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So I've been reading all kinds on info on several different sites about this problem. My question is this...Say GM comes out with a fix for this issue. What is the potential for long term damage? Drove mine from KY to FL and back last week and had my add oil warning come on when I was almost home. Oil was full when I left. Have never had a problem so far. Drive mostly a mix or city/hwy. Owned it since 3/10. I plan to keep this truck for a long time so I just wonder what problem I may have down the road.

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I hope you drove straight to the dealer to start getting the oil use documented. All you can do is work with them and if your lucky get some good lifters. Damn AFM crap!

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I hope you drove straight to the dealer to start getting the oil use documented. All you can do is work with them and if your lucky get some good lifters. Damn AFM crap!

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I hope you drove straight to the dealer to start getting the oil use documented. All you can do is work with them and if your lucky get some good lifters. Damn AFM crap!

 

 

That's what I plan to do and see where it gets me. If they're anything like VW when my water pump quit at 52K, probably nowhere. FYI, it had a plastic impeller driven by a metal shaft. Real smart.

ColoradoSkiCountry Senior Enthusiast

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That's a JokesWagon for ya. And people wondered why VW/Audi suffered such crappy reliability issues in the 90s and early 200s. (They were near the bottom of the list, along with Land Rover)

 

I hope you drove straight to the dealer to start getting the oil use documented. All you can do is work with them and if your lucky get some good lifters. Damn AFM crap!

 

 

That's what I plan to do and see where it gets me. If they're anything like VW when my water pump quit at 52K, probably nowhere. FYI, it had a plastic impeller driven by a metal shaft. Real smart.

 

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To my knowledge so far, it doesn't cause damage. Regardless, have it documented and repaired. IIRC, a recent thread pointed to a new splash guard in the oil pan area for some cases, while others may get different lifters. The splash guard is very new, and dealers may not even be aware (heck, I may have it wrong). Knock on aluminum... not burning a drop @ 22k miles here (including heavy towing).

 

Edit: Out of curiosity, which 5.3 do you have? (aluminum or iron block)

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To my knowledge so far, it doesn't cause damage. Regardless, have it documented and repaired. IIRC, a recent thread pointed to a new splash guard in the oil pan area for some cases, while others may get different lifters. The splash guard is very new, and dealers may not even be aware (heck, I may have it wrong). Knock on aluminum... not burning a drop @ 22k miles here (including heavy towing).

 

Edit: Out of curiosity, which 5.3 do you have? (aluminum or iron block)

 

 

Funny you ask that. I looked in the manual and it gives you the letter to see which one it is. I have both letters in the vin and haven't looked into seeing which letter in the vin they are referring to.

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So I've been reading all kinds on info on several different sites about this problem. My question is this...Say GM comes out with a fix for this issue. What is the potential for long term damage? Drove mine from KY to FL and back last week and had my add oil warning come on when I was almost home. Oil was full when I left. Have never had a problem so far. Drive mostly a mix or city/hwy. Owned it since 3/10. I plan to keep this truck for a long time so I just wonder what problem I may have down the road.

 

 

whats everyones thoughts on this oil getting into the cats? so far none of our oil burners have shown any kind of problems with them but i wonder whats going to happen down the road - the last truck we put a lifter in had oil all over the tops of the pistons.

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I got a 05 5.3 with 130k just got through taking some cracked castech heads off last weekend. I got a iron block, which of the 5.3's have this oil problem? Maybe a dumb question, but what does AFM stand for?

Black02Silverado Senior Enthusiast

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I got a 05 5.3 with 130k just got through taking some cracked castech heads off last weekend. I got a iron block, which of the 5.3's have this oil problem? Maybe a dumb question, but what does AFM stand for?

 

 

AFM= Active Fuel Management. If you Google it there is a good bit of info on it from others with issues and just general discussion.

txab Senior Enthusiast

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To my knowledge so far, it doesn't cause damage. Regardless, have it documented and repaired. IIRC, a recent thread pointed to a new splash guard in the oil pan area for some cases, while others may get different lifters. The splash guard is very new, and dealers may not even be aware (heck, I may have it wrong). Knock on aluminum... not burning a drop @ 22k miles here (including heavy towing).

 

Edit: Out of curiosity, which 5.3 do you have? (aluminum or iron block)

 

 

Funny you ask that. I looked in the manual and it gives you the letter to see which one it is. I have both letters in the vin and haven't looked into seeing which letter in the vin they are referring to.

 

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