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Originally Posted by Clipdat
I don't really have anything useful to add, this just fuels my hatred of incompetent dealer techs even more.
However, regarding the dipstick photo, I don't believe that is indicating a full two quarts overfilled. The distance between the two holes is one quart. So, it looks like they overfilled it by almost a full quart. Which is still pretty bad though.
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I will be checking the dipstick religiously, I was told 2 quarts was drained, but since I wasn't with them watching the oil pour out they could have been exaggerating.
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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Well first off you didn't buy a GT86 I assume you bought a FRS. If it was a 17 then you bought an 86 with no GT in front of the numbers. We all know what you mean though. (Sorry, I like accuracy)
I presume from the mileage it is a 13?
The plugs should indeed have been replaced at 60K and they probably did change them all. If you don't throw the CEL again just consider that fixed.
The oil leak was an aftermarket part and again it sounds fixed. As far as the overfill goes if it was going to harm the engine it would have done it quickly so if drained I would again consider it fixed.
The shifting is a different matter. You may shift fine but somebody before you had 60K to knock the crap out of the tranny. There have been some know issues with the 5th gear sychros though so I would continue to push that with them. If it was reported before hitting the warranty cut off they should still honour it.
The car does make a very loud ticking. It is the injectors and is indeed perfectly normal. It is the noisiest engine I have ever heard and rivals an old Russian farm tractor for ticks and clicks. If running fine it probably is just the normal noises that take some getting used to.
So, in summary, don't sweat the resolved issues, if the tick bothers you have somebody else check it out and try again on the tranny grind.
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Well, that's eye opening, the old owner slapped a GT86 badge on the trunk. I'll be ripping that off tomorrow. Yeah, I wasn't fretting too big on the resolved issues, but wanted them stated just to show how much has gone wrong with this car in the 2 months I've had it. The tranny issue was reported once while inside the warranty, and I have proof of that. It was checked again today 9/8/17 and they were still unable to replicate the problem. I will record it and bring it back to them for the third time and claim that the issue was brought to their attention within the warranty period and see if they'll waive another diagnostic charge. Ticking was drowning out my exhaust. It's nerve racking! Haha
Thank you both for the helpful replies!