white smoke??
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a shop here 160 for a compression and leak down test.
another wanted 150 to change my spark plugs ( i dont have the tools to do so)
God I hope there is nothing wrong with your car because your tune is the kind of tune most guys with TF run. And if you crack a ringland with a tune like that 
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yea man the tune isnt "all out"
but i think if it was gunna go at least it wasnt too bad....
the dealer here is stupid so im taking my car to another one to get it lookeed at
they are saying i have smoke coming out my exhaust like crazy, knock, bad misfires at idol, and can smell a strong oil burning smell because i have a bad sensor.........
they want to charge another 85 to do a compression check
QUOTE]yea man the tune isnt "all out"
but i think if it was gunna go at least it wasnt too bad....
the dealer here is stupid so im taking my car to another one to get it lookeed at
they are saying i have smoke coming out my exhaust like crazy, knock, bad misfires at idol, and can smell a strong oil burning smell because i have a bad sensor.........
they want to charge another 85 to do a compression check
another wanted 150 to change my spark plugs ( i dont have the tools to do so)
yea man the tune isnt "all out"
but i think if it was gunna go at least it wasnt too bad....
the dealer here is stupid so im taking my car to another one to get it lookeed at
they are saying i have smoke coming out my exhaust like crazy, knock, bad misfires at idol, and can smell a strong oil burning smell because i have a bad sensor.........
they want to charge another 85 to do a compression check
but i think if it was gunna go at least it wasnt too bad....
the dealer here is stupid so im taking my car to another one to get it lookeed at
they are saying i have smoke coming out my exhaust like crazy, knock, bad misfires at idol, and can smell a strong oil burning smell because i have a bad sensor.........
they want to charge another 85 to do a compression check
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Who have you tuned in Houston? Your car doesn't happen to be silver and in the Kingwood/Huffman area?
This is all I will add GM and the ecotec have a horrible track record of ringlands cracking I have seen it in every engine of the ecotec line except the 1.8 and new 1.4. Supposed engines that can take certain power mean nothing just because one did it does not mean another will. Its like the crankwalk issue with DSMs there are 500hp 7bolt 4G63s roaming Houston yet at this point there crank is supposed to have walked yet no issue . But others have had this issue.
For example ask Cubaniche about his LNF balt it will throw you for a loop compared to other cars with the same mods.
This is all I will add GM and the ecotec have a horrible track record of ringlands cracking I have seen it in every engine of the ecotec line except the 1.8 and new 1.4. Supposed engines that can take certain power mean nothing just because one did it does not mean another will. Its like the crankwalk issue with DSMs there are 500hp 7bolt 4G63s roaming Houston yet at this point there crank is supposed to have walked yet no issue . But others have had this issue.
For example ask Cubaniche about his LNF balt it will throw you for a loop compared to other cars with the same mods.
. Whats up with Cubaniche's car? guess i havnt heard the stories with it? fill me in.
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well the rings and piston in cylinder 1 were murdered and the wall of cylinder 1 is messed up as well....so the dealer is either going to relpace/fix my motor, which is really expensive since the cylinder wall is messed up or drop in a new motor
all covered under warrenty
all covered under warrenty
well the rings and piston in cylinder 1 were murdered and the wall of cylinder 1 is messed up as well....so the dealer is either going to relpace/fix my motor, which is really expensive since the cylinder wall is messed up or drop in a new motor
all covered under warrenty
all covered under warrenty
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Mine had a two cracked cylinders. Had to get a new long block. It was still bone stock also...had it for a year and a half at the most..dealer said it was factory problem. A guy on here told me it was because of a the Aluminum molding in the factory sometimes bubbles get in the cylinders and when the motor is used the bubbles in the aluminum pop and crack. Which lets coolant into the cylynders. and burns it
Mine had a two cracked cylinders. Had to get a new long block. It was still bone stock also...had it for a year and a half at the most..dealer said it was factory problem. A guy on here told me it was because of a the Aluminum molding in the factory sometimes bubbles get in the cylinders and when the motor is used the bubbles in the aluminum pop and crack. Which lets coolant into the cylynders. and burns it
mine was only stock to take it to the dealer tho hehehe
@tom.g im not sure on the lambda, id have to ask vince...
car will be ready tomorrow!!!
https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l...d-ever-244457/
so yesterday after installing the forge motorsport bpv i took ot for a test drive.... awesome device by the way, but while punching it to see if it holds the boost it actually boosted to 24-25 instead of 22-21, also when i redlined it i noticed quite a bit of white smoking from the tail pipe,
I keep sayn this OVER AND OVER....ya don't want 24+ boost... BTW, that's not the purpose of the Forge Unit.
this is true, with my forge installed my 23psi tune saw 25psi....as well might turn it down to 22 or so to offset the gain or change in psi
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when i get tuned ima get it turned down
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I ran a Trifecta tune @ 26 psi for over a year on the K04 before I upgraded turbos.
When I pulled the K04 turbo off to exchange it for the BNR upgrade, it still had minimal side to side shaft play (what is expected without oil in the turbo).
When I pulled the K04 turbo off to exchange it for the BNR upgrade, it still had minimal side to side shaft play (what is expected without oil in the turbo).
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