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02-16-09, 06:11 PM
|  | <----- go ahead and stare Cadillac(s): Maggied '05 CTS-V  | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by mostoyzwinz  I've used Fram filters exclusively on the subject vehicle.  | interesting twist.... 
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02-16-09, 06:17 PM
| | <----- go ahead and stare Cadillac(s): Maggied '05 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by darkman | K&N filters come with a nut welded to the bottom of the filter???
Sweet! My future filters will be K&N, I don't care how much they cost. Changing the filter with headers is a PITA. |
02-16-09, 06:36 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): Maggied 2004 CTS V Black Raven cause its faster | | | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by mostoyzwinz I've used Fram filters exclusively on the subject vehicle. | Rut Ro Raggy.
It will be interesting to see what they find. Wal Mart oil changes? I know they use those shitty Fram filters. God luck man. |
02-16-09, 10:37 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 05 PLATINUM CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: TEMPE, AZ Age: 24 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
well your not the only one who will have a V with a replacement motor.. i found out today there was a new ls6 put in my car righ before i purchased it. it was installed under warranty. |
02-17-09, 12:46 AM
| | BLING IS AMERICAN RICE Cadillac(s): '04 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Just North of Titletown... | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by CTSV_510 K&N filters come with a nut welded to the bottom of the filter???
Sweet! My future filters will be K&N, I don't care how much they cost. Changing the filter with headers is a PITA. | What kind of headers are you running? My B&B comes nowhere near anything oil related. That filter is the easiest filter to change in the history of filter changing...
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02-17-09, 02:36 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): cts-v | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Age: 28 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
as a person that is picking up his V in 24hrs i am interested in what happens at the dealership. I wish you luck. |
02-17-09, 07:34 AM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): '05 CTS-V, '00 SLS, 98 SLS, 89 Eldo, '80 Eldo | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Age: 38 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by liqidvenom as a person that is picking up his V in 24hrs i am interested in what happens at the dealership. I wish you luck. | Don't worry too much about this thread. Its very rare.
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02-17-09, 07:36 AM
| | BLING IS AMERICAN RICE Cadillac(s): '04 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Just North of Titletown... | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
very. |
02-17-09, 09:46 AM
|  | Mods on hold till diff gets fixed. Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: South Lyon, MI Age: 60 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by darkman | Well, in my favor, at least I've been using the Fram Tough Guard.
Guess I'll be on to a Mobil 1 in the future. 
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02-17-09, 10:07 AM
| | <----- go ahead and stare Cadillac(s): Maggied '05 CTS-V | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: West Chester, PA Age: 26 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by thebigjimsho What kind of headers are you running? My B&B comes nowhere near anything oil related. That filter is the easiest filter to change in the history of filter changing... | Umm...kooks... 
...and your B&B...right next to the oil filter...  
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02-17-09, 10:58 AM
| | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): '05 CTS-V, '00 SLS, 98 SLS, 89 Eldo, '80 Eldo | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Age: 38 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
I really hate this whole name lending/selling thing. I figured I couldn't go wrong with A/C delco in a GM car. Only used it twice, but its in the car now. |
02-17-09, 12:45 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Enthusiast Cadillac(s): '05 CTS-V | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: On WESTPAC | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
Fram filters certainly aren't the greatest filters in the world, but I think the stories of their suckyness are exaggerated. If they were so terrible, there wouldn't be tens of millions of cars rolling around the US with Fram filters. Pretty much every auto parts store you go into has a larger section of Fram filters than anything else - those parts chains wouldn't stock so much Fram stuff if they didn't sell. That's just basic supply and demand.
And AFAIK there's no "Don't use Fram" clause in our warranty.
Anyway, definitely hope that GM comes through for you based on good faith. As others have already said, be courteous but persistent, and if you don't get the resolution you want at the local level, keep going up the chain of command.
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02-17-09, 04:32 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bavaria, Germany | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by AAIIIC Anyway, definitely hope that GM comes through for you based on good faith. As others have already said, be courteous but persistent, and if you don't get the resolution you want at the local level, keep going up the chain of command. | Update: Dealer confirmed, yup, yer motors blown. Big hole in the block and oil pan. I contacted caddy service. Nice lady in New Foundland open a case for me. She put me on hold and tried to contact the dealer, but got an answering machine. She says the district case manager will get back to me in 24 hrs. She stated that while my warranty was over 11 mos. ago, my mileage warranty of 50k was only exceeded by 240 miles. Both the dealer and caddy service indicated that I may likely get some 'assistance' on the quoted $6.5k repair bill.
She asked several questions such as;
Has this dealer maintained your car? I told her they did warranty work, but I did all oil changes.
Did you own the car since new? Yes.
Where did you buy the car?
How many other GM vehicles have you owned? 7
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where this line of questioning is going.
Conversations between the dealer service advisor, caddy service lady, and I, have all so far been very amicable. I will keep my silver tongued devil demeanor going. |
02-17-09, 04:39 PM
|  | Cadillac Owners Connoisseur Cadillac(s): 2005 CTS-V, Black, SC, 510RWHP/560FTLBS and a really slow C6 | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Home of the AFC East Champs!!! Age: 45 | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by mostoyzwinz Update: Dealer confirmed, yup, yer motors blown. Big hole in the block and oil pan. I contacted caddy service. Nice lady in New Foundland open a case for me. She put me on hold and tried to contact the dealer, but got an answering machine. She says the district case manager will get back to me in 24 hrs. She stated that while my warranty was over 11 mos. ago, my mileage warranty of 50k was only exceeded by 240 miles. Both the dealer and caddy service indicated that I may likely get some 'assistance' on the quoted $6.5k repair bill.
She asked several questions such as;
Has this dealer maintained your car? I told her they did warranty work, but I did all oil changes.
Did you own the car since new? Yes.
Where did you buy the car?
How many other GM vehicles have you owned? 7
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where this line of questioning is going.
Conversations between the dealer service advisor, caddy service lady, and I, have all so far been very amicable. I will keep my silver tongued devil demeanor going. | Be nice up until it now longer pays to be such. DO NOT BUY A GM MOTOR IF YOU ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AS MANY GREAT DEALS ON STROKERS TO BE HAD IN THIS ECONOMY! |
02-17-09, 05:00 PM
| | Cadillac Owners Fanatic Cadillac(s): 2004 CTS-V | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bavaria, Germany | | | Re: Catastrophic Engine Failure
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Originally Posted by onebadcad Be nice up until it now longer pays to be such. DO NOT BUY A GM MOTOR IF YOU ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, AS MANY GREAT DEALS ON STROKERS TO BE HAD IN THIS ECONOMY! | That's the plan. When the sugar runs outs, I can be a prick with the vinegar. I've already lined up a regional GM VIP to contact. One of those sibling of a friend things. Wouldn't it be great if GM would just say, here's a few grand for your troubles, use it as you see fit....which I would use on that stroker motor several forum members suggested. Yeah, right. Dream on.
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