Hello
Does anyone know what the criteria needs to be to get a diagnostic code of P1296 Malfunction in Cooling System?
Does the system give the car x amount of time to reach x temp and if not a P1296?
The dealer claims I have a bad thermostat however the car gets up to temp. I opened the reservoir cap one morning with the car cold and stated it, I kept sticking my finger in the coolant in the expansion tank and it stayed cold for a good 5-10 minutes, and I did not see any ripple or movement of the fluid. Then after about 10 minutes the temp started to increase and I could see at the movement of the water like a ripple stream. So this I thought proved that the thermostat was not stuck open. It was closed initially ( cold temp and no circulation , then warm temp and circulation.
An ideas?
They found this along with what they said was a bad spark plug. I checked the plugs they were fine. They also said I had a bad thermostat.
The valve cover and timing chain tensioner gaskets were leaking badly, I thought that they were trying to add jobs so they could makes some $?
I had them do the two valve cover gaskets and the timing chain tensioner gaskets. I replaced the plugs myself a week after this work and tons of oil in #1 and #4 spark plug tools, I guess the new spark plug tube gaskets are leaking. On one side there was a puddle of oil on top of the valve cover just above #2.
SO I am taking it back for them to do the valve covers over. They claim it takes a few days. NOT! They are giving me a rental. They say that when the do warranty work the do part of a job and put it back together and then drive it then they take it apart and continue the job, what a crock!!!