Find all $x,y\in\mathbb{Z}$ s.t $2x^3-7y^3=3$

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Find all $$x,y\in\mathbb{Z}$$ such that $$2x^3-7y^3=3$$

Solution:

We consider first $$2x^3-7y^3\equiv3 \pmod 2$$ $$5y^3\equiv 1 \pmod 2$$ $$y^3\equiv 1 \pmod2$$ which has solution $y\equiv 1 \pmod 2$

Consider $$2x^3\equiv 3 \pmod 7$$ $$4\cdot 2x^3\equiv 4\cdot3 \pmod 7$$ $$x^3\equiv 5 \pmod 7$$

but none of $x=0,1,2,3,4,5,6\pmod 7$ satisfies the equation

Which would mean that the equation has no integer solutions. Can this be correct?