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Amsoil synthetic sig series overkill for 1.4t?

August 23, 2016, 4:57 pm
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Hey guys, before you read. Just know i am a big amsoil fan and use the full syn sig series in my 2014 1.4t auto

i buy my amsoil from a friendly reputable napa repair center i'll leave anonymous. However everytime i go in to buy the 5w-30 full syn, the manager continually tries to downsell me to a lower grade amsoil. It is a similar product but not the sig series, why is this? Also, i go about 6000 miles on an oil change with this oil and he tells me i can go double that. I always change my oil when i get below 10% olm. Am i ok or can i actaully wait longer let alone use a lower grade oil??
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I just bought my cruze

August 23, 2016, 6:23 pm
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Hello everyone I'm from Connecticut Im new to the forum I just bought my cruze about 2 hours ago and I can't wait to see what cool stuff you guys do
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Hello!!

August 23, 2016, 7:10 pm
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I just purchased a 2012 LTRS Cruze today, looking to mod it soon
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The ULTIMATE CEL of CEL's

August 23, 2016, 7:41 pm
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I've seen a lot of cruze diesel Check Engine Light (CEL) posts on this forum, just wondering if anyone has seen these types of CEL problems this many times:

Purchased 01/2014, the Chevy Exchange, Lake Bluff, IL.

1st CEL approx 2500 miles. Took user manual advice and changed diesel vendor source and drove about 150 miles and multiple startup and engine off cycles until CEL cleared.

2nd CEL approx 4900 miles; technician pulled code stating force DPF regen. Technician forced regen resulted in shop filled with blue smoke, due to turbocharger seal failure. Turbo replaced. (note: I asked service manager what the impact oil or coolant blown out of exhaust would have on downstream sensors; he said the exhaust system was built to take that).

3rd CEL 5,020 miles - NOX sensor, position 1

4th service call 7,077 miles - car inop, would not start. No CEL indication, engine stumble or any kind of warning of pending car failure; just failed to start. Lucky for me I was about 1 mile from the nearest chevy dealer; a "short" walk. Dealership had car for about 3 weeks, said they had GM engineer in the shop to look at car why the diesels were repeating CEL's and why my car wouldn't start. Replaced plugged catalytic converter.

Car ran for more than 10,000 miles until the next CEL failure (#5 resulting in service call). This was an unidentified terminal replacement at 17,524 miles.

6th CEL; 17,848: engine control module reprogramming with SPS.

7th CEL: 18,175: heated oxygen sensor replacement.

8th CEL: 22,280: NOX sensor replacement, position 1.

9th CEL: 33,863: Heated Oxygen Sensor replacement position 1.

10th CEL: 34818: Exhaust temperature sensor, position 2.

Guess what popped up today (08/23/2016), just UNDER 36,000? you guessed it: CEL.

Car is driven 50 miles round trip every weekday, about 1/2 hwy the other 1/2 suburban stop n go. Was recommended to drive the car like a crazy Italian to get RPM's up and clean out exhaust. That worked until my first speeding ticket :-(

Most diesel fuel sold around here is mixed with corn squeezings (biodiesel); but I don't hear about VW or Audi or mercedes or other diesels with all these CELs using the same fuel. With all of those sensors going bad; are the sensors really that poor of a quality or is the service technician maybe just cleaning the sensor rather than replacing the part with new?

Love the car, love the driving performance but this car requires more maintenance than a soviet era Trabant. With all this time at the service center, I'm seeing my friendly GM service crew more than my children. Car is on the hairy edge of 36,000 miles; thinking it's time to abandon this dog.
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New Brakes at 34,000 miles?

August 23, 2016, 7:50 pm
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Hello, I am new to this forum!

To start off, back in April of 2015 I had my brakes serviced. They put on new rear brake pads (I have four disc brakes). The car had about 30,000 miles on at that point.

Fast forward to April of 2016 (a year later), I notice that when I am braking at slow speeds the brakes squeal. I thought maybe it was just some surface rust on the rotors. The sound has not gone away, but when I put the windows up I could no longer hear it. Then yesterday night, I noticed it was making a really loud noise at slow speeds. It was not nearly as loud in the today.

I looked at the brakes and it almost looks like the rear pad on the driver’s side was dry rotting. I took it into the shop and they are saying it had seized and it is overheating. I also noticed that there is a huge buildup of rust on the edge of all the rotors. Even one of my shinny lug nuts is rusting out. I compared it to my 1994 Mustang which had the brakes replaced in 2010, and the Mustang just has some minor surface rust around the edges.

I have only put about 4000 miles on since the pads were replaced over a year ago. They are telling me that all four rotors and pads need to be replaced. This is going to cost me $1400 (Canadian) to get fixed at the dealer. Oh and I did ask about a warranty with no success.

