6.2L Engine replacement

[MO_ZR2]

Sorry to hear that on your daughter’s truck. That is simply unacceptable. It just can't be that hard to put these things together reliably after decades of the same essential components.

Rear main seal is the verdict, looks like a 2-3 week turnaround. Dropping tranny and getting into the rear early next week. It’s recoverable but definitely sucks on a new rig, thankful it’s not a cracked block like they had for a while or engine replacement type of problem.

Been following a few Colorado forums and looking like a window opened this summer with bad rear main parts and/or assembly as they’ve been showing up randomly since late June.

 

[AXE]

Rear main seal is the verdict, looks like a 2-3 week turnaround. Dropping tranny and getting into the rear early next week. It’s recoverable but definitely sucks on a new rig, thankful it’s not a cracked block like they had for a while or engine replacement type of problem.

Been following a few Colorado forums and looking like a window opened this summer with bad rear main parts and/or assembly as they’ve been showing up randomly since late June.

She'll have to take the ZR2 to school!

 

[dtl27]

Update on my engine going out at 23k

3 bearings went out, metal all through engine, replacing engine and radiator.

Thought I was getting brand new engine, turns out it’s a reman

Anyone have thoughts about reman vs brand new? Definitely concerned. Also working to get extended warranty as I have 0 confidence in this truck at this point.

 

[securityguy]

Update on my engine going out at 23k

3 bearings went out, metal all through engine, replacing engine and radiator.

Thought I was getting brand new engine, turns out it’s a reman

Anyone have thoughts about reman vs brand new? Definitely concerned. Also working to get extended warranty as I have 0 confidence in this truck at this point.

If they will give you a 5 year, 100K warranty on the rebuild, that may not be a bad deal.

 

[AXE]

Update on my engine going out at 23k

3 bearings went out, metal all through engine, replacing engine and radiator.

Thought I was getting brand new engine, turns out it’s a reman

Anyone have thoughts about reman vs brand new? Definitely concerned. Also working to get extended warranty as I have 0 confidence in this truck at this point.

Where is it remanufactured, GM or a third party? I suppose they have enough damaged motors to salvage the blocks to start a successful reman program now, I'm sure business is good. I'd tell them you want a new one.

 

[ZR2NYC]

Update on my engine going out at 23k

3 bearings went out, metal all through engine, replacing engine and radiator.

Thought I was getting brand new engine, turns out it’s a reman

Anyone have thoughts about reman vs brand new? Definitely concerned. Also working to get extended warranty as I have 0 confidence in this truck at this point.

it would be nice to get a new long block. if GM is behind a reman dont see a prob. i would make sure you have an extended warranty.

 

[dtl27]

Is a reman from GM, should be getting additional warranty, in process now, thanks for feedback. Really love the truck, such a shame to have such catastrophic issues with low mileage and it seem to be more common than not!

 

[boilerup]

Update to my situation. They got a brand new engine in it, GM made a payment. My lemon law lawyer says if it blows up again within the next two years I have a strong case to get it instantly bought back.

 

[AXE]

Update to my situation. They got a brand new engine in it, GM made a payment. My lemon law lawyer says if it blows up again within the next two years I have a strong case to get it instantly bought back.

Good deal! I hope you don't have any more problems. Good to hear somebody's consulting with a lawyer. I think that is the way to handle this issue. It will also put you in a better position if there is future action involving GMs minimal response to it's customers for a known issue.

 

[boilerup]

Good deal! I hope you don't have any more problems. Good to hear somebody's consulting with a lawyer. I think that is the way to handle this issue. It will also put you in a better position if there is future action involving GMs minimal response to it's customers for a known issue.

If the engine were to fail, the first year and 12k miles was the time to do it according to the lawyer because now the coverage for lemon law gets extended. Wish I didn't have to worry about it but I will just do Subaru oil change intervals from now on and blackstone every single one of them. And if it blows up again I'll just go ahead and join the duramax gang haha

 

[AXE]

If the engine were to fail, the first year and 12k miles was the time to do it according to the lawyer because now the coverage for lemon law gets extended. Wish I didn't have to worry about it but I will just do Subaru oil change intervals from now on and blackstone every single one of them. And if it blows up again I'll just go ahead and join the duramax gang haha

I am doing 5k oil intervals on my wife's Tahoe and about 3k on my 22 1500. I work my 22 harder than she does, so i consider it "severe duty". So far the two tests I've done appear the same regardless of use. I just did another change on my wife's rig and the sample is in the mail to Blackstone, so we'll see. At 5k miles, the DiC says it still has 33% oil life, but I don't use that info.

