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Very curious....
-Eric
I have an appt next week to have the knock addressed so I'll see what familiar line of BS the dealer will try to feed me that I have read here and on other boards.
Bob
hrbngr
Can't say for sure that it will be fixed for the '02 models. I was kind of confused cause you had posted that you were looking at the '01 models. If the fix for the knock on startup is introduced in the later part of 2001, I would believe that it would be incorporated into the new '02 rolling out at that time. The only way you would be able to tell would be by the VIN. That would make it difficult as I doubt that the dealers would acknowledge whether it had the old or the newly designed piston/motor. Unless of course, all the old designs were sold.
I was at the Chevy dealer yesterday and looked over a spec sheet from GM identifying the different types of knocking, pinging, and drivetrain noises. The particular section that caught my eye was the knock on startup. GM acknowledged that it does occur and will do so until the pistons are warmed up enough to expand therefore stopping the knocking sound. The "fix" was described as a normal condition which is within tolerace and is acceptable. I asked the shop foreman, this sounds like the old piston slap on the Ford trucks, Ford it seems acknowledged the problem and corrected it in their 5.4. You think GM would do the same. I got a smile buy no answer. Kind of makes you wonder...
Examples of questions I never could get answered from GM;
1) I would like to know what was done to the newest line of 6.0 LIter engines that allowed more horsepower beyong the 300HP in my truck. "There were rumors that the 300HP stated was incorrect in the truck that I was aquiring" 2001 2500HD
- The Caddy 345 HP 6.0
- The Yukon 325 HP 6.0
2) Wile shopping for my truck I asked for the functional differance between autotrac which was not an option on my 2500 HD and Insta Trac which is on my HD.
Maybe GM can take some lessons from them.
Signed,
Frustrated Engineer
For a second opinion, I had my wife check the tint of the back window versus the rear doors on our crew cab. She said they were all the same.
I'm not exactly sure when the truck was built, but I picked it up in early August.
Jeff
I would like to hear about the best way to "break" the engine in. 1st oil change? Driving Speeds? Distance of travel? Accelerating "hard" or "soft"? etc.....
Thanks
Break in
First 500 miles no cruise control, vary the rpms, no hard braking, no towing, try and stay under 55 which is basically impossible. I drove mine home down the indiana tollroad (speed limit is 65) i never seen so many fingers pointed at me in my life. I didnt go over 60. Did my first oil change at 2795. Oil looked fine. I guess its up to you if you wanna do it early or not. It surely wouldnt hurt at all
Ryan
Is everyone still around? Just checking in, maybe a role call?
-Eric
oil changes for me and a few others were done at 500 miles and 1500 and then every 3000. you don't have to go this route, but what can it hurt? changing at 500 gets a lot of garbage out at an early stage, and when an engine is brand new, there is a lot more blow-by (though not much compared to the old days), and this means that raw fuel sees the crankcase. the rest is up to you......kinda depends on how long you think you will keep the truck i guess.
If you get the cold weather package which is heated mirrors and rear defrost, you lose the tint. If you get rear defrost seperately, you keep the tint, you can also get the chrome backed mirrors heated seperately. It's about the same price either way.
http://www.synlube.com/synthetic.htm
I just didn't think it would be good for truck to go back and forth in a parking lot, beside without snow, people make think I nuts (no comments please).
My feeling is oil is cheap, so I will follow your advice on the oil changes. At the very worse, I'm wasting less than $15 per oil change.
Any other advice for breaking in a new 6.0 engine ( & drive train)
good luck on this one now!
-- Don
Dale
Can't anyone help out there? Can anyone supply a Vin number I can reference or exchange Email addresses so I can talk on the phone?
I really want to persue this with GM but really am frustrated with their lack of motivation to contact an engineer at a factory for a valid explanation.
Dale
2. better tires
3. Locking rear diff (does your truck have this?)
4. Less throttle
Seriously, better tires would help alot. My 1500 came with the Goodyears, and the best thing I did was to replace them with Firestones.
Mike L
Since I wanted better visibility while plowing at night (lots of backing up), my 92 K5 was ordered without the deep tint. However, the passenger side came with dark tint, while the driver and rear was normal. A mistake the sales person told me after the transaction took place. I then made them replace the driver sider window with a deep tint and left the rear clear - the best of all worlds for my purpose.
I would stick to my guns and demand them to replace the window to dark tint.
$200-300 installed and you get the versatility of the sliding rear window.
Mike L
Good Luck
-Eric
it probably has something to do with the way you drive
Unless you are going to be towing a trailer 5000+ lbs. you will be happy with the 4.8L
Mike L
Ricsch -- Same front end, same truck, wheel/tire size is +1 from stock Subs; they've gotta fit on the truck.
Lentzed -- First service light for oil coming on early seems to be a common thread. I really hate to say this, but 1 qt per 3000+ miles is within "normal" range. I agree with you that if it were my truck, or car, it would hurt my head. I'm used to no oil burning between changes, 5K miles for me, but it meets "industry standard". One of the reasons I got rid of my '93 Jeep GC with the 318 was that it was eating oil at 1 qt per 2K miles and that was with 87,500 miles. I feel for you, buddy, but GM ain't gonna help you out. Luck of the draw.
-- Don