i was coming home tonight on he highway just going with traffic when these idiots went flying down cutting people off i dunni if they were racing or what but long story short they cut me off about ran me into a concrete barrier. i down shifted and slammed the brakes but i down shifted to wrong gear by accident when my foot slipped off the clutch pedal. pretty sure i floated the motor. Its blowing pressure back out the oil neck on the valve cover. does that sound about right?? is there a way warranty would still cover it, car only has 25,000 miles on it? need help fast

i should add i dont have the sc injectors in yet nor the spray ever hooked up, only running with an airbox mod and exhaust as of right now.

 

bring it in and try it.

 

Make sure u get it in before tha holiday closing time.

Did u get make/model? Payback is always worth it

 

Bring it to the dealer and make them fix it.

 

no i didnt get make and model it all happened too fast. but do you guys think that warranty will still cover it? i mean it wasn't intentional, i wasnt racing, hell i had my baby with me. and like i said i dont really have anything done to it at the moment other then airbox mod and catback. everything else is sittinf in my room waiting for intstall

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I would definitely return airbox to stock if possible before bringing it in. I can hear it now... "Well, the modified air intake seems to have let too much air into the engine causing it to (insert random car phrases designed to confuse you)!"

 

its worth a try... ive seen a toyota celica with the supercharged motor and 6 speed get blown because of the narrow shift gate's on the shifter with a sales man driving it.. trying to get 4th on the freeway and get 2nd and WRING it out and POP.. i say be honest.. did you see the kinda car that cut you off? get a plate? if so report it.

 

i dont have a stock airbox though to return it to stock, and no i didnt get a chance to get the other cars info, was just to fast happening. i thought there was a thing that they had to prove the modifications would have caused it to happen.

 

Just go in and give it a shot....

 

warranty is covered up to 36k for base warranty and powertrain is still covered, i mean what all can they say to not cover it?

 

they can pull your ecm logs and see that your car hit 8krpms? heh

 

it wasnt intentional and i didnt think about that, am i able to reset that before it goes in. just in case they pull that

 

Not sure if you can reset those logs....
but that would likely be worse
because then youd have to explain why they are erased.....

 

good point. i mean i dont care if they have to check it but i did track it a while back i didnt know if that will show or not. or highest speed i hit before. i dont usually drive it hard either, i always maintain it before oil life needs it, i meani take care of the car pretty damn good. i just dont want to get screwed in the end from them.

 

I dont know, but i dont imagine it would have a very long term memory....

Someone else with more knowledge on our ECMs will have to chime in.

 

thanks for the help so far, anyone else help out as well???

 

No reset.. Even if you could.. The fact that no log was there... would be suspicious.

P.S. Don't forget that the warranty is to protect you from their mechanical problems... Not to get you a new motor because of something you did.. They reserve the right to decide. They will be very reluctant to fix anything, especially if you have "painted the Rims" and god knows what else they will see.

 

what will all read on it?

anyone else, could really use as much info as possible

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i had the same situation happen to me on the road where some jackass damn near ran me off the road into a ditch and i mis shifted and revved the **** outta the motor...thank god i didnt do any major damage (i hope)...sorry to hear that bro...u could at least give it a shot at the dealer but i have a bad feelign ur SOL...best of luck

 

thanks, but yea i did damage, car has weird sound to it and is blowing air out the oil neck on the valve cover, so im al ittle worried

off to bed for the night. bump for more help over night.

 

Definately busted something up. I would just take it to the dealer and be 100% honest. And make sure you dress nice, don't look like a street racer, wash/clean out your car, etc.

 

sounds more like an insurance issue to me. They'll probably know you weren't racing or abusing the car from the logs, but they'll probably be able to tell you mis-shifted. Sorry to say but warranty doesn't cover driver error. Who knows, maybe you'll get a very caring service manager. Tis the season?

Your best bet would be to file a report ASAP. Provide info on the other cars. That way it'll be alot easier to go the insurance route if you have to. You may have already waited to long to file a respectable statement, but you could always lie and tell them it just happened and you limped back home.

 

I know this if off topic, but how the F*** did you get ur car on those rails? LOL did you break anything getting off?

 

thanks guys i hope something is able to be done though. i really didnt know the insurance route but i guess anything is worth the try.
and as for the tracks, i used a crossing and lined up on them and then drove out on them, but it was on a storage track so no train would have been coming.

 

oh and just so you know. air blowing out of the oil neck with the the cap off is normal