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0W 40 from lake speeds info, I interpreted as a waste because it barely exceeds the 5w-30 from napa. and amsoil is liquid gold..... not arguing they aren't factually "better" but the roi seems low. thanks for sharing the data

I'm paying less than half for the NAPA, am I right?

not that hard to prevent, kill switch on the positive battery cable, no dumb thief is going to be smart enough to look for a kill switch and just hide the switch in the frame rail.

if it has no computer, no abs, a manual transmission, and no emissions it'll cost you 1/2 of a new truck but is still 40K... and is probably in very good shape. the safety is far less.... thats the down side. K20 is the way if you ask me. rebuilt 454 is great. ideally you have holley efi on it and you'll never buy another if it doesn't rust out. square body forever.

my 5w30 is tracking less wear metals than your green at 15,000, think? napa dexos 5w-30 https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10240827150721879&set=gm.25380156778344267&idorvanity=2098942210225719

mine has sat for over a week no problem

interesting. i have a 2024 with exhaust suitcase muffler delete and use remote start almost all the time and remote start has no impact on mine, i'd know for sure with that terrible subbie sound which my 2009 had with AFM

is there a dark mode for the forum, this white is brutal on my eyes thanks

it's great when it works and terrible when it doesn't. rivan, audi, gm, all use the same stuff more or less and it's auto level air not what you think. it's slow as ****** and annoying when towing with a WDH.... it's a real pain to setup a WDH because you can only have like 3/4" change in rake else the trailer is hung on the auto level air, the WDH is unloading and it's a mess. i had it on my ram but figured out how to maintain the rake and stay within the front/rear (rake) tolerances. so long as the front and back drop together, you're good. the systems are nitrogen filled and over time they leak, and replenish themselves with outside air which is highly prone to freezing and breaking lines whatever. the pumps also over heat if you actually use the damn thing. i had 125,000 miles on my ram with the auto level air and specifically got a 2024 yukon with the max tow package magna ride BUT NO AIR!!!! the 2025 max tow package forced the E-Diff on the yukon which would've been nice but it also forces the auto air level because of the packages they use. i'd freaking avoid that self level air or understand what you're getting. arnott is ok, hit or miss, but my plan had i not spun the no.2 main on the ecodiesel, was to delete the air from airdelete.com. it's cheaper to put in a eibach level kit than to replace 2 air struts, no joke. my best friend had maganride in his 2016 denali sierra and opted for a 2024 SLT less the magna ride. he tows a 35' jayco twicea month.

posted a reply to your other post but that's likely a spun rod or main bearing, if you're luck a wrist pin on a piston but that's definitely rotating mass. for what it's worth, i had an old v6 s10 with a poorly reassembled rotating mass that knocked the same way for over 50,000 miles lol. the bearing clearance was too much i believe on a main.

a 5.3 with a rod or main spun? that's kinda rare compared to the 6.2 but thats not good. send in a oil sample.

I've posted all my oil samples on the facebook group associated with this forum. just search for my name but it took 15,000 miles to get past break-in and i'm seeing identical results on the GMC terrain we have, 15,000 miles for break-in. search for john hammer on the fb group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/NextGenTahoe

the methodology rotating disc method RDE at speed diagnostix is superior to ICP method. you get what you pay for.

one-piece bearing and crank modification, up next, block inspection port mod.

just drained my Napa 5w-30 and put on a new WIX. Waiting for the lab kit, forgot to order it before i did the drain but the drain is more important than letting the oil sit in a cleaned out vitamin water bottle with a cap for 2 days LOL. (i used soap and water and rinsed it excessively). i'll post the results as usual. this will be a 5K OCI.