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Valves replaced, still throwing CEL's

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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 06:51 PM
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card in spoke sounds is normally cam tensioner going bad. Its pretty cheap and easy to fix.
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Old Apr 17, 2010 | 07:28 PM
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^^^Yeah I know, unfortunatelly it is not evident enough for a dealer to catch and replace under warranty, atleast at this point. So I was going to wait until it was more evident and then get it replaced under warranty.
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 04:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Billman250,Apr 17 2010, 07:59 PM
Your case is very rare. Was the valve tight in the guide?
Don't know that yet, I should get all the info tomorrow when I pick the car up. I'll fill you in once I've got all the info.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 05:20 AM
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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.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 05:45 AM
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i got my money on injectors.
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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 05:48 AM
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^ If it's injectors I'll be one happy SOB.
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Old Nov 11, 2012 | 02:38 PM
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Reviving this thread from the dead.

Do you mind sharing what the solution was here?
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 06:06 AM
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Originally Posted by C63AMG
Reviving this thread from the dead.

Do you mind sharing what the solution was here?

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.
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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Thanks for the update. Did you ever record your fuel trim numbers?
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Old Nov 12, 2012 | 06:16 AM
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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.
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