Leaking oil pan gasket
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Leaking oil pan gasket
Well, today I finally got the nerve to take my 08 to the dealer to have the infamous leaking oil pan addressed. I have a little over 16K on the car and my 5 years is over in September. I have delayed having it done because it never was a big leak but a leak is a leak and better on the Generals tab than mine. It looks like to me the General has a problem here. I would appreciate feedback from those who had this fixed and feedback after the fix.
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Well, today I finally got the nerve to take my 08 to the dealer to have the infamous leaking oil pan addressed. I have a little over 16K on the car and my 5 years is over in September. I have delayed having it done because it never was a big leak but a leak is a leak and better on the Generals tab than mine. It looks like to me the General has a problem here. I would appreciate feedback from those who had this fixed and feedback after the fix.
I had to have it done on my Z-06. Was tight as a drum and dry after. All was well.
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I had the gasket fixed on my 08 last month. Seems to be dry now. The only problem is that now I am dealing with smelling burning oil every time the heater or air is on when I come to a stop. Assuming it is some oil the got on parts of the engine when they changed the gasket.
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Had mine repaired a couple of months ago and all is well now. You will probably have to keep and eye on it in the future, don't know how long the repair lasts.
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Oil
i had mine done in jan..... i still smelled oil two weeks after the pan gasket was replaced... i took it back to let them know. i asked them to put it back on the lift. the mech found out that either the factory or he didnt put the rubber 'O' ring back on the oil temp sending unit... it was leaking very little but enough that i could smell it..... ill try to find a pic and post it
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the first pic is before they replaced the pan gasket. the second pic is the oil level sending unit that was missing the rubber o ring. i hope this helps you..if you look at the cable on the top right that is where the oil level sending unit goes..
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Well, today I finally got the nerve to take my 08 to the dealer to have the infamous leaking oil pan addressed. I have a little over 16K on the car and my 5 years is over in September. I have delayed having it done because it never was a big leak but a leak is a leak and better on the Generals tab than mine. It looks like to me the General has a problem here. I would appreciate feedback from those who had this fixed and feedback after the fix.
Just like you I was nervous about having it done but as getting close to end of 5 yr warranty I convinced myself that "it's only a car" and brought it to another dealer: Lou Brochrodt in Coconut Creek, FL.
Took one day, got a rental car (n/c), full wheel alignment (n/c). Two weeks later the service manager called and left a message asking about how the service was.
So far everything is fine and was very satisfied with the dealer service.
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Had Dealer repair the pan leak and the oil level sending unit leak. All is clean and dry now.
Yes it's a documented LS3, seems mainly with the non hand built LS3 too, issue that I'd think Chevrolet would get tired of paying Dealers for their leaking pan repair costs and have a few Engineers look into the issue and fix it. LS3's are probably gone when the C7 comes out, so we'll probably never see a fix and the Dealers will continue to do warranty fixes on this issue.
Yes it's a documented LS3, seems mainly with the non hand built LS3 too, issue that I'd think Chevrolet would get tired of paying Dealers for their leaking pan repair costs and have a few Engineers look into the issue and fix it. LS3's are probably gone when the C7 comes out, so we'll probably never see a fix and the Dealers will continue to do warranty fixes on this issue.
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Had Dealer repair the pan leak and the oil level sending unit leak. All is clean and dry now.
Yes it's a documented LS3, seems mainly with the non hand built LS3 too, issue that I'd think Chevrolet would get tired of paying Dealers for their leaking pan repair costs and have a few Engineers look into the issue and fix it. LS3's are probably gone when the C7 comes out, so we'll probably never see a fix and the Dealers will continue to do warranty fixes on this issue.
Yes it's a documented LS3, seems mainly with the non hand built LS3 too, issue that I'd think Chevrolet would get tired of paying Dealers for their leaking pan repair costs and have a few Engineers look into the issue and fix it. LS3's are probably gone when the C7 comes out, so we'll probably never see a fix and the Dealers will continue to do warranty fixes on this issue.
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2007 with wet oil pan. notice when doing an oil change. I also noticed that I was also missing one of the oil pan bolts. Went to three different dealership and everyone gave me the wrong bolt. The last dealership gave me a bolt that was next to the pan bolt on the diagram. Went home and and it fit. I re-torqued the other pan bolts... Many seemed loose. lets hope this works.
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2007 with wet oil pan. notice when doing an oil change. I also noticed that I was also missing one of the oil pan bolts. Went to three different dealership and everyone gave me the wrong bolt. The last dealership gave me a bolt that was next to the pan bolt on the diagram. Went home and and it fit. I re-torqued the other pan bolts... Many seemed loose. lets hope this works.
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Well, today I finally got the nerve to take my 08 to the dealer to have the infamous leaking oil pan addressed. I have a little over 16K on the car and my 5 years is over in September. I have delayed having it done because it never was a big leak but a leak is a leak and better on the Generals tab than mine. It looks like to me the General has a problem here. I would appreciate feedback from those who had this fixed and feedback after the fix.
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My 08 had the pan gasket replaced last December.. No more oil saturating the pan. Has been 7 months and all is well.. Make sure they do an alignment. When I got mine back it would pull to the right so I took it back and had them re-align it to the Phadt street alignment specs and all is well.