So here is the question at hand...

On my car I have A pace setter headder, Fujita CAI, and Hi-flow cat. I'm taking my car to the dealership tomorrow because my pistin rings are blown and my car throws out clouds of blue smoke. I know the rings are bad cuz the mechanic I took it to did a leak-down test and found #1 and #4 leak 90%.

Here is the questio...
Do you think the dealer will warraty the engine?

PLACE YOUR BETS!!!

 

go back to stock IMO.

 

dealers are gay but they cannot take your warrany away unless the promblem is caused by the aftermarket parts
but usually its safe to put sotck back on

 

start returning car to stock if you think it might be void

 

x2...Put the stock parts back on ASAP

 

Yes.

 

Cant put the stock manifild back on. The current exhaust won't mesh with it.

 

hmm... you may be sol then... but hopefully not, you won't know til you try! but good luck either way!

 

Thanks man! I'll find out tomorrow. It's worth a shot though.

 

It depends on the stealership!

 

If they don't warranty it, I would be curious to see their reasoning behind it. And it better be different than "Its modded, so its not under warranty."

 

if they try to void it say screw u and go to a different stealership

 

HAHA

 

Indeed. I called the 800 # and they said that the dealership has to prove that the headder caused the rings to go bad. I have thought about it and I don't see annyway that could happen. Anyone else?

Friday night humpty BUMP!

 

its called a header one D

 

it's a stealership, theyre going to try to screw you over. If you can find a cheap oem exhaust put it on with your oem headers. IMO i'd try to avoid any chance of them voiding.

 

Who called it "headers"?

 

in order for it to void your warrenty they need to put it in writing and explain why the header voids the warrenty and the reason why it caused the piston rings to go if thats the case

 

I've seen it spelt hedder too, as in Hedman Hedders.

But anywho- I don't see how a custom exhaust could cause the rings to go bad. Are you sure its the rings and not a valve issue, i.e. burnt or bent allowing oil to come past the seals? If it's smoking real bad though it probably is the rings.

 

Mechanic did a Leak-down test, he said valves are fine, bings are bad.

Late night Bump?

 

You can burn up your valves by having a header/headers without any exhaust piping after it, or even from running with a leak for a long time.

On the other hand, I'm not sure if that would do anything to your rings.

Are you 100% sure it isn't the valves?

Now you said you have a high flow cat, do you have a CEL? Are you tuned?

A high flow cat will have your 02 sensor sending wrong info to the PCM, changing fuel and timing which they could possibly blame for the problem. Well at least that's what GM teaches some of there techies.

I say, go as close to stock as you can.

 

The way the stealerships are about these cars i would take the extra time and go back to as close to stock as possible . If you don't have the stuff to do it look in the classified's and buy it, it's going to be alot cheaper than having the motor work done yourself.

 

Okay so I put everything back as stock as I could. Still has headder, CAI and High-flow cat. Should be good right???
Taking it to the dealership toomorrow morning.

Wow, has anyone looked at the poll results? I haven't ever seen one so close. LOL

 

Try completely stock you don’t want them to give you any but it is a Chevy dealership they will turn you around to save them self’s some bucks.

 

^ I put it as back to stock as I could.