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Old 07-27-2011, 06:05 PM   #30 (permalink)
Brian370
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Originally Posted by moto_italia View Post
So, the VTC Intake Cam Gear seized due to "lack" of oil lubricant. Lack of oil lubricant would imply to me that there was a severe shortage of oil quantity. Was the car 3 quarts low of oil at the time of seizure? Have you or they added 3 quarts since the seizure to see it come up to full on the dipstick, or how do they know that lack of oil quantity is the cause of the seizure?
It was 3 qts low when it seized.

The funny thing is, i had my car serviced AT THE SAME DEALER 3k miles ago with fully synthetic oil and still have the receipts.
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