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Old 07-11-2019, 10:26 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Ohh_Ouch View Post
This has been almost a 2 month battle. The dealer offered to tear down the engine to "find a reason to cover it under warranty" but said it would cost $2400. Knowing that the oil levels were fine and that I wasnt driving the car like a maniac I knew it wasn't anything I had done to the car so I told them to go ahead, since I really had no other option. That's when they hit me a second time with the whole "oil starvation"/"metal in the oil" thing.
Metal in the oil is a symptom not a cause. If they did indeed tear down the engine then they should be able to tell where the metal came from.
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