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<blockquote data-quote="Iso" data-source="post: 212601" data-attributes="member: 5283"><p>Can GM catch a break? This launch of the C8 has and is a thorn in the overall scheme of things, and metal shavings found in the 6.2-litre LT2 engine is not a great advert for the chevy motor renown for its bulletproof reliability, has seized with only1800 miles of driving.</p><p>Long gone are the days when one had to brake in an engine on delivery and change the engine oil from break-in oil to regular engine oil at 500 miles.</p><p>Or should we adopt the same procedures from yesteryear being more responsible for our new vehicle purchase, irrespective what the manufacturer recommends?</p><p>This incident, as trivial as it is if it was any other GM automobile, would not have taken centre stage of the world media. Unfortunately, it has and has come at the worst time at the Tonawanda engine plant in NY. Not surprising that GM pounced all over this, and to find out the root cause, or is it that they are hiding something from an engineering aspect. Or, by chance an act of sabotage from a disgruntled employee or an overlooked procedure from the automotive oiling the crankcase and other vital metal parts, or oversight with the engine oil filling process leaving the motor starved of life-giving oil.</p><p>Either way, with only 5 miles produced by the factory was not enough time for the death blow of seizure.</p><p>Is this the proverbial tip of the iceberg, as GM is ramping up assembly numbers to meet the demand of the ever-hungry gearheads for their overdue corvettes. Or is there more to come as the quality gives way to production.</p><p></p><p>Iso</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iso, post: 212601, member: 5283"] Can GM catch a break? This launch of the C8 has and is a thorn in the overall scheme of things, and metal shavings found in the 6.2-litre LT2 engine is not a great advert for the chevy motor renown for its bulletproof reliability, has seized with only1800 miles of driving. Long gone are the days when one had to brake in an engine on delivery and change the engine oil from break-in oil to regular engine oil at 500 miles. Or should we adopt the same procedures from yesteryear being more responsible for our new vehicle purchase, irrespective what the manufacturer recommends? This incident, as trivial as it is if it was any other GM automobile, would not have taken centre stage of the world media. Unfortunately, it has and has come at the worst time at the Tonawanda engine plant in NY. Not surprising that GM pounced all over this, and to find out the root cause, or is it that they are hiding something from an engineering aspect. Or, by chance an act of sabotage from a disgruntled employee or an overlooked procedure from the automotive oiling the crankcase and other vital metal parts, or oversight with the engine oil filling process leaving the motor starved of life-giving oil. Either way, with only 5 miles produced by the factory was not enough time for the death blow of seizure. Is this the proverbial tip of the iceberg, as GM is ramping up assembly numbers to meet the demand of the ever-hungry gearheads for their overdue corvettes. Or is there more to come as the quality gives way to production. Iso [/QUOTE]
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