Hello,
I'm writing here to see if you could give me some sound advice. I have read the forums in search for my specific problem for my car but nothing is exactly the same. So this is why i'm posting.
1 year ago I bought a 2009 Chevy Cruze LS 1.6 it only had 60000 KM and seemed perfect during the test drive and inspection.
After some time i noticed that the vehicle on some day's the car had more power and response on the throttle than other days.
And after a while the engine light turned so i went to my personal mechanic to check the problem and it resulted that the air sensor is the problem.
We fixed the problem by changing the sensor but the loss of power was still there. After a while i went to a Chevy dealer ship and they told me that the problem may be that some gears that control the fuel/air system might be damaged but they are not sure. I explained that the problem is not always there that depending on the weather and day the engine works differently but they did not listen. They said that the only thing they can try is to change those parts which are 2 gears each about 250€ plus the work 500€ so all in all 1000€ but that may not solve the problem.
Here is then my dilemma do i spend 1000€ on a "maybe" when i bought the car for 2500€.
Also I have read something about the spark plug gaping if this could cause the loss of power in my engine but I doubt it since it is so inconsistent.
If you need any more information please ask i will supply.
P.S.
I always use 100 octane unleaded fuel.
I'm writing here to see if you could give me some sound advice. I have read the forums in search for my specific problem for my car but nothing is exactly the same. So this is why i'm posting.
1 year ago I bought a 2009 Chevy Cruze LS 1.6 it only had 60000 KM and seemed perfect during the test drive and inspection.
After some time i noticed that the vehicle on some day's the car had more power and response on the throttle than other days.
And after a while the engine light turned so i went to my personal mechanic to check the problem and it resulted that the air sensor is the problem.
We fixed the problem by changing the sensor but the loss of power was still there. After a while i went to a Chevy dealer ship and they told me that the problem may be that some gears that control the fuel/air system might be damaged but they are not sure. I explained that the problem is not always there that depending on the weather and day the engine works differently but they did not listen. They said that the only thing they can try is to change those parts which are 2 gears each about 250€ plus the work 500€ so all in all 1000€ but that may not solve the problem.
Here is then my dilemma do i spend 1000€ on a "maybe" when i bought the car for 2500€.
Also I have read something about the spark plug gaping if this could cause the loss of power in my engine but I doubt it since it is so inconsistent.
If you need any more information please ask i will supply.
P.S.
I always use 100 octane unleaded fuel.