ZL1 Engine Failure

[2010SS2SS]

If a piece of piston is laying on the ground, I doubt serioulsy they will be REBUILDING anything.

[JFWJR179]

No mods ?
No abusive driving or over revving engine ?
No drag racing ?
No burning rubber ?

THEN, GM should replace the entire engine at no cost to owner.

[SC2150]

First failure I have seen....I suspect a valve dropped.

[LIVEVIL]

That's unbelievable.

What's unbelievable? That cast pistons can break in a supercharged application?

otherwise that's unacceptable

Unacceptable yes, unless the owner put in 87 octane on purpose. But in no way is it unbelievable...

[Whos_Drivin]

Originally Posted by JFWJR179

No mods ?
No abusive driving or over revving engine ?
No drag racing ?
No burning rubber ?

THEN, GM should replace the entire engine at no cost to owner.

If the answer to all those is no, I claim bs...he couldn't have owned a ZL1!

[mkorgan]

Originally Posted by Whos_Drivin

If the answer to all those is no, I claim bs...he couldn't have owned a ZL1!

nice one.....

[KKreme15]

Originally Posted by JFWJR179

No mods ?
No abusive driving or over revving engine ?
No drag racing ?
No burning rubber ?

THEN, GM should replace the entire engine at no cost to owner.

Even if he had been to the dragstrip and done a burnout, it should still be replaced

:40 into this video

[hognutz]

Originally Posted by LIVEVIL

What's unbelievable? That cast pistons can break in a supercharged application?



Unacceptable yes, unless the owner put in 87 octane on purpose. But in no way is it unbelievable...

A major failure at no load like this is most likely not due to 87 octane or Hypereutectic pistons.

Most likely something broke causign a major failure.

at the rpm descriped you would not even be in boost or under load to cause the detonation required to fracture the piston. some other part most likely cause that.

As long as teh description of what happened is accurate.

Even forged, high strength steel componest fail if there is a mechanical failure in the engine.

I would not swet this at all. that is what waranty is for. with the synthetic oil supplied and age of the car I can't even see them denying based on oil changes. it is not like these car require 3mo/3000 mile oil changes.

[affox83]

Originally Posted by KKreme15

Even if he had been to the dragstrip and done a burnout, it should still be replaced

:40 into this video

^^^This. Shouldn't matter since he's still stock.

Unreal: He has the ashen grey one around here, right? Sucks.

Hope it gets fixed soon. Winter tires...? Its too fraken cold here to drive it around otherwise.

[ZL1LEGEND]

Originally Posted by KKreme15

Even if he had been to the dragstrip and done a burnout, it should still be replaced

:40 into this video

"This car is built to take to the track, race all day, then drive home" -GM

Leave it stock, GM has to cover it. If not....lawsuit...especially with all the marketing material and videos GM put out advertising the ZL1s "racing" ability. But that will never happen. No reason they should not cover it.

[sonic656]

Like others have said; shit happens, the dealer will cover it so no need to worry. It'll be back 100% in no time im sure.

[Wezbad1]

just crusin huh. Im curious to know more about what that factory says. Thats a "piece" of a piston there. Thats quite a detonation problem you have. Then to exit a block? Maybe a missed shift? Don't see many evacuations unless your seeing the higher part of the RPM scale. Hope all goes well.

[SlingShot]

Originally Posted by sonic656

Like others have said; shit happens, the dealer will cover it so no need to worry. It'll be back 100% in no time im sure.

It's not up to the dealer, they don't cover the warranty GM does.

[12 ZL1 #1725]

That's amazing.... I'm assuming it broke the block?? To get that piece of piston out?? Usually take a lot of force for something to go thru the block??? Hopefully they take care of it with no problems?.. Good luck!!!