So does anyone have a Cruze out there with these brake problems? I live in a winter climate (from about December to March), in which there is salt put on the roads. I do not understand why my 94 Mustang that has six-year-old brakes (also four discs) with the same mileage (and has been winter driven), does not exhibit these same problems. Is this an issue with 2013 Cruze LTZ’s? I always thought brakes (mainly rotors) should be good for at least 50,000 miles.

I also just wanted to add I am not one of those people that are always using the brakes, I know how annoying they are to get stuck behind.

Thanks

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After reading the comments, it sounds to me that I should be getting minimum double the mileage before a brake replacement. It also sounds to me that when they did the service work last year, that they messed something up (pads should defiantly, defiantly last longer than 4000 miles). So ultimately I will have to pay for their mess up. Also I will ask about the caliper pins as mentioned. I think my 94 Mustang actually still has the original calipers from 1994 (I bought the car new), and it has about 110,000 miles on it. So something is defiantly not right.

I am going to call them at 7:00am (Eastern Time), if any of you have any suggestions I should add to my question list please feel free to post.
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Breaking in a new transmission

August 23, 2016, 8:00 pm
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Hello all,

I've been following this site since April of last year when I got my 2012 Cruze Eco MT. I've loved it since, but have had a couple hiccups. Please let me know if the following is normal after getting a transmission replaced at 73.5k miles.

The dealership just replaced my transmission after I took it in for diagnostics. I had the classic "whining" sound in all of the gears, and after ruling out the clutch and gearbox they decided to replace my transmission. I picked it up today after service hours, since I need my car for tomorrow.

  • Following entering my car, I noticed my clutch was loose, very very loose. After turning on the car and pumping the clutch for a couple minutes it returned to how it was pre-installation.
  • All of the gears were very stiff, I couldn't even shift into reverse until I let the car warm up for two or three minutes. Eventually all of them loosened up and it shifts better, but it does take some effort to get the car into gear. (Probably about the same as before. I can use one finger to shift from 1-2, 3-4.
  • I started driving it away and noticed a "crackling" sound. It doesn't happen all of the time but i heard it two or three times on a 10 minute drive in the city.
  • After hearing this "crackling" sound i investigated further and took a video. It happened when I turned on/off the car. The video is below, the first/last couple seconds have the sound. It's kind of hard to hear and diagnose over the internet, but figured it would be helpful if I included it.


Can't hyperlink anything until I have three posts, so go to youtube.com/watch?v=xgbBZQ1R3l4


I'm planning on calling the dealership tomorrow to ask more about these issues, but I was planning on letting the car figure itself out for a couple days before I really question what the service techs did. Any insight you guys could give would be appreciated!

Thanks,

-Spencer
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Need a 2016 Cruze owner in LA for market research interview for $300

August 23, 2016, 8:11 pm
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Hello there! It seems like a great community you have here. I have a bit of a unique request.


I work for a company that does market research and our client wants to talk to people that live in Los Angeles, CA and have a 2016 Chevy Cruze. It is a pretty cool opportunity to talk to some auto engineers about what you like about your Cruze and the design of it in exchange for $300


Quick detail of what we are looking for:
Lives in Los Angeles
Ages 22 to 32
Owns/Leases a 2016 Chevy Cruze (or a 2016 of any of the following models - Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra, VW Jetta, or Mazda 3)


I can message a link to our craigslist post for you to reply to with a couple of easy questions for you. It would be about a 90 conversation with an interviewer and auto engineers and we would come to you. You would be paid cash at the end of the interview. Just post here that you meet the requirements and I can send you the link.


Thanks! We appreciate all the help.
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My weekend toy...

August 24, 2016, 4:57 am
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Well, maybe not just for the weekends only. I usually frequent car shows with the Camaro's Of Northwest Ohio group. 2013 Camaro 2SS, 6-Speed Manual. Only a few mods at the moment: CAI Cold Air Intake, SLP Rims, LED DRL's, Strut Tower Brace...

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2016 Premier Fog Light LED options?

August 24, 2016, 7:21 am
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One of the first things I changed on my Camaro were the DRL / Fog Light bulbs because they looked "yellow" as compared to the HID's. Are there any "Plug-N-Play" options out there? Thanks...
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PS4 Gamers... Thoughts about "No Man's Sky"

August 24, 2016, 9:35 am
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Okay, so I bought this game and dove into it not really knowing anything about this game. However, for me... It has been pretty interesting. Like the Sci-Fi exploration of it combined with the Minecraftish building. I have put in about 12 hours so far and streamed a ton of videos to learn a little more on what to do.

