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Valve Stem seals and warranty

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Old Sep 20, 2008 | 06:09 AM
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Default Valve Stem seals and warranty

I have a 2004 Coupe Limited that I now have 39K miles. I have had it since new. I don't drive it a lot as you can tell by the miles but I recently had moved from Virginia to here in SC and my local dealer did a oil and filter change. About 2 weeks later while out in the car my dash started beeping and I noticed a "Hi" where the service lcd is. I checked the oil level via the dip stick and it was high. I took it back to my dealer and he said they had a new service/oil guy and they would remove the excess oil. They did promptly but I then have noticed that when I start the car after its been sitting for a few days I get lots of blue smoke which from back in my auto mechanics high school days meant that the valve seals are bad. Will my 7/70 cover this, should I go to another dealer or see another dealer? thanks for any input.
Mike
 
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Old Sep 21, 2008 | 03:39 AM
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Default Re: Valve Stem seals and warranty

I would go back to the overfilling dealer and have it checked. That way you are covered if something else happens.

An overfill shouldn't hurt the valve seals though. It usually froths up the oil which starves the oil pump and burns out the bearings. Oil light would/should have activated had this happened.
 
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