DarthGanja
LVC Member
Hello everyone.
Let me start by saying thank you to all of those who have posted there problems and fixes on these boards. Every time I have a problem with my '04 LSV8, I can find a solution on here, your comments have been an invaluable resource.
So far I have had to experience the dreaded transmission problem with the hard shifts into third, $4200.00 to rebuild with the servo bore kit(I think that's what it was). I also had to replace the DCCV, an easy, fairly cheap fix, $120.00 off eBay if memory serves.
Now I am experiencing the ETC Engine Failsafe mode message. Sheesh. Real bad timing too, just starting a new job next week, am broke and now the dealership tells me $1200.00 for a new throttle body. I know, right? I digress...
I know from reading on these boards that a common problem with these engines, is the coil, or coil on plugs, are defective(more on that later) and when they are failing, they can lead to a miss diagnosis of a faulty throttle body. Apparently the faulty coils interfere with the correct reading of the codes, the computer is actually spitting out the wrong codes, or atleast that is what I'm gathering.
So I take the car to my local dealer with the hopes that the coils are faulty and it will be covered under the extended warranty that I keep reading about on these boards. I drop the car off in the middle of the night and write on the key drop envolope that I had another garage tell me that the coils were shot. A bit of a white lie, yes, but only so I could direct them into looking at the coils. I get a call this morning from the garage. They say I'm reading the p2107 and p2110 codes...faulty throttle body apparently. And yes, $1200.00 including the $140 diagnostic. I ask him about the coils, he seems to not know what I'm talking about. I tell him about what I have read on here about the coils and such, he finally looks up the TSB on my car. He tells me "oh yeah, there is an extended warranty on the coils...now let's see here..." and get this! " oh that warranty is for 160,000kms(yes, I'm Canadian) and your car has 164,000 Kms."
So now they won't even look at em for the extended warranty.
I realize there fairly cheap to change all 8 coils yourself, and I understand changing the throttle body is a snap. I can get a used throttle body on eBay for like $180 and coils for like $100.
I guess what I am wondering about is if my car would be misfiring if it were simply a throttle body. The first time my car went into limp mode, it was under pretty heavy throttle, then I pulled off to the side of the road and turned it off and restarted it, then it was fine for about a week. Then it happened again but this time the engine was running really rough, and the problem doesn't go away when I restart the car. I should also point out that when the car is running, I can hear a loud hissing sound coming from the KKM air intake, which leads directly to the throttle body. Would bad coils cause this hissing sound?
Anyway, because of that hissing, i think I'm going to order a salvaged TB off eBay and try that, unless someone has a better idea or something I may be overlooking.
Let me start by saying thank you to all of those who have posted there problems and fixes on these boards. Every time I have a problem with my '04 LSV8, I can find a solution on here, your comments have been an invaluable resource.
So far I have had to experience the dreaded transmission problem with the hard shifts into third, $4200.00 to rebuild with the servo bore kit(I think that's what it was). I also had to replace the DCCV, an easy, fairly cheap fix, $120.00 off eBay if memory serves.
Now I am experiencing the ETC Engine Failsafe mode message. Sheesh. Real bad timing too, just starting a new job next week, am broke and now the dealership tells me $1200.00 for a new throttle body. I know, right? I digress...
I know from reading on these boards that a common problem with these engines, is the coil, or coil on plugs, are defective(more on that later) and when they are failing, they can lead to a miss diagnosis of a faulty throttle body. Apparently the faulty coils interfere with the correct reading of the codes, the computer is actually spitting out the wrong codes, or atleast that is what I'm gathering.
So I take the car to my local dealer with the hopes that the coils are faulty and it will be covered under the extended warranty that I keep reading about on these boards. I drop the car off in the middle of the night and write on the key drop envolope that I had another garage tell me that the coils were shot. A bit of a white lie, yes, but only so I could direct them into looking at the coils. I get a call this morning from the garage. They say I'm reading the p2107 and p2110 codes...faulty throttle body apparently. And yes, $1200.00 including the $140 diagnostic. I ask him about the coils, he seems to not know what I'm talking about. I tell him about what I have read on here about the coils and such, he finally looks up the TSB on my car. He tells me "oh yeah, there is an extended warranty on the coils...now let's see here..." and get this! " oh that warranty is for 160,000kms(yes, I'm Canadian) and your car has 164,000 Kms."
So now they won't even look at em for the extended warranty.I realize there fairly cheap to change all 8 coils yourself, and I understand changing the throttle body is a snap. I can get a used throttle body on eBay for like $180 and coils for like $100.
I guess what I am wondering about is if my car would be misfiring if it were simply a throttle body. The first time my car went into limp mode, it was under pretty heavy throttle, then I pulled off to the side of the road and turned it off and restarted it, then it was fine for about a week. Then it happened again but this time the engine was running really rough, and the problem doesn't go away when I restart the car. I should also point out that when the car is running, I can hear a loud hissing sound coming from the KKM air intake, which leads directly to the throttle body. Would bad coils cause this hissing sound?
Anyway, because of that hissing, i think I'm going to order a salvaged TB off eBay and try that, unless someone has a better idea or something I may be overlooking.
