Had Injectors replaced today
I was in for a coolant flush and replacement appointment first thing this morning when they suggested I have injectors replaced. They did not like the idle, really noisy and they felt there was a lack of power when they took it out for a drive. The truck was in for one day and they replaced all eight injectors with remanufactured ones under the extended injector warranty. All at no cost to me. The truck was put in service in January of 04 (LB7) and has 130,000km on it. It is very quiet now and seems to have more snap. I'm happy.
I had just replaced the fuel filter, so they did not change that. They also did not change the engine oil, the oil life indicator shows 90%. I run synthetic and changed it 3000 km ago.
I'm thinking I should change it, just in case it does have some fuel in it.
What do you folks think???
Tor
had injectors replaced today
It was my understanding that in order for a dealership to file a claim to GM for the LB7 injecter issue that they have to find diesel in the crankcase. In the beginging When my truck started preforming poorly I was not sure if the injecters were failing until I saw the oil presure begin to drop 5psi. I smelled the oil, there was small amount of diesel odor. If there is no diesel in the oil then the injecters are still good. I am speaking only about the design problem. Weather they were clog,drity,etc. I would be interested in knowing if they are covered by the 7year-200,000 mile warannty
Smoking like crazy and they won't replace them
Tor,
You were lucky man. My late 03 (early 04 model year) LB7 is belching white smoke at idle. Still has plenty of power though. Anyway I had it tested and it didn't fail. And yes it is excessive return rate that triggers the warranty replacement. They gave me a bottle of GM secret diesel sauce but I can't say that it has had any effect on the white smoke after one tank. I just got my AZ registration renewal and it says I'm due for emissions testing. That's going to be interesting. I predict a trip back to the Chevy dealer after leaving the testing place. I guess I'm going to have to escalate up the chain to the regional GM reps. If I end up having to pay is there an after market injector replacement that permanently fixes this?
-Ken
GM customer service 800 number?
Dick they have gotten much tighter about warranty injector replacement post bankruptcy. Anyway I talked to my Sevice Consultant at Freeway Chevy (Chandler, AZ) and played the emission test card. He said he would escalate to GM. I would also like to get the main GM customer service number too just in case. I have seen it posted before on the LB7 injector topic so if anybody has it handy please reply (I'll search older theads too).
Thanks,
Ken
starting to turn into a nightmare
I had a GM district rep tell me today that they would see what they could do for me short of the full warranty repair. Maybe some financial help. I said if your not going to give me the full warranty forget it. And yes I was pretty PO'd during this call. I'll probably start a new thread instead of stealing Tor's happy one.