A friend recently had the engine fail in a 2017 Terrain with the 2.4 Ecotec engine.
She purchased it new from the dealer and oil changes were being done regularly at the dealer 3800 to 4000 or 5000 kilometer intervals.
because it is 7 years old it is out of warranty period with only 82000 kilometers, and dealer won't do anything for her.
not sure if it was getting ran low on oil or whether it had oil consumption / leaking issues.
I know it had a lot of short trips in small city driving to work, and extended idle times. Would have been interesting to see regular oil analysis results on this engine from new to see what was going on.
Doesn't sound like its a good idea to replace with a salvage engine, & new drop in is not in her budget.
She has decided to sell as is for $5000 CAD and cut her losses.
Too bad they don't build them to last.
Sounds like engines are prone to carbon builup with direct injection, and have fuel dilution issues.
She purchased it new from the dealer and oil changes were being done regularly at the dealer 3800 to 4000 or 5000 kilometer intervals.
because it is 7 years old it is out of warranty period with only 82000 kilometers, and dealer won't do anything for her.
not sure if it was getting ran low on oil or whether it had oil consumption / leaking issues.
I know it had a lot of short trips in small city driving to work, and extended idle times. Would have been interesting to see regular oil analysis results on this engine from new to see what was going on.
Doesn't sound like its a good idea to replace with a salvage engine, & new drop in is not in her budget.
She has decided to sell as is for $5000 CAD and cut her losses.
Too bad they don't build them to last.
Sounds like engines are prone to carbon builup with direct injection, and have fuel dilution issues.