what I'm going to do. I checked the oil today with my ultraviolet light dipstick looks like a glow stick so I'm not going to drive the car until I take it back in to get it serviced. Will keep you posted thanks for all your input I really do appreciate it post more if you'd like. I'm still learning about this car.

 

This is the latest word from my dealership servicing my car.


Spoke with your warranty company. Started a claim. I talkedto them about the possibly of this being a porous case leaking coolant into theengine oil.
They stated if this was the issue that it is not covered bythis policy. The company is sending me a fax about what their tear-down policyis.
If there is a component failed inside the engine causing the issue thenit might be.
The service manager and tech will be talking about what thenext step the tech would like to do on Monday. I'll let you know.
Matthew
I called my warranty company right after receiving this email asked them if this was true. they said they were not saying that as of yet that they have to go through the tear down first. We will have to see.

 

So they don't cover the engine block itself?

Mine was an obvious leak but I took it in hoping that gm would own up and pitch in. The stealership said the next day that the block is toast. I didn't ask for details of the test because I already knew, but they were very confident. I'm not sure why your's can't be just as confident. And no, mine didn't admit to having experience with the porous block before. It's just baffling to me.