08 sedan in the shop for warranty work (oil leak)

[petrified.rabbit]

Looks good, did you keep the stock problematic fuel pump? Is the cam lobe wearing ok?

I'm leaving for a vw gtg right now.

[pitbull592]

Looks good, did you keep the stock problematic fuel pump? Is the cam lobe wearing ok?

I'm leaving for a vw gtg right now.

No, I have a stronger after market fuel pump made by AWE. As far as the cam follower I actually purchased a few of them, but only replaced mine once. If the dlc(black coating) isn't worn I keep it in. My gti also has a updated audi S3 cam, which I'm sure helps a bit.

[pitbull592]

Got the aveo back this morning. On the sheet the dealer gave me it states:
....11020 diag oil leak found oil sender blown out replace sender
....oil light flickers replace engine wire harness due to no avalibility of connecter
....change oil clean car ok-J0980 0.3 N6970 3.0

The aveo seems to be running a bit better, and at least I got a free oil change & detail Hopefully there won't be any more problems for awhile

[oscare003]

^ cool hope u dont have any more problems!

BTW that Vw is SICK!!~ very nice =D> wheels/ and the drop ftw~

[MatchboxKiller]

When I got mine it had a small evap leak setting a code, and I took it back 9 times to have it serviced under warranty. They replaced everything from the vent valve to my battery(at one point they said the battery wouldn't hold a charge and was throwing the evap code). Finally during a lab in school we had to smoke test cars so I brought mine in, we found the problem in 5 minutes once the system filled with smoke. We put some gasket sealant around a tube that some critter gnawed at and fixed the problem.

[serega12]

When I got mine it had a small evap leak setting a code, and I took it back 9 times to have it serviced under warranty. They replaced everything from the vent valve to my battery(at one point they said the battery wouldn't hold a charge and was throwing the evap code). Finally during a lab in school we had to smoke test cars so I brought mine in, we found the problem in 5 minutes once the system filled with smoke. We put some gasket sealant around a tube that some critter gnawed at and fixed the problem.

What exactly does that test consist of?

[petrified.rabbit]

thats an old school test for finding vacuum leaks in carb'ed cars that didn't have sensors/computers to tell you what was wrong. Still works for finding leaks, but use it on a regular basis can "clog" up the sensors in the vacuum system,

what product, or smoke did you use? And did you do it outside while running? or inside pressurize?

[MatchboxKiller]

inside with a smoke machine the school has. Its pretty much a fog machine that blows smoke into the lines of the evap system. And it smells like lemons. All you do is tie into one of the lines and turn it on, and look for smoke to pour out.

[petrified.rabbit]

thats what i thought when you called it smoking..