BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

[keg8605]

Very scary and the worst fear of all of us. Can you give more details? How many miles, last oil change, were you able to coast safely to the side of the road? Everybody OK?

39k miles, last oil change at the dealer I think in January or February. Car just completely shut down and then was blinking “push start again” and it would just flash on and off. No warning signs or anything. It shifted to neutral and we coasted onto the shoulder. Waiting an hour and a half for a tow and pickup. Pretty scary being sitting ducks but thankfully all was safe. Just really curious how Chevy is going to handle.

 

[Vladimir2306]

39k miles, last oil change at the dealer I think in January or February. Car just completely shut down and then was blinking “push start again” and it would just flash on and off. No warning signs or anything. It shifted to neutral and we coasted onto the shoulder. Waiting an hour and a half for a tow and pickup. Pretty scary being sitting ducks but thankfully all was safe. Just really curious how Chevy is going to handle.

By the way, about 30 minutes before the engine stopped, the air conditioner turned off. Did anyone else have this before the engine breakdown

 

[DuraYuk]

If you are going to summarize it for all of us and end the discussion (which I think is a futile exercise), why don't you try to be factually accurate.

The bearing is not the issue; that exact bearing part # is in use on all LS engines for more than a decade.... the crankshaft on the 6.2L was not manufactured correctly (or at least that’s what GM claims).

Its an internal flaw. Not oil. And round and round we go.

 

[Vladimir2306]

Its an internal flaw. Not oil. And round and round we go.

Of course, it's not oil, it's an engine assembled by crooked hands. In Russia, they say that this is an Armenian garage service. So the L87 engine, even in such an Armenian garage service, they will assemble better))) By the way, we have a Russian plant in Russia, AvtoVAZ, it makes cheap cars, with not very high quality. So earlier this plant was managed by representatives of Chevrolet. Now, after the posts about the L87 engine, we laugh that the management of AvtoVAZ began to lead GM)

 

[DuraYuk]

Of course, it's not oil, it's an engine assembled by crooked hands. In Russia, they say that this is an Armenian garage service. So the L87 engine, even in such an Armenian garage service, they will assemble better))) By the way, we have a Russian plant in Russia, AvtoVAZ, it makes cheap cars, with not very high quality. So earlier this plant was managed by representatives of Chevrolet. Now, after the posts about the L87 engine, we laugh that the management of AvtoVAZ began to lead GM)

Lol I know what you mean. At least it's a easy enough engine to repair.

 

[Vladimir2306]

Lol I know what you mean. At least it's a easy enough engine to repair.

L87?) After it is out of order, it can only be sent to the trash. He burned himself from the inside. I described it in a neighboring topic. So we install a new engine, but there is also a new one assembled by crooked hands

 

[vcode]

we know more than that. GM stated in the safety recall it has 2 root causes:
1) Rod bearing damage from sediment on connecting rods and in crankshaft oil galleys
2) Out of specification crankshaft dimensions and machining

See here.

Let me make it easy for you all, page 4

It is not that difficult to imagine journals out of tolerance causing this...

But if you read between the lines, it clearly states it's the oil...... LOL! Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Nissan, Subaru, GM, Ford, Stellantis, and others all use 0W20. The roads would be littered with broken down cars if this oil was as bad as claimed. It's way better than the 5W30 dino I used in my 2010 Tahoe.

 

[DuraYuk]

But if you read between the lines, it clearly states it's the oil...... LOL! Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Nissan, Subaru, GM, Ford, Stellantis, and others all use 0W20. The roads would be littered with broken down cars if this oil was as bad as claimed. It's way better than the 5W30 dino I used in my 2010 Tahoe.

Shhhh it's an oil conspiracy

 

[Vladimir2306]

But if you read between the lines, it clearly states it's the oil...... LOL! Honda, Toyota, Lexus, Nissan, Subaru, GM, Ford, Stellantis, and others all use 0W20. The roads would be littered with broken down cars if this oil was as bad as claimed. It's way better than the 5W30 dino I used in my 2010 Tahoe.

By the way, Toyota has engines on 0w8 oil)

 

[Silverado4x4]

I like what Corvette does in Bowl green Kentucky the person who assembled that motor puts there name tag on the motor. My brother-in-laws Corvette has a name tag on the motor for the person that assembled it.