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Hey there Dustin, I just saw this message for the first time while going through looking for the message with the tuning guys info that you introduced me to... What do you mean updated valve cover? The AFM cover or are you saying that I should have replaced one of my actual valve covers?
Update valve covers, 07-08 & 09-11, thread:
It didn’t look good to me, but I’m clueless, so didn’t say anything.
Like others have said there is a new driver side valve cover design that prevents the motor from sucking in oil, the original design let a lot of oil enter the intake from the valve cover from the PCV system
Man I appreciate all of the advice, I'll prefer accordingly and keep you posted. As far as the initial tune goes... I had a local shop quote me $400 and the Black Bear place said I'd have to buy a $600 device just to get started. I considered that if I was gonna to even spend $400 that I'd prefer to spend around $600 to buy what is needed to do it myself and learn the process. At that point I could tune all of my vehicles and friends vehicles, but I've got to much going right now to dive into that, although I may after my month looking work trip to southern California which I leave in 3 days for. I did call a smaller local Chevrolet dealership near me and they said that they would tune it for around $200 and they picked up, do I figured you can't go wrong with the dealership (I hope). Hopefully I'll get it back tomorrow and I'll let you know how it worked out. I didn't change the valve cover on the driver's side yet as Dustin suggested but I'll address that when I get it back. As I'm expecting that the dealership will program everything to run,, I'm not sure if they will dial up to accommodate the higher performance cam and cold air intake or not. I was thinking that when you go to a performance shop it is generally understood that you are going outside warranty specs, but dealerships are usually restricted in that sense but I'm hoping since it's a 2013 they won't be limited as far as warranty guidelines since I'm so far out of that range. I'll let you know how everything ends up and I really appreciate you guys accompanying me through this saga so far, hopefully I slay the dragon and get the prom queen etc.
Oh and @Geotrash , I tried the VLOM plug thing and it didn't work for me, but I'm not sure that, that was the only contributing factor. Just wanted to give you my experience with it. I've learned a lot through this process not expecting to, I was under the impression I knew most of what's to know. You guys suggestions, comments and advice had a lot of value. I hope I can help someone in return.
