2008 Chevy Silverado 5.3

2008whitechevy · January 3, 2008

i came across one day and saw the truck i was trying to think which kind of exhaust to put on so i saw the inisde muffler it was covered in black so i took it to the dealer they say it was normal i only have 3800 miles on it the dealer said something that the engine being cold when turned on and it will throw raw gas through the muffler i dint understand what the hell he said so i was like ok he said to drive it moe take it on a high mileage trip if possibele and that the engine will set and it will go away

GMTRUCKTECH · January 3, 2008

Where do you people come up with these complaints?

sno · January 3, 2008

I usually try to avoid making posts like this, but d**n! An entire post with no capitalization or punctuation is just too difficult to even try to read.

How did you see inside the muffler?

Mark_in_Tulsa · January 3, 2008

I was so pissed at the builder of my house. After our first winter in it, the fireplace was black all the way up the chimney.

That bastard!

BigJayDogg3 · January 3, 2008

I assume the dealer was telling you that the truck is running rich and needs time to calibrate how much fuel and air it needs. EDIT: You can shortcut this process by following the following poster's advise. Even then you will still get some soot on the tips. I mean you have stuff burning.

And why leave the dealership not understanding what he was talking about. That is what they are there for. Ask questions, and get answers you can understand.

Draenor · January 3, 2008

Your muffler bearings are bad.

minibike132 · January 4, 2008

Your muffler bearings are bad.

Muffler bearings. Brings to mind the time we were slow and I sent the new parts guy on a 2 hour hunt through microfish for muffler bearings.

hubbycap · January 4, 2008

You guys! Man, what a tough room.

But tus, you might want to take some time to read a few posts here. There are a lot of us old geezers that were educated old school. You know, puntuation, grammar, capitalization, sentence structure and stuff. Give it a few days and you'll get the hang of it and then we'll welcome you back.

ZZ327 · January 4, 2008

my tips have been black for the 20K miles or so Ive owned mine. what the problem is?

BigJayDogg3 · January 4, 2008

Fine since I can't be a meanie, there are no such things as muffler bearings. Just go to your local parts store and ask for a 710 cap.

gmtech4 · January 4, 2008

Fine since I can't be a meanie, there are no such things as muffler bearings. Just go to your local parts store and ask for a 710 cap.

wow.all I can say,speechless really,yea,like that ,did I say wow?drive the truck dude!

minibike132 · January 4, 2008

You guys! Man, what a tough room.

Ok fine just having a little fun. These answers are probably not condusive (sp?) to making a new poster welcome to trust his GM tech.

To answer the question I can't really imagine how you saw the inside of a muffler but it does come with a protective oil from the factory. When we prep the vehicle it burns off and makes an awful smell. After that your engine is basically producing thousands of explosions per minute and black stuff is what you might expect to see in the aftermath of an explosion.

Is dat betta hub?

hubbycap · January 4, 2008

You guys! Man, what a tough room.

Ok fine just having a little fun. These answers are probably not condusive (sp?) to making a new poster welcome to trust his GM tech.

To answer the question I can't really imagine how you saw the inside of a muffler but it does come with a protective oil from the factory. When we prep the vehicle it burns off and makes an awful smell. After that your engine is basically producing thousands of explosions per minute and black stuff is what you might expect to see in the aftermath of an explosion.

Is dat betta hub?

All meant in jest.

gmtech4 · January 5, 2008

You guys! Man, what a tough room.

Ok fine just having a little fun. These answers are probably not condusive (sp?) to making a new poster welcome to trust his GM tech.

To answer the question I can't really imagine how you saw the inside of a muffler but it does come with a protective oil from the factory. When we prep the vehicle it burns off and makes an awful smell. After that your engine is basically producing thousands of explosions per minute and black stuff is what you might expect to see in the aftermath of an explosion.

Is dat betta hub?

All meant in jest.

Mark ,your mean,but funny,how do I get a pic put on this here site,edit somthing?,PS dude,are you driving your truck yet?later all,you guys are nuts .,roasted almonds really,some pistatioes(eeek! bad spelling there),sry,my bad,I'll stop now,no really ....ok now....can do this forever....cheers.

BigJayDogg3 · January 6, 2008

wow.all I can say,speechless really,yea,like that ,did I say wow?drive the truck dude!

Mark ,your mean,but funny,how do I get a pic put on this here site,edit somthing?,PS dude,are you driving your truck yet?later all,you guys are nuts .,roasted almonds really,some pistatioes(eeek! bad spelling there),sry,my bad,I'll stop now,no really ....ok now....can do this forever....cheers.

If you cannot understand how a sentence works, please stop posting. Capital letters go at the beginning of sentences and periods, question marks and exclaimation marks go at the end, OK?

Is this better Mike?