Valves replaced, still throwing CEL's
Originally Posted by Billman250,Apr 17 2010, 07:59 PM
Your case is very rare. Was the valve tight in the guide?
Picked the car up last Tuesday after having 4 valves replaced, only one was bent.
Drove down to Wake the Dragon on Wednesday, car was running fine, but the idle is/was still lumpy. On the way home, the car threw multiple CEL's, all of which were 0300, 0301, 0303 & 0304. 12 codes in all, two separate occasions.
What could be causing this? Especially after I just spent $1700 to supposedly fix the problem. The car is still at my house, it is not at the dealer...yet.
Drove down to Wake the Dragon on Wednesday, car was running fine, but the idle is/was still lumpy. On the way home, the car threw multiple CEL's, all of which were 0300, 0301, 0303 & 0304. 12 codes in all, two separate occasions.
What could be causing this? Especially after I just spent $1700 to supposedly fix the problem. The car is still at my house, it is not at the dealer...yet.
Dealer replaced all the injectors for free when I got back from WTD. CEL has not returned, car now has approx. 40k on it.
My best guess is that the injectors fouled due to me not prepping the car properly for winter storage (putting in Sta-bil, or similar) over the years and it was the problem from the beginning.
No, I didn't.
The dealer kept the car for a few days after replacing them to be sure the codes wouldn't come back, so I don't think they were ever properly checked. It solved the problem, so I never thought to ask at the time.
The dealer kept the car for a few days after replacing them to be sure the codes wouldn't come back, so I don't think they were ever properly checked. It solved the problem, so I never thought to ask at the time.









