Black02Silverado

Which to me is wrong, not like they didn't have the parts and the fuel is still available. Why not continue to have it on the vehicles and let the consumer decide whether or not to buy it.

We have moles. Hard to get rid of those little things. It is also illegal to kill them, which makes no sense. They are everywhere, such an invasive little devil.

No winter here, 70's at night 80's day for now, going to get hotter. We are in a moderate drought. Lucky I have a shallow well just for the sprinklers. We got this house three years ago and a sprinkler system is nice. Just that I had to go back over a bunch of the sprinkler heads, take them out, clean out all the iron that built up and put them back in. Not to bad of a job.

My best friend from high school had a 2007 GMC Denali with the 6.2 It had 225k on it before he passed from a heart attack. He didn't change anything and did 3k oil changes with AMSOIL Signature Series 5w-30. I told him he was spending more than he needed to changing that often but he didn't care.

How I missed this thread is amazing. Basically if you keep up with oil changes and really want to know how things are going a used oil analysis is the way to go. I don't think I need to say what oil I use.

Here in NC, I went through two Big Block Flowmaster mufflers on my 2002 in 200k miles. Ended up putting on a stainless steel MagnaFlow.

Sucks that this happens. The more electronics are use the more for potential issues. Not like days of old where everything was mechanical.

This. Sounds great. Quiet while cruising and nice sound on the throttle.

Oil Analyzers is AMSOIL's analysis program. The sample is sent to Polaris Labs. If you want a better report that goes more in depth let me know. More information here Synthetic Advantage ISO certified Oil Analysis

Here is the UOA of our 2016 Suburbans 6L80E fluid when it went out on us at 81k miles.

Needed some dirt to fill in around our new well. I could have used a little more and might go get it tomorrow. I didn't think this was going to be 2,500lbs of dirt. I must say, it road really nice. :)

How far away is the closest retailer. You can look that up here. https://www.schaefferoil.com/retail-locations.html

At least they are addressing the issue and fixing it. As for the rear window, that is a crap shoot it seems but let them know.

As all stated above. No need to run it, just use a quality synthetic. There are more on the road that use a quality synthtetic with high mileage on them and no issue. To me this was needed back 30 years ago if not longer but not now with the quality of lubricants we have available. My 2002 Silverado had AMSOIL in it from day one and at over 200k when I sold it, ran great and I just used 5w-30 AMSOIL and at times 0w-20 to see how it effected the used oil analysis.

Got the burb back. Runs and shifts great. They recommend to put 50 miles on it before taking on any major trips. So I'm in the process of doing that. I already installed the new tune on the ECU from Black Bear Performance to turn off the AFM and re-flashed the transmission just in case. I asked BBP what all they did but have not heard back. It has upgraded billet TC and VB and all parts from Sonnax. Fresh AMSOIL ATL. Took them 20qts and got 6qts back. I sent a sample of the old fluid in. Should be processed by the end of the week. Depends on when it will make it to the lab. Post office was closed so I went to UPS since I wanted to get it there quick. UPS is showing tomorrow the "May the 4th be with you". LOL I didn't get any pictures of the transmission torn down. One they got to it faster than I had anticipated and I also didn't want to be "that customer".

Nice! There is a ZR2 on the lot here for $74k.

Fair Share Tax?.

No snow here, 82 for the high all week with lows in the 60's but we are in a moderate drought.

Not necessarily, You get the benefit of better performance since timing can advance due to higher octane, also it burns cleaner and keeps the inside cleaner. Of all the used oil analysis I have seen, when E15 and up is used the analysis looks better. Also depending on the price difference from regular to E85 it can be a break even on cost or even less.

Glad you got it take care of. The town where I used to live is small and that dealer always took care of me. I moved to a larger city and the dealer here is no where the same in customer care. So I took my truck back to the dealer where I used to live. It is only an hour and half up the road.

Here is one from when we had our 2002 Venture. Turns out we had another intake gasket leak so we traded it in before it got worse. It was already fixed one time under warranty back at 33k miles. Other than that issue, it was actually a great vehicle.

Here is one from a friends daughters 2010 Fusion Hybrid. She pushed it and always went past her oil changes. I would do the oil changes for this family. Getting her in for a change from college was interesting to say the least.

Here is one from my 2003 ExMark Lazer Z HP mower's hydraulic system.

Another from my 2002 where I ran various weight to see any difference. Some of the info missing is because it was a Tuner test and not an Advanced. unit 154 test 4.pdf

Here is one from when I had my 2002 silverado and did a UOA back in 2018 on the rear differential fluid.