2015 5.3L Bent Pushrod

[Mathew Kirsch]

I have the truck back. Everything seems to be good. I took it for a good long drive straight out of the dealership, and it seems as good as ever, if not slightly better.

 

They ended up only replacing the one pushrod from what I can tell on the bill, but replaced all four AFM lifters on the driver's side.

 

Total bill for the repair was just shy of $2500 with tax. They cut me a huge break on the labor due to my having the truck maintained at that dealership, so I really can't complain.

[KARNUT]

I’ve never seen just a bent pushrod unless over the redline due to miss shift from my flat shift days. Anything possible.


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[Snowcamo]

I have the truck back. Everything seems to be good. I took it for a good long drive straight out of the dealership, and it seems as good as ever, if not slightly better.
 
They ended up only replacing the one pushrod from what I can tell on the bill, but replaced all four AFM lifters on the driver's side.
 
Total bill for the repair was just shy of $2500 with tax. They cut me a huge break on the labor due to my having the truck maintained at that dealership, so I really can't complain.

For that amount you could of had the cam swapped afm deleted and tuned... Glad you got it fixed to your standards tho.

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[Mathew Kirsch]

2 hours ago, KARNUT said:

I’ve never seen just a bent pushrod unless over the redline due to miss shift from my flat shift days. Anything possible.


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This happened on startup. At least I'm pretty sure it did because it was running fine when I shut it off and 10 minutes later when I started it back up again, all hell broke loose.

[Mathew Kirsch]

2 hours ago, Snowcamo said:

For that amount you could of had the cam swapped afm deleted and tuned... Glad you got it fixed to your standards tho.

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Service manager says he has never heard of such a thing. 

 

I really doubt it can be done legally in NY state because it's messing with the emissions, like doing an EGR delete or a DPF delete on a diesel.

 

Far as "to my standards" goes, I don't know what other standards to have it fixed to. GM said we're so sorry we'll fix it for $2600 and they weren't going to do any more than what the dealer did unless the head came back bad, and then they'd gladly sell me a new head to the tune of $6000. It's out of warranty, so I'm out of luck.

 

I figure this is as good as or better than what any local independent mechanic would have done, for about the same money.

[JimCost2014]

15 minutes ago, Mathew Kirsch said:

Service manager says he has never heard of such a thing. 

 

I really doubt it can be done legally in NY state because it's messing with the emissions, like doing an EGR delete or a DPF delete on a diesel.

 

Far as "to my standards" goes, I don't know what other standards to have it fixed to. GM said we're so sorry we'll fix it for $2600 and they weren't going to do any more than what the dealer did unless the head came back bad, and then they'd gladly sell me a new head to the tune of $6000. It's out of warranty, so I'm out of luck.

 

I figure this is as good as or better than what any local independent mechanic would have done, for about the same money.

Your service manager was probably not telling you the truth, it is a pretty involved process, here is the basics on what needs to be done.

 

 

[Snowcamo]

Service manager says he has never heard of such a thing. 
 
I really doubt it can be done legally in NY state because it's messing with the emissions, like doing an EGR delete or a DPF delete on a diesel.
 
Far as "to my standards" goes, I don't know what other standards to have it fixed to. GM said we're so sorry we'll fix it for $2600 and they weren't going to do any more than what the dealer did unless the head came back bad, and then they'd gladly sell me a new head to the tune of $6000. It's out of warranty, so I'm out of luck.
 
I figure this is as good as or better than what any local independent mechanic would have done, for about the same money.

Ah ok. Then you still could of gotten a full rebuild and installed, but cheers if your happy with the way it went.

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