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  1. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Of course I had to give it one more try before I started putting everything back together. What do you know, the lifter freed up and shot the pushrod right out like it's supposed to. So, in theory my truck should be drivable now once I get my computer back. However, the damage that the tool...
  2. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Yeah, that would have been cheaper, but I figured the labor would be almost the same so I might as well fully get rid of the AFM while it's opened up. And with my luck lately the failed lifter probably damaged the cam shaft too so I'd need to replace that. Hell with my luck, I'll get it back...
  3. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Well, as usual things haven't gone according to plan. I got the tool to free the lifter but haven't been able to get it free yet. Looks like I'm gonna have to remove the head to get at it. However, since the head will have to be pulled to get the bad lifter out, I figure I might as well go...
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    Uneven Idle is getting progressively worse but cannot find the cause (Fuel Pump / Injectors?)

    Yeah, I'm not necessarily suggesting you have stuck lifters. Just that the AFM has something to do with your problem. I had a rough idle but no stuck lifters either...until I had a stuck lifter. My engine is a little different though with 213k miles on it. I've done a ton of reading and...
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    Uneven Idle is getting progressively worse but cannot find the cause (Fuel Pump / Injectors?)

    Does this engine have AFM? If so, I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it has something to do with the AFM. I pretty much had the same symptoms as you, and now I'm working on fixing a stuck lifter. Slightly rough idle for quite a while now and just last Monday threw all kinds of lights on...
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    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    Nope. Just straight 1/4" torque wrench and socket. The shop that fixed it said I probably was victim of somebody else's work. Not sure how they would know that unless they just draw that conclusion from experience. We'll see what happens when I put the other valve cover back on after I...
  7. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Collapsed lifter!!! Took the valve cover off tonight and cylinder #6 has a collapsed lifter. The rocker arm is loose just like all the videos I've seen. I think my plan is to order the tool from CrazedPerformanceRepair to try to get it unstuck. Then perform his suggested mods to the VLOM...
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    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Just sort of using this thread as a log of what I've done so far. Pulled the plug and it appears to be fine. Swapped the coil packs between #4 and #6 and the misfire stayed on cylinder 6. I should have swapped the plugs too, but figured it looked ok. I'll swap them today and see if the...
  9. bdbull

    2015+ Yukon, Tahoe, Escalade Auto-ride Shock Extension

    That looks really good. I like lifts like that the best. It's enough to tell that it's lifted, but not so much that it looks like you're trying to compensate for something else. :party36:
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    2015+ Yukon, Tahoe, Escalade Auto-ride Shock Extension

    Pics of the lifted beast!!!! ;)
  11. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Just finished changing the intake manifold gasket. Cranked it up to see if it was any better. Still rumbling and stumbling, although maybe not quite as bad. Pulled a P0102 and P0306 out of pending codes. The P0102 went away on the next run. I cleaned the MAF while I had everything apart so...
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    2015+ Yukon, Tahoe, Escalade Auto-ride Shock Extension

    Um...pics???:pics-stfu::rotflmao:
  13. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Does this offer any useful information? I don't know what this might mean other than it thinks there's something wrong in the fuel system, whatever that means.
  14. bdbull

    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    Trying to torque it to 106 inch pounds. The hole that stripped today was fine last week.
  15. bdbull

    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    Doing some more work and one of the other bolt holes stripped out so I guess I'll get my chance to learn now to do it. I've been doing some research and people seem to like Timeserts or Keenserts more than Helicoils.
  16. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Wife got home with the code reader so I checked it out. Only code it has is P0300 so not much help there. Been watching a lot of videos about stuck lifters due to high mileage and AFM so I decided to take a look. No stuck lifters on the driver side. But...of course when putting the valve...
  17. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Checked all plugs and wires, everything seated properly. Changed back to the OEM PVC hose. The hissing sound was gone but the truck was still running like crap. I've seen a few videos where a catch can produces a hissing sound because of the hoses used so I'm guessing that's what's going on...
  18. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Put about 150 miles on it with some interstate driving and everything seemed normal. The rough idle seemed to be a little better, or I could have just been hoping it was better. But, just when things seem to be going well, the proverbial :poop: hits the fan. Coming back from an appointment...
  19. bdbull

    Still leaks after 3 "fixes"

    I second this. Had the same thing and it was the oil pan gasket. I replaced the oil pan gasket, the oil pickup tube o-ring, and added the shield on the pickup in the pan when I did mine...not a fun job by yourself.
  20. bdbull

    Uneven Idle is getting progressively worse but cannot find the cause (Fuel Pump / Injectors?)

    Really interested to hear the update on this. I have a 2010 Avalanche with the same issue (I have a thread about it on here somewhere). The first issue I found was the plugs had been worn out after 20k miles. I replaced them and the stumble went away, but I can feel it coming back now after...
  21. bdbull

    Plugs dirty after 800 miles

    Made a couple updates since I first posted. Installed the updated driver side valve cover with an oil change. (That was a whole other adventure.) Just installed a catch can as well. Will be out of town for the next few days in my wife's Tahoe so won't get to drive my truck until next week...
  22. bdbull

    Camber after 4” lift

    What do your upper control arms and ball joints look like? Is it possible they are maxed out? I'm no expert at this, but I believe the shops like this just go by specs in the computer for whatever vehicle they are aligning. So you may need to align to different specs given the 4" lift. I was...
  23. bdbull

    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    Got my truck back yesterday. Cost me $300 for them to do the heli coil kit and an oil change bc they got metal shavings in it when drilling it out. I'll probably run it for a few hundred miles and then change the oil again just to be safe and get it back to what I like to run on it. I...
  24. bdbull

    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    I think that's why I was so damn mad. I was using the torque wrench and sat there thinking, "good grief, is this every gonna torque down?" Then I realized something was wrong. I kinda wish I would have at least attempted the heli coil, but having to drill out the hole just scared the hell out...
  25. bdbull

    RESOLVED - Stripped out the cylinder head bolt hole while replacing valve cover, what now?

    Well, I just took it up to the shop. I'll drop by there tomorrow morning after I drop my son off at school (in his car) and tell them what happened. I'm hoping it will be something simple for them to do. I've never done a heli coil before, and at this point I just don't feel like learning...

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