2020AT4

I think we've gotten a little off topic. The original post wasn't about should you check the oil every time you fill up with gas. The original post was why is the truck burning through oil so fast? Why is the truck getting low on oil 2,000 miles before its due for an oil change? Why is this happening on an engine with only 50,000 miles? And is anyone else having this problem?

There's no excuse for an engine to be burning through oil and needing to add oil after 50,000 miles on the engine. When the low oil light came on and told me it was low I took it to the dealership to investigate the problem. The dealership is trying to tell me it's normal (to get me past the warranty). However, they're talking out of both sides of their mouth by telling me it's normal oil consumption rates even though I keep getting a low oil alert 2,000 miles before an oil change. Because if it's normal then, according to them, I should be able to keep driving another 2,000 miles on low oil until I'm due for that oil change. I'm not sure how long the engine can run on low oil, but I guarantee if I did that then they would sing a different tune that there was a problem and I should have brought it in to get looked at and then it would be my fault.

That's a lot of good information, but unfortunately it sounds like it's all going to boil down to that they are going to screw me out of the warranty. Correct?

I didn't go in the shop and watch over their shoulder to see if they were doing their job correctly. If they didn't, then they would've had to have made the same mistake twice since the low oil alert has come on twice now, each time 2,000 miles before it was due for an oil change.

Driving habits haven't changed. I was getting oil changed every 5,000 but since this started happening it's been every 3,000 the last couple times.

Oil change every 5,000 miles. I'm sure it was using oil, but not enough to trip the low oil sensor.

6.2L V8 I suppose that would've been an important detail to include in my original post hahaha

I have a 2020 GMC Sierra AT4 that I got in 2019. Not long ago my instrument cluster dinged and alerted me that I was low on oil. I thought it was odd because I was still 2,000 miles early for an oil change. I called the dealership and scheduled an appointment, but unfortunately all they did was an oil change, they didn't investigate the problem to see what was causing it. I thought that was kind of weird because just doing an oil change wasn't going to fix it, just like if someone comes in with a flat tire, do they just pump it back up with air and call it good or do they try and find the problem, like, is there a nail stuck in the tire, pull the nail, and patch the hole. I hoped it was a 1-off, but unfortunately last week it did it again - low oil 2,000 miles before it's due for an oil change. This time I checked the dipstick and it was bone dry. There's no puddles under the truck anywhere I park, so it's not a leak in that sense. They filled it up to do an oil consumption test and I have to bring it in every 1,000 miles so they can see if it's burning too much oil. I'm still under warranty. It's a 5 year/60,000 mile warranty and I'm at 4 years and 53,000 miles. Strange thing is they billed me for the oil change even though it's part of their warranty diagnostic test. Has anyone else had this issue where their AT4 is burning through oil too much like this?

I do like the install; looks nice & clean, but it does look like more cutting than I'm prepared to do. I was shooting for the radio hidden more in the flip up part of the center council. I did see that President just came out with a handheld CB with ASC. I might have to give that a whirl first before I consider a more elaborate install. RANDY FCC- AM-transceivers - CB-Radios - Group President Electronics USA (president-electronics.us)

Worried about scratching paint

My cousin & her husband are both EMT’s; might have to ask them.

I'm in eastern South Dakota. I think the state does all the lights, radio, etc for PD/Fire/EMS.

I checked with the local 2-way radio company here, but all they deal with is business band radios. The only places near here that sell CB's are truck stops, they wont do any install & just sales (and probably just a radio & antenna, nothing else; replacement parts basically), and they wont know what you need, you'd have to know all of that stuff ahead of time. Just doing a quick google search of the nearest CB radio stores, it looks like the closest one to me is 5 hours away, but that one is also in a truck stop, so it might be just like the other truck stop ones. The next closest one, which is an actual dedicated CB radio shop, is 7 hours away. Yikes! looks like my options are pretty slim. Know any way, other than google, to find actual professional CB radio installers?

So I did find the original article of where the antenna picture came from, the Ford forum, so obviously the antenna mount would be a little different on a GMC, but probably a similar process. http://www.frontiernet.net/~jmray/F250cbAntenna.htm unfortunately once the dude in the link above made a nice, clean, hidden in plain sight antenna mount he went & stuck his radio in the most visible place in the cab. Would still want to have the radio somewhere hidden. And this is/was the radio I was eyeballing https://president-electronics.us/CB-Radios/AM-transceivers/ANDY-II-FCC

My brother just put them on his Ford Raptor, but Raptors are a different kind of truck all unto themselfs