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Originally Posted by BettyZ
What year was the Z? If one of the earlier years, oil galley gaskets perhaps?
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Originally Posted by Rusty
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Originally Posted by Z's
Not in any way making a diagnosis of the situation, but it would take a whole lot more than the loss of 1 quart of oil to destroy an engine. Especially as it was still on the dipstick. Something else was definitely the culprit and I'd love to hear the consensus.
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made that exact noise under acceleration. guess i found the culprit. its a 2011
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Originally Posted by henry0844
just for an FYI, I replaced my motor in my g for 4300. got a used 2015 z motor for a little over 1k$ with just under 20k miles on it, got it installed at specialty z. it's not too expensive to get it done. only reason I did it was because I have the car paid off and didn't want to get into another car payment.
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this is my current plan, considering the labor for replacing the engine comes to $2600, which i find surprising, especially at a dealer.
my plan is to get a decent condition used motor, a better clutch, headers, and an exhaust and get all that installed while theyre replacing the motor.