A friend of a friend bought a 2021 Buick Encore. Shortly after buying it, he had a muffler shop cut off the muffler and put in two straight pipes because he likes the looks and it makes noise. The Encore has the 3 cylinder turbo charged engine and a couple of weeks ago, he took it to the dealer fo…

[image] cwatkin: if you could unbolt piping and install a blocking plate But you’d be blocking off the intake and exhaust.

[image] texases: But you’d be blocking off the intake and exhaust. Yeah, I suppose you’d have to do some custom tubing. I still think I’d replace the muffler and try another dealer.

Could you force the waste gate open all the time?

That is another idea. Use a mechanical or electronic means (I am not sure how this is actuated).

[image] cwatkin: One of my buddies owns an HVAC service and sees a competitor that installs natural gas and propane appliances interchangeably. A natural gas appliance will not run correctly on propane. Every gas appliance I have came with propane jets. I was on propane at the time. The man…

[image] cwatkin: That is another idea. Use a mechanical or electronic means (I am not sure how this is actuated). Probably. You’d get an underboost code. I wouldn’t be surprised if the turbo is actually fine and there’s a stuck open wastegate issue, anyway, to be honest. Unless the turbo bear…

This discussion has kind of gone down a rabbit hole. My understanding is that if he has a new turbocharger install by the Buick dealership, they will not warranty the replacement turbo unless the exhaust system is returned to stock configuration. Please correct me if I am misunderstanding the sit…

The vehicles I’ve seen with turbo failures (seized or dragging impellers) were dogs performance wise as the turbine wheel and compressor wheel acted as major restrictions in the intake track and exhaust outlet. The problem here is that none of us know the details behind the warranty denial. It’s st…

I guess that isn’t the case with water heaters or at least some of the brands he sees. He said this wasn’t a horrible fix on furnaces and stuff but that water heaters are a different story. I am not the expert in HVAC so am trusting him. He says that water heaters are set at the factory for one f…

The owner of that car won’t have a prayer in court; or even in an attorney’s office. What’s that attorney going to say when he’s told by someone whose goal in life is noise rather than a job that they wanna sue General Motors with no iron clad evidence not to mention the retainer fee which is going …

Buick Turbo failure

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Thegreendrag0n, his message display has been malfunctioning for almost 3 years.

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