Well I was racing a 67-69 camaro Z-28 and was passing him in forth and missed
fifth and threw it into third for about half a second then put in fifth. Well the car
still seems to be running fine but kind of making a ticking sound and at idle the
exhaust is making a lobing sound. any suggestions?

 

Valves

 

thanks for the advice; but yes their was a 69 Z-28 with a 302ci chevy engine.
yes chevy did make a 302 back in the day

 

your lucky if it's only valves.........get ready to spend a good chunk of $$$ to get it fixed

 

the car is still under warranty do you think it will be covered?

 

not a chance. warranty does not cover defective drivers.

 

ha ha, it was an accident I know how to drive a-hole

 

Clearly by street racing......

Warranty does not cover driver errors either. Would you expect your warranty to bail you out if you slid into a curb, bent a wheel and control arm?

 

Apparently, you don't know how to shift very well.

This won't be covered under warranty because it is completely your fault.

 

A look on the bright side, I know somebody local, who had his motor replaced under warranty TWICE from "defective drivers."

 

i thought i heard the last of these kinds of threads, but outta nowhere here they come.

oh yeah, it's your valves most likely.

 

That guy is a moron.

People like him ruin things for everyone else.

to people like him.

 

this will certainly not be covered by the warrenty. You probably have bent valves, and a death pressure plate and this is if your lucky. id also chance the piston rings at the same time because car that get missshifted tend to burn oil like **** afterward.

 

Moron or not a moron, he still has a chance in getting his motor fixed under warranty.

 

U wanna play, u gotta pay!

 

I also know of someone who miss shifted, bent valves and had there valve train replaced under warranty so depending on which dealership you go to it will depend whether it is covered by waranty.

 

bent valves sucks

 

no warranty work here. I didn't even get them to fix the whole problem. didn't realize it till 10k ago. I need an overhaul now

 

whew! Im glad i never finished a miss shift. When i first got it there were a few times when i started to miss shift but caught it before i let the clutch out.

 

did they tell the Service Advisor that they misshifted and caused it? I would bet most likely not.. because no Service Manager replaces parts under warranty just out of the goodness of their hearts and pity on the person who had driver error.. that doesn't make money - it loses it..

 

Bottom line:

People whose cars break due to driver error are scum if they try to make the dealership pay to fix it.

We all choose the way in which we choose to live and this is one of those choices we have to make:

The right way or the cheap way.

 

There are still those that think the cheap way is the right way.

Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm not one of them.


[Modified by zygspeed, 8:36 PM 2/9/2003]

 

not true. my friends type r had this problem, miss-shifted and warenty coverd i think liek 60 % of it, not fully but yea good luck though.
edit: i think he told them he downshifted in the freeway to slow down and now the car is not ideling and making 'ticking' noises... good luck again...

- ronnie whos GSR doesnt idle and turns off once ina while when he uses power-steering at idle.. LoL


[Modified by Skeeeter, 2:09 AM 2/10/2003]

 

He ought to nut up and cover the damages that were caused by his own doing.

RJ - who footed the $3400 repair bill on his car after hitting a tire wall at the track (instead of claiming it was "hit by a deer")

 

If you misshifted (obviously no one would do this on purpose) and your car was under warranty, I personally think you would be a fool to not at least attempt for the dealer to fix it. Ask them and see what they say. If they say yes, well good for you. If they say no, they say no. Move on and try harder not to do it again.