 |
 | Home | Contact Us | FAQ | Search & Site Map | Link to Us |
 | Sign In | Join | Other 45 Sites in Network |
Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / General Car Topics / February 2006What is the damage ?
Brand new 2006 Cavalier ... in for first oil change at the dealer. After the oil change I head out on the highway. After about and hour, the car started to slow down on it's own, even with foot on the gas, oil light is on, engine light comes on ... as I pull off the highway the steering is hard to move. What happened, and what is the potential long term damage? I really don't know anything about cars, so my guess would be, the dealer that just did the oil change did not tighten the oil filter on enough and the engine lost all it's oil? What I don't know is what the long term damage to the engine would be if any? And how would I go about finding out the real damage here. Of course the dealer that just did the oil change is going to try and cover their butt .. so what should I do? Thanks Based on the story, you lost the engine. As in siezed up. Document everything NOW. Write down who went where to get what, what was allegedly done, by who (names), when it was done and when, the circumstances after - time dates places, all contacted people in the aftermath (names). AND word for word, what was said for the 'fix'. Who took responsibility or not. Be insistant, do not back off. CONTACT a lawyer , give him the story and ask questions. You may be in for a battle. Keep posting the follow ups. This is not the first time that this type of thing has happened and it won't be the last. Pete Been there - got the 'fix'. >Brand new 2006 Cavalier ... in for first oil change at the dealer. After >the oil change I head out on the highway. After about and hour, the car [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Thanks When the tow truck arrived and checked the oil ... it is still full. So now I have no idea what happened? > Brand new 2006 Cavalier ... in for first oil change at the dealer. After > the oil change I head out on the highway. After about and hour, the car [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks Did it lose it's coolant? You are still describing a seized engine. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > When the tow truck arrived and checked the oil ... it is still full. So now > I have no idea what happened? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Thanks >Did it lose it's coolant? > >You are still describing a seized engine. ===================== I am a little confused....the car lost power...the oil light came on, and this all happened just after an oil change done my the dealer..? I saw nothing to indicate that the engine had seized in the 3-4 posts I read... DID IT ? BUT when the tow truck came the car did have oil in the pan... This sounds like a failed oil pump...not a screw up with the oil change... In any case since the car is NEW it should be covered under warrenty. IF not it could be covered under the the comprehensive part of your Insurance policy..which normally would cover everything EXCEPT the part that broke...(the oil pump)...the rest of the engine would be covered... HOWEVER ..since the OIL light came on... the OP is partly responsible ...the outcome of this could get interesting... Bob G. if they started the engine with no oill in it when they cahnged it then the pump will have cavitated ie pumped air and that will mess up a pump and cause a loss of oil pressure which can kill the motor. As far as ther dealer goes take it to a different shop and have it inspected just make sure that Gm recognizes the shop that you take it to for the inspection and if the dealer is at fault then gm will make them repair any damage that theyt caused. good luck. > When the tow truck arrived and checked the oil ... it is still full. So now > I have no idea what happened? [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Thanks If the engine lost it's oil on the highway and seized up like you describe, that engine is dead. Totally fried. They owe you a new engine. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view! Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2115147590 (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page) > Brand new 2006 Cavalier ... in for first oil change at the dealer. After > the oil change I head out on the highway. After about and hour, the car [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Thanks |
Reply to this Message |
 Sign In
 Join
 My Latest Posts My Monitored Threads My Blog My Photo Gallery My Profile My Homepage Start New Thread Enable EMail Alerts Rate this Thread
|
©2008 Advenet LLC Privacy Policy - Terms of Use
This website includes both content owned or controlled by Advenet as well as content owned or controlled by third parties.