tahoe hybrid 6.0L v8
basically after getting an oil change at the chain shit shop i got a
Check Engine light.. the very next day
The Suv Stalled out a few feet from the train tracks as I was about to cross (still had the right of way as the arms were not down yet and the train was a couple of miles away)
mind you this was a heavy rail passenger train coming towards me at 50-60mph..
I was able to get it restarted that is when the CEL came on
So i bought a Code Reader it came up with P0069
when I got home to find out where the location of the sensor was
I opened up the hood and lifted up the "plastic beauty cover" that magically was covered with fresh dirty motor oil...
to find the sensor was unplugged..
ironically the only people to be touching dirty motor oil was the shop the previous day
basically I had been chasing this since then ... since the last 7k or so miles...
on the next oil change they figured that did not work... so they upped the antie and did not tighten the oil filter correctly hand tightened as they claimed... it's physically impossible to tighten it enough to manufacture specification by hand for the plug or filter (seeing as there is no clearance for ones hands to do so)..
basically it ran for a while on very low oil causing damage to Bank #1(since it rarely see v8 mode) this uses the VVT system unlike the push rods, VVT system is more sensitive to oil loss another guy all ready permanently damaged his engine... (it was a Gen V engine but had the vvt system when it ran low) mind you it was 4 of 8 qt in the system "when it caused damage"
mine got to about 2-1/2qt with in 164 miles from 6qt
oil was overheated and cooked and smoke poured out of the filler tube 0 oil shown on the dip stick
they tried claiming it would have sprayed oil everywhere ..... even 30 drips per min = almost 1 liter per hour...
at some point I decided to clean up the inside to discover the air bag modules have been tampered with... on both the passenger and driver side.. that mostly likely means they popped and replaced with questionable parts(we can bet it was a unlicensed body shop) since it was not logged on carfax or reported to the state DMV and there was a nice hole drilled into the passenger door
that means some body work was done... I am currently presuming a claim with the dealers bond for this undisclosed moderate accident also something seems off with the rear passenger side door...
as the value was way less then I was charged for the suv at the time.. I pretty sure they knew about the damage... even if they did not know the state law is still on my side.. they also claimed the vehicle was "safe" it had NON-WORKING rear brakes.... when they sold it to me.. I could not figure out why I was stopped in the middle of the street but they locked up (all 4 wheels)and started working sorta then only to find out there was NO pad left on the brakes
I did replace the sensor that worked for a while then it was back
then i replaced the battery(needed replacement anyway) that worked for a while then it came back recently
then it was back again