Black02Silverado

Scott, Use the G2 with confidence. No worries. Just curious but do you still have the results of the tested Delvac? If so can you post them in the used oil analysis section?

No need for it down here but my northern customers like using AMSOIL's Heavy-Duty Metal Protector. It doesn't effect the factory wax coating. It's my understanding 6 cans will undercoat a 1500. Most down here use it on their boat trailers since they are in salt water. Keeps the springs in great shape. https://www.amsoil.com/p/heavy-duty-metal-protector-amhsc/?zo=521390

06/23/23 2019 Silverado CC standard bed 6.2l 2 gallons of AMSOIL ASL Signature Series 0w-20 EaO17 oil filter 42,367 total miles 5,627 15% OLM

Just a larger area to collect contaminates. I use the largest filter I can but that is just me.

You need to take this to the dealer and show them this. No real improvement. For the short term oil change you iron and copper are way to high. Some serious issues need to be addressed. Considering you didn't use Synthetic Advantage UOA service this doesn't show everything.

I would wait until 30K and then get it changed. For as long as it would take you to do it, the cost is nothing. Not like you are changing it out every 6 months or so. Fresh fluid on a transmission is never a bad thing and most forget to do it until an issue starts and by then it's to late.

@dieselfan1 driving style and geographic location can play a role in how a UOA can turn out. Seems our short city style driving keeps our oil changes low. At one point I thought I had it figured out, that is until the next UOA say something different. as customboss stated, no oil can stop metallurgy failure. This in my mind is the issue with all these lifter failures. GM going with the lowest bidder all to save money.

$3.20 here in Indianapolis. Back in NC it’s $3.09.

Our 2016 Suburban wasn't a FF vehicle but I added the ethanol sensor and had Black Bear Performance tune for it. Runs great and no CEL. Only difference in it was there wasn't a sensor. I know these new Silverado's from 2019 up are not set up for it. I need to find someone that can get into the ECU and see if there is an ethanol table. Like the Suburban it had one, just that it wasn't turned on. I think the light is on because it is burning so much cleaner and so it thinks it is running lean. I get the lean code for both banks. So I just don't go higher on the ethanol content.

That is a good deal.

To me if you look close, it looks like the rotor is still attached to the wheel.

I don't know how much ethanol to reduce deposits other than to use as much as you can. I can only go up to a 50/50 mix before I get a CEL. I'll take the mileage hit all the time to get better performance, cleaner burn and that great exhaust smell.

I always change mine over to AMSOIL right away. These Easy Packs make it nice and clean to do.

For one if our fuel was a high quality, there wouldn't be a need for fuel system cleaners. I'm sure people would still by it but then it would be trying to clean something that was already clean and so they would do it to make them selves feel better.

What gets me is all those out there that don't like E85. Nothing wrong with it in anything newer than 2002. Now I agree not to use in anything other than passenger vehicles. What is mostly wrong with all our ICE vehicles is they run on crappy fuel. So much could be done to better the environment and make engines last longer if we had a high quality fuel.

Dodge just announce the new Demon 170 and it reaching 1025hp on E85. Crazy numbers for a production vehicle.

Did you put the lift on? I'm looking at that one. There is various parts for the 3.5" which one did you go with?

Do you have the NHT which is the Max Towing Package? That is probably why it will not let you. I'm looking at the same kit but I have the NHT as well. From what I can tell there isn't any reason it can't be done. Maybe GM is covering their but since it will change the towing capacity/hauliing. That is all I can figure on it.

Welcome to GMT.

Welcome to GMT.

You can but it will cost. White Auto and Media can do it. I would like to extend the flash like it does with the trailer hooked up. But the cost is not worth it to me at least.

The Synthetic Advantage ISO certified oil analysis is at a higher cost because it offers more than any other lab. It isn't just a simple analysis that is ran along side of everything that comes through and processed the same. It is more in-depth and the interpretation is more precise. Not a generalized note that just goes off the universal averages. You pay more but you also get "way" more.

My truck is out of factory 3/36 warranty. Basically over 3 years but still under 36k. My rear window started to leak. So I was out of the warranty. I called GM and explained my situation and was asking for some "goodwill" assistance. GM said that once the dealer was able to identify the issue with the leak to call them back. So I did and they asked for the paperwork from the dealer. Now I had to have the work done and pay for it. The dealership cut me a break but not much. GM called me back and said they would review and get back to me but looked like they could give me 30% more off the cost of the repair and wasn't sure why the dealership didn't offer more. Needless to say i was happy with that. Better then nothing at all. I did all this with a calm pleasant attitude. Not demanding anything but asking for help. It worked and I'm sure doing it in regards to being nice over demanding has a great deal on how things get handled.

Yeah, I put a B&M shift kit in this turbo 400. Super easy.

This was back in Dec of 1982. My senior year in HS. If you look closely I had on my Genesse Beer can knitted hat on. LOL This was my 68 Impala Custom with a 225hp 327 and turbo 400. I paid $400 for it in 1976. I wanted to get a motorcycle but mom and dad said no to that, but I could get a car. Got it from the original owner with 77k miles on it. The original owner ran nothing but Quaker State Deluxe in it. When I tore it apart to rebuild it, it was super clean inside. Had the engine rebuilt at 100k due to popping up through the carb at high RPM, cause was the typical rounded cam lobs that they had. So I rebuild it back with a blue printed Crane Cams 300hp cam. Later on at 180k miles the lifters went bad and so I replaced them and added "double hump" 300hp heads. From that day on I couldn't use regular or it would ping like crazy. Sadly it fell to the PA salt and the trunk rusted pretty bad and I sold it. If I knew then what I know now I would have kept it and fixed it. .