New here, in desperate need of info
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New here, in desperate need of info
Hey guys, I just purchased a 2010 cobalt ss turbo from a used car lot. I had a 2009 Pontiac g5 five speed modded and decided to finally buy the car I wanted at that time.
The car is tuned and I was reading over 300hp on the little computer pod Guage. It worked great I had it for 2 days then on a Saturday I left to go on a trip and leaving a red light I decided to open it up finally a little bit and built some higher boost. BOOM something let go in the motor cracking the oil pan and taking 3 chucks out of the lower block. Now when I bought the car it had an airbag light on and check engine which he swore up and down that it was merely a recall on the ignition and airbag and me as giddy as a kid in a candy store super excited to get the car ate his lies like candy. First thing he did when I called him and had it towed was blame me for abuse. No abuse was done as I never opened it up at all until that point, every other time I drove it I had my 6 year old in it. Anywho the story gets sketchy as I learn from the Napa pro attached to his dealership that has my car tells me somebody not sure if he was government or not was down to scan the computer on the cobalt and literally after that the dealer changed his tune to "you hit something that caused it" when I questioned him about the computer he said yeah it was government they scan the car when a disagreement arises but supposedly between being towed and that guy arriving mysteriously the data was erased. Apparently by to many turns of the key is how he said it happens (pretty sure you need a diagnostic tool to scan and delete or modify anyting).
So now he basically is saying I hit a rock with kinked that very thin airway right at the bottom of the intercooler it's like a little channel of some sort.
Only thing is there's also a new scratch on my bumper in an impossible location inside the air dam and the damage to both parts was non existent until after the car left on the tow truck.
Is it possible for the motor to over boost or fail if that gets pinched off? It feels like he is pressuring me to take fault and even fraud my insurance company. I didn't belive this theory at all until my borrowed Mazda hatch scraped leaving my gfs apartment because of there high angled driveway.
Any information is appreciated guys! Cheers!
The car is tuned and I was reading over 300hp on the little computer pod Guage. It worked great I had it for 2 days then on a Saturday I left to go on a trip and leaving a red light I decided to open it up finally a little bit and built some higher boost. BOOM something let go in the motor cracking the oil pan and taking 3 chucks out of the lower block. Now when I bought the car it had an airbag light on and check engine which he swore up and down that it was merely a recall on the ignition and airbag and me as giddy as a kid in a candy store super excited to get the car ate his lies like candy. First thing he did when I called him and had it towed was blame me for abuse. No abuse was done as I never opened it up at all until that point, every other time I drove it I had my 6 year old in it. Anywho the story gets sketchy as I learn from the Napa pro attached to his dealership that has my car tells me somebody not sure if he was government or not was down to scan the computer on the cobalt and literally after that the dealer changed his tune to "you hit something that caused it" when I questioned him about the computer he said yeah it was government they scan the car when a disagreement arises but supposedly between being towed and that guy arriving mysteriously the data was erased. Apparently by to many turns of the key is how he said it happens (pretty sure you need a diagnostic tool to scan and delete or modify anyting).
So now he basically is saying I hit a rock with kinked that very thin airway right at the bottom of the intercooler it's like a little channel of some sort.
Only thing is there's also a new scratch on my bumper in an impossible location inside the air dam and the damage to both parts was non existent until after the car left on the tow truck.
Is it possible for the motor to over boost or fail if that gets pinched off? It feels like he is pressuring me to take fault and even fraud my insurance company. I didn't belive this theory at all until my borrowed Mazda hatch scraped leaving my gfs apartment because of there high angled driveway.
Any information is appreciated guys! Cheers!
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