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08-31-2007 | #1 |
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How many have the original motor...
Any idea of how many of these things had the motors replaced under warranty...Think it really matters if you have the original in the car or not??
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08-31-2007 | #2 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
I think it would matter in the less than 10k mile cars...otherwise no.
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08-31-2007 | #3 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
I agree with Corvette95 if you are an originality purist. But, it is possible that a really low miles early year car was never run enough to find the original defects. There may be problems that will appear that were never repaired by GM.
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08-31-2007 | #4 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
Does it make your car less original if it's a factory repair? I mean, that was the procedure. Anything wrong with the motor, even small stuff, and it got swapped out and shipped back. I would think if you could show it was done under the new car warranty, maybe it wouldn't matter. But I don't know jack about collecting cars.
I never even checked that mine was original, I guess I'll take a look next time I'm under there.
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08-31-2007 | #5 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
I may take a look under mine this weekend, dont know how to tell if it has, only getting the #s. I can tell someone has had an impact on my crank bolt. Couple that along with a new rad. and some crusted black goo on the backside of my old water pump impeller tells me this thing may have been apart before....Or its on borrowed time, one or the other. Why else would someone mess with the crank bolt?
Im guessing if it was carbon or oil the problem was fixed (or someone added a lot of sealer in a can which never really works) or it would be acting real funny by now.
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09-01-2007 | #6 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
I the study I did, about 140 owners responded and of those, only one engine had been replaced under warranty. All others had original engines with no major failures. On the car that did have the engine replaced, it was done by the previous owner, so little was known about it.
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Re: How many have the original motor...
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09-02-2007 | #8 |
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Re: How many have the original motor...
my zr motor never been touched or repaird till the day i mod. it !
i mean my motor was virgin! |
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