- Feb 14, 2010
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Wasup guys... I want to start off this thread by saying that I am a long time member of this forum, but I had to create an alternate screen name to hide my identity. I guarantee you guys know me very well over here, & I'm not trying to hide my info from the members of stangnet, but I need to get some major warranty work performed on my car soon, & these 3rd party warranty's go so far to search internet forums nowadays to deny us of our warranty claims...
Anyhow, I have had horrible vibration occurring on my 03 Mach 1 for a few months now, @ idle & while cruising at any speed. After getting exhausted checking out everything from plugs, mounts, balancer, vaccuum, u joints, etc, I ended up doing a compression test & found out that my compression was @ 180 psi on cylinders #1,2,3,4, & 7, but on cylinder six it was @ 150 psi, & cylinders 5 & 8 were @ a measly 120 psi!!!! What would cause this on a 55k mile car that is well taken care of, & the only mods were full exhaust, C&L 85mm, intake spacer, & a tune??? I religously change the oil, & I rarely beat on the car. What do you guys think the cause of this issue is, bad rings, bad valves??? My car has had the valve tick issue for about 3 years, even before I had any bolt ons, or a tune, & after I removed my cats & got LT's, you could hear a very pronounced "put, put, put" out of the driver side tailpipe, sort of like a misfire sound. It has also thrown the misfire code on more than 1 occasion on the #8 cylinder...
I am gonna take the car in for warranty work after I remove all the engine mods. The only mods that will remain will be suspension mods, what do you think my chances of getting the 3rd party warranty to honor my warranty. I have yet to try to use the warranty, so I don't know how good they are, but I do know that they send out inspectors, & they have people that do internet research in certain cases to try to find info on the customer. Anybody have experience with these type of warranty's?
Thanks in advance for any type of info you guys can offer....
****BTW, how do you like my screen name? I tried to come up with the corniest name I could think of LOL...
Anyhow, I have had horrible vibration occurring on my 03 Mach 1 for a few months now, @ idle & while cruising at any speed. After getting exhausted checking out everything from plugs, mounts, balancer, vaccuum, u joints, etc, I ended up doing a compression test & found out that my compression was @ 180 psi on cylinders #1,2,3,4, & 7, but on cylinder six it was @ 150 psi, & cylinders 5 & 8 were @ a measly 120 psi!!!! What would cause this on a 55k mile car that is well taken care of, & the only mods were full exhaust, C&L 85mm, intake spacer, & a tune??? I religously change the oil, & I rarely beat on the car. What do you guys think the cause of this issue is, bad rings, bad valves??? My car has had the valve tick issue for about 3 years, even before I had any bolt ons, or a tune, & after I removed my cats & got LT's, you could hear a very pronounced "put, put, put" out of the driver side tailpipe, sort of like a misfire sound. It has also thrown the misfire code on more than 1 occasion on the #8 cylinder...
I am gonna take the car in for warranty work after I remove all the engine mods. The only mods that will remain will be suspension mods, what do you think my chances of getting the 3rd party warranty to honor my warranty. I have yet to try to use the warranty, so I don't know how good they are, but I do know that they send out inspectors, & they have people that do internet research in certain cases to try to find info on the customer. Anybody have experience with these type of warranty's?
Thanks in advance for any type of info you guys can offer....
****BTW, how do you like my screen name? I tried to come up with the corniest name I could think of LOL...