lesson learned.

GW, I had a similar issue with ticking on my 01 Silverado and after talking to some old school Chevy mechanics and doing my own research I found an inexpensive solution to the problem. for my truck it was the lifters making all that ticking, clicking noise. (because they were dirty) All I did was change my oil but instead of using all 6.5 quarts of oil ( 8.1 motor ) i used only 5.5 of oil and 1 quart of transmission fluid. the additives in the Tranny fluid acts as a cleaner and cleaned the lifters and it worked! within 5 minutes the ticking was gone!!! i drove it like that until my next oil change and just refilled with oil that time. i haven't had any issues, but if the clicking comes back that's what i will be doing again. i have 188,000 miles on my motor. hope this helps !

Hey All, this past March 2023 I had my custom 01 dually stolen, my fault for not properly protecting it. I was lucky enough to have it recovered missing a bunch of parts but learned a valuable lesson, like so many other Chevy owners they by passed the stock alarm by going into the lock assembly on both doors and that was it. since having it back I spent the $ to have a proper alarm installed with ignition kill, shock, tilt and glass break sensors and even got rid of the front door handles and replaced them with no key option handles that match the rear door handles, the thought behind that change was to discourage a thief by not giving them an option to go through the lock cylinder. so far so good! my advice to all Chevy owners old and new models, spend the $ to protect your truck if you want to try and keep it for years of enjoyment! if they really want it, they will take it but don't make it easy ! Fred R