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#1 of 4 Need Some Advice On A 2006 Chevy Aveo by deucebigalo4 Mar 16, 2008 (6:03 pm)
I drive alot for my job, and have racked up 70k on my 2006 Chevy Aveo. My mechanical skills are about the same as a one armed blind monkey, meaning none. So, I listen to my Firestone guy, doing all the services that he recomends. I changed the timing belt at 66k. The car was idleing high afterwards, but I just thought it needed to run its course. A week later it starts misfiring and the check engine light pops on. I take it to Firestone, and that tell me that the Valve Cover gasket is bad and has forced oil into the sparkplugs. The replace it. I get new spark plugs and spark plug wires. The call me up and tell me now the ignition coil is bad. They replace that. Now, its still running high and seems to still be missing. There was no problem like this before I took it in for a new timing belt. Could they have messed up something that has caused all of this extra problems, and how can I make them responsible for it? Any advice would be great. Replies to this message: busiris (Mar 16, 2008 8:09 pm) poncho167 (Mar 19, 2008 6:32 pm)
#2 of 4 Re: Need Some Advice On A 2006 Chevy Aveo [deucebigalo4] by busiris Mar 16, 2008 (8:09 pm)
Replying to: deucebigalo4 (Mar 16, 2008 6:03 pm) Lets see...car runs good until service work, which consists of timing belt change. Then, high idle speed.   Logic would suggest that the belt was installed improperly, probably affecting the timing by being off a tooth or so on a pulley.   By the way, a leaking valve cover gasket cannot cause oil to leak into the spark plugs. A leaking oil cover gasket will cause a loss of oil, and a real mess, but it will not cause oil leaks into the cylinders or internal engine parts. Is it possible that you mis-unerstood what he said?   My suggestion, after so many repeat trips to the same guy, is to take it somewhere else for a 2nd opinion. Looks like these guys may have done enough by now to cover their tracks, and the list of "bad"items is likely to continue to grow as long as you continue to return there.   By the way, if I remember correctly, many folks do have the water pump replaced on the Aveo at the same time they replace the timing belt, as a precaution against later water pump failure, but it isn't required, and it definately would NOT cause the issues you are having.   Good Luck !!!
#3 of 4 Re: Need Some Advice On A 2006 Chevy Aveo [deucebigalo4] by poncho167 Mar 19, 2008 (6:32 pm)
Replying to: deucebigalo4 (Mar 16, 2008 6:03 pm) I agree, it sounds like they screwed something up alright. Firestone's are usually pretty good but it probably depends on the management. I do most of my auto maintenance myself.
#4 of 4 replyto deucebigalo4 by yupper1 Mar 24, 2008 (7:32 am)
You sure they did not tell your seals were bad, they could leak injto the cylinder had and valve causing them to go badl

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