Has anyone else had to have the entire head replaced? I smell recall.

[Sewie]

Originally Posted by Av1ator

Thanks for the suggestion, it certainly paid off for me!

You're welcome and glad it worked out for ya.

[fourfourto]

I noticed originaly heads went bad with lower miles,now I see some have higher miles.
Im at 24,000 miles no problems.

Im curious though ,Has anyone with a bad head been using synthetic oil ?
It might take longer for problem to come up.
I have been using synthetic since the 2nd oil change.

Yea, I've noticed higher mileage H3''s reporting the problem. But so far I've had no problems at 31,000 hard miles.

[Av1ator]

Originally Posted by fourfourto

Im curious though ,Has anyone with a bad head been using synthetic oil ?
It might take longer for problem to come up.
I have been using synthetic since the 2nd oil change.

I have used synthetic oil since my second oil change. Just had the second head put on at 37,200 miles.

[H3Eric]

fourfourto, I have had synthetic oil since the first oil change around 5000 miles. I have now about 24000 miles and my car will go to the shop tomorrow for the first head replacement. my production date is approx. april/may 2005.

Eric

Originally Posted by fourfourto

I noticed originaly heads went bad with lower miles,now I see some have higher miles.
Im at 24,000 miles no problems.

Im curious though ,Has anyone with a bad head been using synthetic oil ?
It might take longer for problem to come up.
I have been using synthetic since the 2nd oil change.

[GPan099]

I just returned from the dealership with some bad news.

My check engine light was on, engine was running rough, onstar reported a misfire problem, and the dealer diagnosed the codes which require a head replacement as per the service bulletin.

He ordered the parts, (head, gasket & 16 bolts?) and said the truck would probably be in the shop for a week for repair.

He gave it back to me and will call when the parts arrive. About 10,800 miles on mine w/ 2 oil changes @ 5000 & 10,500 w/ regular oil.

VIN # is below the number indicated on the post.

[Casey]

Add another to the replacement list. 36k miles. 11/05 build date.

Check engine light came on and codes indicated misfire on #4 cylinder. Dealer informed me I was getting excessive blowby on that cylinder. Waiting on a final resolution from the dealer but will likely be a head replacement.

[hmrlvr]

Sorry to bring back this long exhausting thread but... I'm having the same problem with my colorado. 5500 miles, it's been in the shop for 31 days with no end in sight. Anyway, most of you tore this poor guy a new one when all he wanted was a little advice. Except for f5, I saw knowone admit to being a little rough on the guy and possibly being wrong about him. I know you hate the trolls but geez at least admit when your wrong. Interesting that towards the end there were alot more owners with this problem. And now all of you who called him a troll have disappeared. As usual though F5 stepped up.
All right, let me have it!

[timgco]

Mine is going in with 15xxx miles. And from what I was told today, they are backordered.

[graydog]

Originally Posted by hmrlvr

Sorry to bring back this long exhausting thread but... I'm having the same problem with my colorado. 5500 miles, it's been in the shop for 31 days with no end in sight. Anyway, most of you tore this poor guy a new one when all he wanted was a little advice. Except for f5, I saw knowone admit to being a little rough on the guy and possibly being wrong about him. I know you hate the trolls but geez at least admit when your wrong. Interesting that towards the end there were alot more owners with this problem. And now all of you who called him a troll have disappeared. As usual though F5 stepped up.
All right, let me have it!

I agree 100%