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1 hour ago, SILVER SLED said:

Well thanks for that but of info. Lol.  Mine actually has 2700 on it..  

LOL... best way she could go is after 15k miles.  New engine at that point?  Winning

 

Or  hell.. right at the edge (in your favor) of the warranty

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Welp, they have been nothing but helpful.  If you're in the area (NE Illinois) Ray Chevy.. kudos!   Getting a new engine and they're supplying me with another Silverado until it's done

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Cut and past from the GM notice posted elsewhere:   Some 2020 Silverado, Sierra; 2020-2021 Camaro; 2021 Corvette, Tahoe, Suburban, Yukon, and Escalade models equipped with the 5.3L engine (R

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I don't toss around 50-60k dollars like some.  It's pretty sad to spend this kind of money and be out for ANY length of time.   That said, it's 2020 and all ****ery is possible.

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9 hours ago, SILVER SLED said:

And look at it this way, at least the issue it's out of the way now.  My truck was built in the time frame of the bulletin.  I feel like I'm driving a time bomb waiting for the engine to quit running.  Not an easy feeling if I go out of town.  

Mine is a 8/20 build as well, 2300 miles, so I feel the same, I have towed my boat 4 hours at one time, and gone on some longer trips, but yea I bring an extra bottle of water with me just in case in stranded for hours.  Sad we have to worry about these things just breaking down at a random time with no warning.  

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53 minutes ago, RadBrad said:

Mine is a 8/20 build as well, 2300 miles, so I feel the same, I have towed my boat 4 hours at one time, and gone on some longer trips, but yea I bring an extra bottle of water with me just in case in stranded for hours.  Sad we have to worry about these things just breaking down at a random time with no warning.  

I don't toss around 50-60k dollars like some.  It's pretty sad to spend this kind of money and be out for ANY length of time.

 

That said, it's 2020 and all ****ery is possible.

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She's back in the driveway.  Can't say it was red carpet but I don't ask for much.

 

So far, no leaks etc but will be keeping a close eye on it.  The mechanic seemed to do his due diligence on looking for things so I am optimistic.  I give kudos to Ray Chevy in Fox Lake IL.  Overall, fairly painless experience. 

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Side note, is there a way to see where an engine was built?  I have numbers from the old and new

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On 1/6/2021 at 10:33 PM, Rob Mugs said:

Side note, is there a way to see where an engine was built?  I have numbers from the old and new

Not sure if this is the latest and greatest but:

Code    Engine Plant       ............ Code    Engine Plant
F    Flint (Motor)    .........................    S    Saginaw Service
H    Hydramatic    ..........................    T    Tonawanda
K    St. Catherines, Ontario       ........ V    Flint (Engine)
(McKinnon Industries Canada)
M    GM of Mexico

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2 hours ago, redwngr said:

Not sure if this is the latest and greatest but:

Code    Engine Plant       ............ Code    Engine Plant
F    Flint (Motor)    .........................    S    Saginaw Service
H    Hydramatic    ..........................    T    Tonawanda
K    St. Catherines, Ontario       ........ V    Flint (Engine)
(McKinnon Industries Canada)
M    GM of Mexico

Just an edumacated guess then.. old engine was from Ontario/new from Tonawanda, New York

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1 hour ago, Rob Mugs said:

Just an edumacated guess then.. old engine was from Ontario/new from Tonawanda, New York

So it appears.

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Anyone know what the build date is for the ones with spring issues? I’d be curious to know as anything that can go wrong for me will lol. 

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21 hours ago, GMC207 said:

Anyone know what the build date is for the ones with spring issues? I’d be curious to know as anything that can go wrong for me will lol. 

In theory it was June ish till October 7th, but it seems that there are a few others that are not in that range that have had spring failures.  I think it was a 5.3  not a 6.2  I am not sure any of them built since June are safe, sadly, including mine.

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Oh ok I thought it was the 6.2 so was just waiting for my truck to blow up in the road haha

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30 minutes ago, GMC207 said:

Oh ok I thought it was the 6.2 so was just waiting for my truck to blow up in the road haha

Sorry, that was confusing,  it is indeed the 6.2 that's having a majority of the issues, but the engine that was having issues outside of the bulletin range was a 5.3, so your like me just waiting for the spring to break.  I have a 6.2 also.  

 

The second one has a bulletin and inspection procedure in it.  

 

 

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