Well, if it was going to happen to anybody it would happen to me.
Took the car in today for a valve/bearing noise.
Heard under slow acceleration or slow cruise.
They just called me and said they were ordering a camshaft.
Said I could come pick up the car.
I have a call into the Service Manager to get more details
and to discuss my concerns about driving the car.
I am inclined to leave the car there and drive the Camaro until it is fixed.
Talked to the Service Manager and they have ordered both camshafts for the left bank.
Evidently there is a coating on the camshaft and this coating has come off.
Hence the valve noise.
He said he has seen this one other time on an engine that higher miles and had grooves where the cam followers had rubbed.
He told me it was okay to drive but I have declined.
I told him that I thought the oil was very dirty and he said part of it was the coating that came off.
He has already changed the oil and found no metal shavings in the filter.
The camshafts are supposedly easy to change. They have a tool that holds the proper timing position so that that the front cover does not need to be taken off when the chains are reinstalled.
Well, if it was going to happen to anybody it would happen to me.
Took the car in today for a valve/bearing noise.
Heard under slow acceleration or slow cruise.
They just called me and said they were ordering a camshaft.
Said I could come pick up the car.
I have a call into the Service Manager to get more details
and to discuss my concerns about driving the car.
I am inclined to leave the car there and drive the Camaro until it is fixed.
I doubt it, lots of people already have the 3.6 in the CTS and never has anything like this come up that im aware of. I agree though a "coating" being necessary for a part to operate within spec is a little odd, but then we do have another major coating thats kind of necessary... its called Oil.
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Went by and looked at my car today and he already had the valve cover back on so i couldn't see what the cam looked like.
My car should be ready tomorrow afternoon.
Unfortunately i found out that the vehicle that had the previous problem was not a CTS, but another SRX. And it happened about a week and half ago.
Needless to say i am a little concerned.
They also told me that the problems they are having with the CTS have been
from coolant leaks with one car having a blown headgasket.
This problem has been on cars with the 3.2L engine not the 3.6L.
I never did like the 3.2L.
