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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 05:36 PM
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Okay, the service variable power steering warning light is still coming on every time I start the car, is there a calibration for that I need to follow or anything. I have driven the car about 70 miles since being repaired and it still comes on. The car steers greet, however it still comes on.
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 07:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Ill_Born_ss
Your engine contains both springed units and non-spring units. Don`T panic, give me a few minuites to try an scan the pages to you.. Got to crank up the relic
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I have no faith the IMG thing is going to work... so here is a backup

http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...lvelifter1.jpg

http://i471.photobucket.com/albums/r...lvelifter2.jpg

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Where did you get your service manual?

I think I'm going to try to fix what the dealer suspects is a collapsed lifter myself. Even if it's worse than just the lifter, I'll still have a non running car with more money in my pocket than if I let the dealer charge 8 hrs of labor just to remove and replace the cylinder head.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 10:21 AM
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Ill_Born has the actual manuals by GM... it's a 3 volume set:

http://www.autorepairmanuals.biz/sit...oduct/GMP06WCI


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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 09:02 AM
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I am having the same issue. just replaced my plugs and wires and a few weeks later my car was making a "ticking noise". not just at start up, but all the time. so is it a dead lifter like yours? I will most likely have it replaced at a shop. any idea how much it'd cost?
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 09:03 AM
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its an 05 and its got about 93k miles on it.
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by DavidGXP
Thats some pretty nasty looking carnage. I wonder what happened to the pieces, of the lifter?
My lifters looked perfect except for the fact that my DOD lifter spring was compressed and is stuck. I had metal dust all over the lifter guide and pushrod. I ended up replacing all of my lifters just to be on the safe side. I used the noisy *** G8, DOD versions made by Eaton 12569256. Eaton,s have three slots in the top piece. I should have bought the Delphi versions which have two slots.
I found the same thing with mine. Intake dod lifter on cylinder number 7 was dead. Spring was collapsed and it was stuck up in the bore. The end of the lifter looked fine. Not sure why it was stuck, gave it a tap with a hammer and tugged the hell out of it and it came out. Whatever happened, it took out the rocker arm too. Maybe the rocker arm went first, I don't know.
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