![]() "I was losing more than a quart of oil each 1000 miles." "replace piston and rings due to oil consumption, intake camshaft position solenoid failed as well" The car began to consume oil at high rates of speed. A friend of mine found out about it on the internet." "chevy did not tell me about the repairs available. We hate this car and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy." Mechanic said this was due to the engine being constantly low on oil, no matter how much we refill it, because it burns oil worse than any vehicle he has ever seen in his life. Timing chain came loose and tore up everything. My dealership approached GM about it and the payed for about half the cost, better than nothing" GM has an unpublished policy that if a equinox has high oil consumption, and it is reported before the 120K mile point they will fix it. The dealership ran consumption studies and found that the car was burning about 1 quart pre 2000 miles. This was not due to leaking, rather burning. dealer kept giving me run around, this is normal ! they replaced almost everything in engine. "engine was burning oil from new.2 to 4 quarts between oil changes. ![]() tested the oil and found huge abnormal amounts of numerous different metal particles in the oil" ![]() "We have had this car "fixed" three times.thank goodness it's still under warranty! Factory ordered oil test showed the engine noise was a result of heavy oil use and pistons were replaced as well as head gaskets" Next fuel in oil so new high pressure fuel pump Next fuel in oil again (two bad cylinders) so new head, valves, gaskets, etc" "High oil consumption (>4 quarts in 6200 miles), so new gaskets, tensioner, chain, pistons, rings, etc. Service folks confirmed that pistons, rings and cam shaft need to be replaced. "Engine oil low by 2 quarts each of the past three oil changes. "pistons were machined to small so we were loosing oil. It was using about 1 quart of oil per 1500 miles" "Failed Chevrolet's oil consumption test. "Pistons, rings, timing & balance chains and high pressure fuel pump all had to be replaced due to excessive oil consumption" Covered by extended manufacturers warranty" "Excessive oil consumption led to rebuild of entire engine. Latest is camshaft position solenoid failed" I have had no problems with engine since" GM rebuilt the engine under warranty without any problem and replaced almost everything but the cam shaft and engine block. "My vehicle developed the oil consumption problem resulting from defective engine parts. ![]() Dealer had to replace them twice before it was fixed correctly. "Piston rings resulting in oil consumption. "It was repaired under the service bulletin. ![]()
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