Razz1

Anyone have any prolems with the fuel recall?

My temp gauge is working differently.

It use to be on the last line of cold and then moved up.

Now she sits way below the last line, like it's broken.

Finally after a long period of time it moves up.

caribbean_spice_boy_73

Ohh year I saw that too over the past week or so.. .. but I got my letter to take it in for the recall..

Razz1

I think you misunderstand me spice boy. I got this problem after the recall.

jcataldo

We will see, i just dropped mine off this morning. Did they change your gas tank and ball joints?

mikeb

my car seems to idle kinda rough since the recall work

hemmingway_bg

I just came back from dealer recall peak and flash. My dealer has not seen a problem and does not have ball joints in stock anyway. Who spends a lot of time reving engine at idle? I think they might have put a mat in for this. My engine seems to be smoother running, it was good before, and better now. I have 13,500 trouble free miles on my car. I will watch for possible better gas mileage now. I get 19.5 now with city and highway driving. I also do know that this is just like a Corvette Z-6. I have a little less than the vettes 505HP. though.

hemmingway_bg

Rough idle? New intake the cause? I hope not.

jcataldo

Just picked her up, they just inspected everything. Ordered the pad for the tank and thats it. No flash yet. Will keep updating.

RX-GR8

got it back today. they put the pad on the tank. i assume the flashed it to "R". will check for the sticker on door. ball joints ok. they changed the oil and did a tire rotation free of charge of course since i have the free maintenance plan.

mikeb

it could be my new k&n intake
Im not sure

RX-GR8

mike why not revI?

mikeb

good question

hemmingway_bg

Why waste your time when they put pad on 100% of the time? I had to travel 40 miles to the dealer. It takes 2 hours and would not have been pleased if they told me to come back,

brothervoodoo

Gotta lov it! This board cracks me up all the time.. Mike hope you get your idle sorted out...

RX-GR8

well i can't find any sticker saying they did the "R" flash. that sucks.

RX8FOREAL

Had the recall work done today including the R flash. Since I have the turbo, I was a little worried after seeing some of the posts. Car runs fine with R flash. It seems to be running a little richer at higher RPM once turbo kicks in. Although I have an AEM wide band A/F meter it only registers to 11 and once turbo kicks in the numbers are definitely below because the meter goes blank (---) no reading. The idle seems to be smoother, less bounce into lean numbers. At idle the A/F keeps fairly constant between 15.1 - 15.6

shinka213

Took mine in on wednesday for its first oil change and the gas tank recall....I told them I had a rough idle....they changed the oil, did the recall and said they flashed the ECU...when I asked the tech which flash it was he couldnt give me a direct answer... :D ...he claims that after the M flash that they dont give them lettered designations....I rarely ever believe what the dealer says....
It does seem to run smoother now...but I noticed a strange thing yesterday afternoon when I got in the car to go back to work.....it was a beautiful day out, temps were ranging in the mid 80s.....when I started the car up the amb temp read 101 degrees.....its never done that even when it sat in the sun with 98 temps for hours....it gradually when down after I drove it for a couple of blocks...
anyones thoughts?

Go48

Thought: Dark-colored car oriented so that the suns rays were perpendicular to the front section of the car where the sensor is located, thereby generating maximum heat through the conversion of light to heat.

khblair

hubby just picked up our shinka from the dealer for the engine recall. he asked them about changing the flash and he said they were evasive couldnt tell him anything. he got the impression that they didnt change anything nor could they tell him what he had. any thoughts?