Leevon

Hello, you got great feedback. I own a Christian Brothers and use BG products. The cooling system service products are good, I really like the cleaner...also there is a conditioner that goes with the fresh coolant. I will say the cleaner is more valuable on older nasty systems and to be properly used the tech should run it hot in the old system before exchange. The conditioner is good in every application new and old. FYI BG has a "lifetime protection plan" which will cover cooling system components up to $4k if you qualify for initial mileage and keep doing the service at recommended intervals. Details are on their web page. Thank you for being a customer. There is a good chance I know your franchisee! Hope that helps!

Ordered 3/8, built 4/8, delivered 5/1. Zr2 gasser.

Here is what I do (I own a shop). I buy oil and filters from the dealer, keep that invoice, put it together with an invoice I write to myself and record mileage, oil life %, date and time and date the oil filter. If I ever got questioned in a warranty situation I'm confident.

I hope these aren't junk, I ordered the GM one yesterday (I have a dealer parts account) and they called and said there is zero dealer inventory, drop ship only and weren't sure on the timeline. That sounds like a 3rd party like deezee. For the price it better outlast the truck. I actually had leftover new football field turf in the floor of my 1500 for three years and I'll be darned it it's the best bed mat I've ever had lol.

Received build date of 4/8. Moving quickly!

Placed an order (with allocation) today for a 6.6 gasser ZR2. Should have a build date next week.

Brink wheels B103 20x9 with BFG K02 285/60/20. Fox coilovers for level. They come with black center caps with the Brink logo, I hated the look so I painted them and put a bowtie decal there. I'm really just MEH on these wheels, might change them up.

Glad it was helpful man!

Vecrazz, glad it helped! Crazy that yours leaked immediately. I'm really sad to hear it's 2023 and GM has done ZERO for five years to fix this. Really disheartening.

Love it, simple solution!

If the colors are limited to what is on the Chevrolet website...boring!!!

I did it once in my 2008 Silverado about 10 years ago...never again. It came out looking professional and all, but it took 10 hours and my hands were completely wrecked, like worthless for a week and cut up. The new style aren't as difficult but if you have a Katzkin dealer in your area, let them handle it!

It's a poor design, and GM won't take any responsibility. I've been seeing these posts (and owners get roasted) for the four years these trucks have been around. There was a video circulating a few years ago of a guy driving over a low water crossing and killing his Trail Boss. It looked like nothing really. Then it happened to a friend, he was just driving on a road, in a rainstorm and hit standing water. I had him take it home, clean any and all evidence of water out of the engine bay/air cleaner and crank the engine with spark plugs out and check the cylinders with a bore scope. He found a couple teaspoons, that's all it takes. The dealer warrantied it for him.

It's self-leveling which means it does have some flowability. I think you might have success but it'd be a gamble...would be curious to see it tried.

A couple of points from a shop owner: Fluid exchange is the correct procedure, and since it was a warranty job that's what GM is paying for, no more. Assuming the dealer used a modern exchange machine it is better than dropping the pan. You simply connect inline to the trans cooler and do a 1:1 exchange of fluid, using the transmission to pump the fluid through all gears. It gets ALL of the old fluid out of the unit. Whereas dropping the pan and replacing a filter only replaces what is in the pan or about 40%-50% new fluid. "Flushes" are a thing of the past. The "flush" terminology earned a bad rap because the older "hot flush" equipment used machine pressure to blast fluid (and sometimes solvent cleaners) back through the trans, which could cause issues. Another benefit of the exchange is time. It books about 1.0 hours, where a pan drop can book for about 2.0 hours or more. On a pan drop getting the fluid level perfect is a bit of a process (warm-up time, computer temp verfiy, racking a second time for level check etc). It can be an real PITA on other makes with insane procedures. With the exchange machine it's 1:1 in and out, none of that is required. Since labor time equals cost the price to you is much cheaper for the exchange. If you request a pan drop/filter you're going to be paying $labor x 2.0hrs+ and fluid and filter vs $labor x 1.0 plus fluid only (or a fixed menu price in many cases). Also modern transmission filters are more of a screen and while they can benefit from service at higher mileage they are not the same as paper element filters we grew up servicing in TH350's etc.