So there's nothing wrong with the car?

 

not engine wise apparently....

but i still have no heat (ordered brand new HVAC console), crazy wind whistle (order new stripping), and really bad rattling coming from the front passenger side of teh car..

 

how much oil are you burning? just wondered what they considered "normal rate" for a car as new as yours. these cars should not burn any noticeable amount of oil between oil changes of any recommended interval.

 

AHAHAHAHHAHAHA :lo:

What a bunch of dick eating money ******.... I can't believe they were gonna make you pay to fix something that needed no fixing at all....

 

I think we all have a rattle here or there in our cars. And as for burning oil I haven't noticed any burnt when I change it, comes pretty damn close to the line where the new oil was.

 

ill look at the paperwork they gave me.. but i think it says every 3200KM its supposed to be like .9L or some stupid ****...

 

The only way that a header would be causing the problem is if it somehow eliminated so much back pressure that it rattled loose the exhaust valves and you were burning oil past the exhaust valve seals, but that's damn near impossible for a decently built motor without open headers.

 

.9L? even that sounds a bit much. might be the upper limit of acceptable. afterall this is GM we're talking about.

 

i gotta look at the paperwork..

and watch my oil when i change it on friday...

 

Sad to say but YUP!!!

And I think I only burn at the most is even noticeable a 10th of a quart, if that. Like I said when I do change the oil I mark the spot on the Mobil jug new and full then when I'm done I see what's the difference, I also hold the drain pan over the jug to make sure I get it all out. Also I put the pan in the sun after to see any metallic oil. So far so good.

 

Yes the acceptable MAXIMUM oil consumption for a GM gasoline engine is 1quart/2000 miles.

 

yup...

and mine was 2.5L low .... after just over 8000KM

 

Not bad, and when I do my moms Crapstang she's always a quart low. And they say GM sux...they might suck but not as bad as Ford.

 

thats almost HALF the oil... haha

 

5 quarts total.....pfft. Thus one more reason I would never buy a Ford.

I run the **** out of my car since I got it after 5k miles....still good to go, she only has 21K on hers and I have 42K on mine.....

 

i think im confused.. or you are.. haha

i have an ION :P my oil was 2.5L short... the normal amount of oil in it is 5.5 i believe?

 

Well, you do have quite the list of mods B/2.4:

• Redline body kit
• Canuck Motorsports Lowerings Springs
• 18" White Racing Hart C5s
• 5 window tint
• XC CF hood
• Injen CAI
• 4157KRs
• Progress RSB
• Prothane Tranny mounts
• ZZP header/dp combo
• Megan Catback
• 6000k HIDs
• Blue LED underbody lights
• SMS BB TB
• Pclear STS
• Ingalls TD
• Clarion In-dash DVD
• Nyrm Dual Apillar pod
• AEM wideband
• Aeroforce Interceptor

For sure, not all of those are engine mods. But you might be attracting too much of the dealer's attention with all them mods!

I say just keep trying other dealers ... you've got nothing to lose.

 

only 4 are engine related..

header/dp
catback
Intake
big bore Throttle body


but it doesnt matter right now... its not burning more oil then it should as far as paperwork is concerned, ill watch more carefully after this next oil change

 

i cant think of any reason a heaqder would void a warranty. Did u throw a code? If not tell them if they void ur warranty that u will take them to court u want them to prove how a header could have possibly voided ur warranty

 

i was wthrowing a code because of the rear o2 and the high flow cat so i turned it off...

 

plain and simple, upgrading exhaust isnt going to cause an oil buring condition.

 

I think the more important issue here now that youve got the dealer thing straightened out, is why didnt you check your oil for 8000km?