stevesparky 20 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 (edited) Not sure the reason why? My wife picked it up. Car has around 55,000 miles. My wife said it was due to PCV recall / replacement. I always kept the oil filled up and changed oil. So..... what happened to require a whole new engine???? Edited January 13, 2016 by stevesparky Link to post Share on other sites
WaltK 305 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Not sure the reason why? My wife picked it up. Car has around 55,000 miles. My wife said it was due to PCV recall / replacement. I always kept the oil filled up and changed oil. So..... what happened to require a whole new engine???? What was the reason, for the trip to the dealership? What was the car doing/not doing? Link to post Share on other sites
stevesparky 20 Posted January 14, 2016 Author Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Started running ruff. But not really bad. Also idle was ruff. Called On Star. Said bad smog devices. On Star called nearest dealer for us and made appointment. We drove directly to Chevy Garage in Redding CA. They were expecting us. We waited for about an hour. They came back and said ONE cylinder had failed. They gave a loaner. 3 weeks later picked up Spark. Said they decided to replace whole engine. No cost to us. Zero dollars !! Edited January 14, 2016 by stevesparky WaltK 1 Link to post Share on other sites
WaltK 305 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 (edited) Started running ruff. But not really bad. Also idle was ruff. Called On Star. Said bad smog devices. On Star called nearest dealer for us and made appointment. We drove directly to Chevy Garage in Redding CA. They were expecting us. We waited for about an hour. They came back and said ONE cylinder had failed. They gave a loaner. 3 weeks later picked up Spark. Said they decided to replace whole engine. No cost to us. Zero dollars !! Outside of the inconvenience, of not having the car for 3 weeks, it sounds like a fairly uneventful adventure. Did you have the PCV recall done? It seems here and there, this issue is starting to surface again. Glad all is well now. Edited January 14, 2016 by WaltK Link to post Share on other sites
Chippy848 9 Posted January 14, 2016 Share Posted January 14, 2016 Has to do with the pcv valve recall. Bad pcv valve from the factory causes internal engine damage if it was not replaced early in the cars life. Sounds like they did the right thing for you and I hope the issue is taken care now. Should be a great reliable car for you and last even longer now! Retired old Gearhead 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Retired old Gearhead 201 Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 As Chippy said..PCV failure or partial failure before the PCV recall was done will show up sooner or later. Oil fouls plug(s) causes coil on plug to fail and just a domino effect from there on. Link to post Share on other sites
stevesparky 20 Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Thanks for all the comments. Now I understand more of what happened. We had the PCV valve replaced thru the recall, but I guess not soon enough. Link to post Share on other sites
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