All of this to see what your thoughts are???
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BKR8EIX Spark Plugs

August 24, 2016, 2:19 pm
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At 68,400 miles, I removed the OE NGK IFR7X7G spark plugs. They were replaced with NGK BKR8EIX plugs. Attached photos at 90,500 miles show on Left the OE’s -IFR7 when removed (two showing with 68,400 miles), on Right the replacements -BKR8. Replacements have 22,100 miles on them. Gap in that period grew from .033 to .045 - wear approx. 1,840 miles per .001” - seems like a lot. Note the burning marks on the BKR8 ground electrode, not on the IFR7 with triple the miles on them(is that the plug blowout some have discussed?). Also, insulator color has changed to gray from white. In the future, I will check & regap at 9,500 miles(every oil change). I did NOT notice any MPG or performance change with the BKR8 plugs. However, back in 2012 at 18,400 miles on the OE IFR7 plugs, when I regapped from the factory .025” to .035”, MPG went up & Cruze accelerated smoother. The same holds true for the BKR8 plugs.
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Aftermarket part question(s)?

August 24, 2016, 3:02 pm
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First of all, I apologize if this is in the wrong forum, new to the site (as in brand new) and didn't see anything that fit better. I bought a 2013 used Cruz Lt, it has the 1.4t and all that fun stuff, but the fact is I am still driving a 4 banger, the gas mileage is great and I love that, but theres not a lot of get up to it. I want to put a tuner on it to increase Hp, but I want to know how much (if at all) the tuner would affect my gas mileage.

Also planning on slapping a cold air intake on it if anyone has advice on which brands work best with a Cruz.

Any other simple/cheap mods that are out there, I am all ears. I know putting black rims on your car gives you an extra 20 hp, as well as dvd players in the steering wheel give you another 30, but I want everything I do it to be reasonably undoable in 4 years when I move on up in the world and buy me a nice new truck.
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hey hey hey

August 24, 2016, 3:11 pm
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So, I bought a Chevy Cruze about 3 months ago (2013, bought it used with 50k miles on it) got the LT model with the 1.4t. Liking the car so far, I am not a huge fan of driving cars to begin with (I am a truck man, but my old truck crapped out before I could get enough of a down payment to get in a new one with a note in my price range, so I ended up in a car), but I am enjoying this one. The 30+ mpg I get if I drive like a decent human being is nice, the 25+ I get if I drive like a grumpy nascar driver is better.

-I am 25 years old, engaged (we have been engaged for about 5 years. I am married without a certificate at this point)
-Did 6 years in the National Guard, where I did next to nothing in the way of deployments.
-I work as an electrician apprentice, going into my second of 5 years in the apprenticeship before I can test into Journeyman
-I live in the great state of Texas, but was raised in Oklahoma.
-I am a man of great faith, I will keep it to a minimum on the forums, as there is a place and time for everything.

-Boomer Sooner
-Go Texans

Any question?
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gen 2 vs gen 1 interior

August 24, 2016, 4:01 pm
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well i have a diesel.. i sell new cruzes ext... man the gen 2 has got a bland interior.. pro of the gen 2.they moved ac fan control higher and off of my knee when it rest on center console. i like the cup holders are better placed then gen 1. i like gen 2 ac vents better since you can blow air more on point vs just your hands like gen 1.the gen 2 steering wheel is marginally better then my LS spark lol. the gen 2 speedometer is cleaner but to large of a gap per 20mph.. takes a second look to see if doing 25 or 35.. i like every 10 mph with hash marks in between. i like the lt has cooled seats vs heated.. not needed in Florida really... im super jealous of the gen 2 lt and up key fobs. easier to use trunk and remote start ... im also wishing the gen 1 had projector lights.. i would have paid an extra 500$ for factory projector HId lights ... any one elses thoughts?
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I need a stock tune for EFI Live, 2012 6MT

August 24, 2016, 4:37 pm
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Hi Cruzetalk,

I'm trying to flash back to stock and cannot find my stock tune file. So many tables have been altered, and it was done so long ago that i'll never be able to get it back to factory without a file, so i'm really hoping someone can help me out.

My car is a 2012 Cruze 1.4T with a 6MT.

Must be for EFI Live. There should only be one OS, but if not my OS number is 12646746.

I have a friend with a '14 6MT...anyone know if the tunes are the same?

Thanks
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Can cold air intake void warranty?

August 24, 2016, 5:42 pm
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So I'm looking to get a cold air intake and I'm wondering if my warranty can be void if I bring it for service and they see a cold air intake what do you guys think
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Stock turbo

August 24, 2016, 6:06 pm
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Selling my stock turbo off my 2014 Cruze. Turbo has 34k on it. Nothing wrong with it, I just upgrade to the BNR turbo. Asking $300 + shipping OBO
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Shark fin antenna

August 24, 2016, 7:03 pm
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Whats the website that sells the color matching shark fin antenna?

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Rattle sound - Any high mileage diesel owners have this?

August 25, 2016, 4:54 am
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I've been noticing a rattle sound under the hood when I start in the AM. I can also make it rattle by holding 1000-1200 RPM. Haven't poked my head under the hood yet. It's been doing it for a while now. I am at 182K miles. Sounds like a heat shield or something. Anybody else? It doesn't sound like anything serious which is why I'm dragging my feet.
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Hello I am a new member to this forum

August 25, 2016, 6:02 am
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I just joined I live in Colorado and own a 2014 Cruxe.
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