Portfolio extended warranty came through in the clutch!

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05Bonnie&Clyde
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Portfolio extended warranty came through in the clutch!

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My warranty was within 1,000 miles of expiring and they covered my valve cover gaskets, intake gasket and crank case gasket ($4300-$100 deductible) kudos to them and thank God for saving me the trouble and heartache of not catching it in time!
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Holy baloney that's a lot for those gaskets.
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J Wikoff wrote:Holy baloney that's a lot for those gaskets.
No joke there! Intake gaskets are just basically rubber O rings, no coolant ever goes into the intake on those engines, the gaskets are about $20. Valve cover gaskets aren't that bad either, I wonder if they had to pull the engine to do the crank case gasket...
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It was mostly labor but either way I'm glad I only paid $100.
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Just got my car back yesterday with the same service....10 days of car rental and 2880 in parts and labor...my cost 100... That warranty has now more than paid for it self with still another 2 years and 35k to go....BTW they had to pull the engine to do the lower crankcase manifold...
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I was gonna say, labor...
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It has saved me from selling my wifes car, thank you Portfolio!
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05Bonnie&Clyde wrote:My warranty was within 1,000 miles of expiring and they covered my valve cover gaskets, intake gasket and crank case gasket ($4300-$100 deductible) kudos to them and thank God for saving me the trouble and heartache of not catching it in time!
All this work was needed on a 05 GXP..............Woooow, what is the mileage.

This sort of helps me with my decision.
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Maymybonneliveforevr wrote:
05Bonnie&Clyde wrote:My warranty was within 1,000 miles of expiring and they covered my valve cover gaskets, intake gasket and crank case gasket ($4300-$100 deductible) kudos to them and thank God for saving me the trouble and heartache of not catching it in time!
All this work was needed on a 05 GXP..............Woooow, what is the mileage.

This sort of helps me with my decision.
117,000 miles
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