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Old 03-09-2008, 10:47 AM
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what happened!?

hey so last night i was out racing, not very much only a couple of runs. and when i got back home i opened the hood and noticed there was oil everywhere and my dipstick was sticking out. can someone please tell me what i did? is it still drivable? my mods are CAI, stage 2, gmpp exhaust and manifold. thanks!
Old 03-09-2008, 10:58 AM
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First guess would be the intake mani gasket. the worst case would be a popped piston.
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yah ur good...Known problem with cobalts that hard accelerating pressure builds up and pops out the dipstick just clean it up check your oil and your good to go.... This has never happened to me but it has happened to a few buddies of mine
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What year is your balt. Have had the same issue. They will tell you the 07 already has the updated gasket. They put a larger o ring on the dipstick to stop this.
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check the stickies...

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/2-0l-lsj-performance-tech-47/alert%2A%2Adipstick-popping-out-here-solution-39770/
Old 03-09-2008, 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Stouffer
What year is your balt. Have had the same issue. They will tell you the 07 already has the updated gasket. They put a larger o ring on the dipstick to stop this.
its an 07 and its the first time its happened to me but i will clean it and keep an eye on it so is there any way i can make it not happen again?

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oh sorry i didnt see this post thanks reign! it helped

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Old 03-09-2008, 02:39 PM
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happened to me it was two popped pistons
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