 

[NullNomad]

If the engine were to fail, the first year and 12k miles was the time to do it according to the lawyer because now the coverage for lemon law gets extended. Wish I didn't have to worry about it but I will just do Subaru oil change intervals from now on and blackstone every single one of them. And if it blows up again I'll just go ahead and join the duramax gang haha

On that Subaru interval, just make sure you don't do the 2.5L "oops I drained the transmission and double filled the oil" style of oil change...

 

[boilerup]

On that Subaru interval, just make sure you don't do the 2.5L "oops I drained the transmission and double filled the oil" style of oil change...

thankfully the STI 6 speeds have a plug far far away from the oil pan lol

 

[NullNomad]

thankfully the STI 6 speeds have a plug far far away from the oil pan lol

 

[securityguy]

On that Subaru interval, just make sure you don't do the 2.5L "oops I drained the transmission and double filled the oil" style of oil change...

As a Subaru Ambassador, I can't tell you how many times I read about someone mistakenly draining their CVT thinking it was oil

 

[NullNomad]

As a Subaru Ambassador, I can't tell you how many times I read about someone mistakenly draining their CVT thinking it was oil

my son did it... lol

 

[ZR2BIZON]

Wait, what? There's a CVT drain plug too?
Oh Shitoos

 

[scubatech]

When my wife was alive she had a WRX. Excellent car! At 51,000 miles there was no issues with the car. I did my customary 3K service intervals on it and told her how to drive a car equipped with a turbo engine. That car never used a drop of oil either.

That mistake would be easy to make. You have to look up under the engine to see the drain plug.

 

[TKO-ZR2]

best offer i got while they had my truck was 3 years of onstar for free, $500 in GM rewards, and something about a free accessory.

so the attorney called last Thursday and said they received an offer from GM: $5K. told him to tell them to shove it up their ass, told him I want either an even trade on a new one of equal value when this one was new, or the difference between what the dealership offered me on a trade after the engine went and sticker price when it was new, which was around $14k to $15K. attorney said that's what they always do, send a low ball offer, which i figured would happen.

attorney called back yesterday with another offer. he said they wouldn't do a buyback nor a trade but did offer $14K. i verbally agreed to take it (haven't signed yet, see below).

hell of it is, they could have gotten off much cheaper when they had the truck replacing the engine. I told the dealer and a GM rep while they had the truck that all i wanted at the time was for them to sell me a new one at invoice less holdback, which would have turned a $75K sticker into around $69K, and give me what the dealer offered me on a trade, which was $61K, if I remember correctly. they could have gotten off much cheaper but the no good pricks would rather take a gamble that a person won't do anything. well, their gamble cost them likely double or more.

although i'm still thinking about trading it on a baby-max, i'm leaning toward keeping the truck at this point. i'm up to around 6600 miles of which around 1300 miles is on the new engine. have taken it to the chesapeake twice over the past month and it hasn't hiccuped, and taking it again this weekend. only downside is the mileae of around 9 mpg pulling the boat 350 miles round trip, but i knew that when i bought it. my luck, the new engine will let go on this trip, just glad i'm going before signing the paperwork (from above). although i think this engine is good as it does seem to run better than before the engine blew, if this one lets go, they'll definitely be trading for a new one.

 

[22-ZR2]

That’s good news. Did they offer to extend the warranty on the new engine by any chance. GM is full of assholes. In 2015 I purchased an early build newly redesigned Tahoe that I ended up having to Lemon Law in Florida for AC issues that could not be fixed. The district manager offered me $1000.00 trade allowance which I quickly declined. She had the nerve to show up at the Lemon Law hearing and even testified against me. Long story short I won, full retail price plus refund on the couple of GM accessories I purchased minus a couple of hundred for mileage driven. I called GM customer service at the beginning and they were no help, hence the name “GM no customer service”.