[RobZL1]

Originally Posted by nighttowl

Chevy said they would only replace the oil pump in it.
dealership said they would not touch it unless they were swapping in a crate motor. chevy said they could pay 20% of it.
I was like Fu, you need to pay for all of it. they said but you tracked the car.
I contacted a huge amoutn of legal firms, and not a single one would do anything. at that poijnt I gave up.
I had wrath rebuild it with a cam. All in it ended up costing me about 20k, so I have a camaro that cost me over 100k before 20k miles.

Sorry that's how it ended. I'm guessing you needed a new short block for that price, then. Did you go big or stick to stock displacement?

[nighttowl]

Originally Posted by RobZL1

Sorry that's how it ended. I'm guessing you needed a new short block for that price, then. Did you go big or stick to stock displacement?

stock block was dissasembled and rebuilt. luckily the rotating assembly was not damaged, although the main bearings had wear.

stock displacement still.

[RobZL1]

Originally Posted by nighttowl

stock block was dissasembled and rebuilt. luckily the rotating assembly was not damaged, although the main bearings had wear.

stock displacement still.

Cool. I'm glad you got by with a rebuild and not something more intensive/ costly. What a pain though.

[Mark R]

Originally Posted by pauly1119

In my opinion I don’t care what year it is I would change the oil pump to a katech. I just read about a 2023 that failed. They are essentially the same pump with updated materials. They are still prone to failure. Regardless of this poll most owners are not on this forum. For around 4K you can make your car bulletproof with a upgraded pump or end up like this poor guy that will have to spend thousands of dollars to repair.

That's exactly what I did. Peace of mind since I'm keeping it forever.

[Z OH 6]

Originally Posted by Mooninfamous

Jumping in on this older post because I’m curious if anyone who had this issue ended up getting GM to cover it under warranty. I’ve seen mixed results depending on build date and mods. If anyone has recent dealer feedback or part updates, it would be great to hear how things played out and whether a revised pump actually solved the problem long term.

The revised pump solved the problem but getting a dealer to cover it under warranty now would be next to impossible unless you have an extended warranty. The affected years were 2017-2018 so that would be many years out of warranty regardless of mileage.