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  1. Silverado Steve
    Why is that?
  2. Silverado Steve
    Nothing other than a can of CRC and a can of seafoam on the crank.
  3. Silverado Steve
    I haven't torn my valve covers off to see if the last batch of CRC did anything, but i havent felt any engine power loss or amy sludge with oil changes. I feel confident my truck os dojng fine. Another trick is to throw a can of seafoam into the crankcase with 150 miles until your next oil change and let that oil work its way through your block and intake valves. Ford is adding a port injector to each cylinder on the next 3.5 ecoboost to rinse off the valves which is a step in the right direction for GDI concerns. Again, there is no empirical evidence that the new ecotecs burn oil regularly or suffer from extreme valve coking. As it stands all of this bunk is merely personal conjecture. A range AFM disable tool, a catch can and a little preventive maintenance will alleviate your concers with these engines. Unfortunately for you GM is not going back to port injection and removal of AFM from here on out, in fact GM just invested in new AFM software for the next batch of trucks and SUVs. As you said, you might be restricted to a diesel or Toyota for your next ride. Ford is using start stop on the F150 on both turbo engines ans the 5.0 is on the hook too and the ford crowd hates it over on f150forums.com
  4. Silverado Steve
    You might be SOL with all manufacturers gravitating to some sort of fuel savings. My 5.3 with afm has not used any oil, i sleep well at night using a can of CRC intake valve cleaner every oil change. The issurs presented are vastly overstated. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  5. Silverado Steve
    I understand all of that. My reply was based on williambros response that Carbon build up was an issue on these engines, therefore opt to disable afm or get a 6.0. I don't think the op was asking about carbon buildup on GDI engines, rather if afm and oil consumption were mutually exclusive. I think it has been clearly proven that GM resolved the oil consumption issues with the redesign. Carbon buildup has nothing to do with the topic at hand. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  6. Silverado Steve
    How does AFM have anything to do with carbon buildup?
  7. Silverado Steve
    This topic has already been beat to death many times over. Over 117 pages, hopefully uou can get the answer you are looking for: http://www.gm-trucks.com/forums/topic/154204-oil-catch-can/
  8. Silverado Steve
    Plenty of people with the new ecotecs have not experienced oil consumption issues, me included. I think its a strtch tomsay there is still an issue with afm on these engines. I have 44K on my truck and have not experienced any oil useage.
  9. Silverado Steve
    Yeah i wish mine had a slip in the owners manual. I just asked my service advisor off the cuff when i waiting for them to pull my truck out of the service bay after finishing a repair last year.
  10. Silverado Steve
    You'll have to getbthe daler to pull that for you.
  11. Silverado Steve
    Sticker on the bottom of the driver side door jam
  12. Silverado Steve
    That's odd that a 2014 had this bracket installed. There are people with late build 14s and early build 15's with no bracket. Did you buy yours used?
  13. Silverado Steve
    It's a little bit of common sense. It's really tight trying to get to it from the engine bay. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
  14. Silverado Steve
    The bracket won't stop an existing leak, You'll need to get the condenser and lines replaced first. I did mine a month ago, but didn't take photos. You get to the are underneath the truck.
  15. Silverado Steve
    I had read on some other post that the condensor was redesigned, hence why GM is willing to pay for part of the repair. If you do go the dealer fix route, contact GM customer service and air your grievance first before going to the dealer for repair versus getting it fixed and asking to reimbursed later.
  16. Silverado Steve
    Others have had luck contacting GM customer service and getting half of it covered by GM. Worth a try.
  17. Silverado Steve
    Sad thing for our Ford friends is they cannot use a chemical direct induced valve cleaner such as Seafoam, CRC or Gumout as the chemicals in these products may run the turbo system. Lots of discussions on f150forum.com about this.
  18. Silverado Steve
    There is no reference in either warranty or maintenance guide of a valve cleaning. Like I mentioned earlier, I do a GDI valve intake cleaning at 25K and every oil change I throw a whole can of Seafoam into the crankcase when there is about 5% oil life left on the OLM which for me is about 350 miles. You can get any brand of intake valve cleaner from Wally World for $6-$8. I haven't taken the valve cover off or seen my intake valves, but I am confident and comfortable that my truck will suffer some other catastrophic failure such as a water pump or transmission, long before my engine takes a dump. Last I saw the newly redesigned 3.5 Ecoboost coming out next year will have a port injector to hose of the intake valve with gas. The new Tacoma 3.5 taken from Lexus already runs this setup.
  19. Silverado Steve
    Throw a can of Seafoam, CRC or Gumout intake valve cleaner through every 25K. Lots of discussions on catch cans and if they help. I'm not taking my truck in every 25K for a valve job; instead I run Seafoam through and at 42K haven't experienced an engine failure. To my knowledge there is no stated requirement in our warranty books and schedule of maintenance that says a valve job is required...sounds like a major upswell by your dealer...much like them trying to sell you a highly encouraged paint sealant at time of purchase.
  20. Silverado Steve
    Mine went out for a bit when i pressure washed my engine bay. It went back to normal after driving around a bit.
  21. Silverado Steve
    Fuel pump is located inside the fuel tank.
  22. Silverado Steve
    Thanks...it would be greatly appreciated
  23. Silverado Steve
    Can anyone post a picture of where the lines involved are? The tech bulletin pics aren't clear and my system doesn't resemble what the tech bulletin outlines.
  24. Silverado Steve
    For those of you who added the bracket, can you talk us through whereabouts the brackets should be located. I tried finding it based off the sandyblog attachment, found the condenser (on the viewers left side of the year ngine bay looking in)and traced the line almost straight back toward the firewall (if im doing the right). The layout doesnt remotely resemble what the bulletin claims the bracket needs to connect. On mine, i have a vibration reducing bracket where the condensed is mounted...its all rubber. Tracing back on the high line, i don't have the muffler on the line and the adjacent line is a solid rubber hose line, so the bracket wouldn't work there. I had my mechanic friend step in to assist and he was baffled by the bulletin. My truck has a build date of 8/13. Can't see the design changing from early 14 to 15 and now 16. Any ideas or pointers?
  25. Silverado Steve
    Fram tough guard. Any OEM paper filter works.
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