Well to start off I bought a 2003 Imapla 4.3L from Holz Motors just this past December.
Now before I bought this car they said the did a tune-up (plugs,wires,etc.)
Well ever since I bought the car I noticed the car would run rough and just a few weeks ago it got worse.
So I pulled the plugs, all six of them had corrosion, growth and the diodes were as thin as a pin. So basicaly trashed.
The plug wires, well they were trashed to.
That'll be the last time I buy a car from them if Im going to be lied to.
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07-19-2007, 10:02 PM #1The Professional Firefighter
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Gotta love GM Goodwrench at Holz Motors
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07-19-2007, 10:19 PM #2Slow Berettas Suck
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tune up consists of just plugs on todays cars... but thats odd .. 4.3L in '03??
diodes are thin new.
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07-20-2007, 07:31 AM #3Ol' School
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Its a 3.4L and they are know for shit like that... intake gaskets anyone? is it eating coolant and fouling plugs?
Diodes? those are one way electrical check valves so to speak... You mean Electrode, the center pin in the middle of the porcelain just below the ground strap. And if they are platinums they will have a wire then electrode. Heavy desposits are usually oil or water or both.Last edited by BAD LS1; 07-20-2007 at 07:34 AM.
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07-21-2007, 05:40 PM #4Slow Berettas Suck
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i love 3.4s.. thats what i have.. hehehee 60V6 baby!!
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07-21-2007, 08:06 PM #5The Professional Firefighter
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I put Tr-55's cause it says I can some where. But the car still runs rough, like theres a miss, but the Gas mileage is good.
The plugs, they had cancer on them, you know how rust forms. I'll take some pics one of these days?'Merica, Hell Yeah!
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07-21-2007, 08:39 PM #6Carry On !
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TR 55 are good plugs but I am willing to bet the plugs you pulled were iridiums and that why they looked thin at the electrode.
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07-21-2007, 08:43 PM #7No sleep till Brooklyn
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Shouldn't have gone to Holz in the 1st place then- you know how bad the history w/ my car from there was. Sorry Josh but no pity on a 'common' used car & also should have taken it in when you 1st noticed it. Take it to them to fix and give them the plugs you pulled for them to help diagnose it.
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07-21-2007, 10:50 PM #8The Professional Firefighter
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Yeah dont pita me LOL!
But that will be the last time I buy from there again... I hate getting dicked around at repair shops so I do it myself.
The old plugs were AC Delco made by NGK in JAPAN'Merica, Hell Yeah!
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