Well, havent been a Duramax owner too long. Found a great deal on a 01' LB7 that needed headgaskets done. Truck ran great, super smooth and plenty of power. I decided to find someone locally that had experience working on Diesel trucks, and looked to craigslist in the services section. I came across a Father & Son automative business that said they had done one before, and said they would cut me a deal being I'm a laid off union worker (Laborer), which sounded great to me. So I dropped the truck off and expected about a week before getting the truck back.
After waiting a little over a month and a half, and replacing a few things that were busted during the removal and install of the heads, I got the truck back. Paid a little over 1400$ cash to have them do it. Also supplied them with a 730$ head and stud kit, and what I got back...
Well, the truck ran. Barely. The whole engine was jolting side to side about 4" or more from the heavy misfires. Exhaust was bellowing out white lingering smoke, and it was idling extremely rough. They told me it was built up from the head removal, and needed to be burned out. Right, lol. I managed to limp the truck down to Advanced Auto and had the codes scanned. When I brought it to them, only code the truck had was the fuel sending unit (gauge doesnt work).
12 Engine Codes. Cant recall all of them at the moment. Something like...
Glow Plug Relay circuit
Intake Heater Element circuit
Random Misfire Code (tons of cylinder misfire codes also)
Turbo Electronic circuit or something
ABS Circuit
Tons more..
The turbo wont spool up, and the transmission is shifting extremely harsh. I only drove it about 5 miles to my house. Just wanted to get it back from them after all that so I can see what I got myself into. They wont respond to my messages now after hanging up on me, after asking them about what the hell they did to it.
Was told to contact the District Attorney to try and get my money back. I don't even know where to start with this now. I'm thinking maybe the white smoke is due to injector sleeves?
Any advice what to do on this? Only records I have is text messages, as they wouldnt issue me any type of receipt in the end after it was "Done" by their standards.
After waiting a little over a month and a half, and replacing a few things that were busted during the removal and install of the heads, I got the truck back. Paid a little over 1400$ cash to have them do it. Also supplied them with a 730$ head and stud kit, and what I got back...
Well, the truck ran. Barely. The whole engine was jolting side to side about 4" or more from the heavy misfires. Exhaust was bellowing out white lingering smoke, and it was idling extremely rough. They told me it was built up from the head removal, and needed to be burned out. Right, lol. I managed to limp the truck down to Advanced Auto and had the codes scanned. When I brought it to them, only code the truck had was the fuel sending unit (gauge doesnt work).
12 Engine Codes. Cant recall all of them at the moment. Something like...
Glow Plug Relay circuit
Intake Heater Element circuit
Random Misfire Code (tons of cylinder misfire codes also)
Turbo Electronic circuit or something
ABS Circuit
Tons more..
The turbo wont spool up, and the transmission is shifting extremely harsh. I only drove it about 5 miles to my house. Just wanted to get it back from them after all that so I can see what I got myself into. They wont respond to my messages now after hanging up on me, after asking them about what the hell they did to it.
Was told to contact the District Attorney to try and get my money back. I don't even know where to start with this now. I'm thinking maybe the white smoke is due to injector sleeves?
Any advice what to do on this? Only records I have is text messages, as they wouldnt issue me any type of receipt in the end after it was "Done" by their standards.