2022 YUKON DENALI 6.2

[Jfuentes9798]

2022 YUKON DENALI WITH 33K miles. Truck was working fine before oil change. Completed the oil change my self @33k miles. Used 0-20 royal purple with oil filter. After oil change truck drove fine. 200 miles in , engine starts making metal to metal noise on the freeway as I was accelerating. Engine stalled out , dash gave me a “ENGINE OIL PRESSURE LOW” checked under truck and there was no leaks. Checked the oil level and it was at the correct level. Tried turning truck on but battery is low to shift to neutral , so they could tow it. It only turned on for 30 seconds with the same noise and I believe it went to engine protection mode. What could cause this?

 

[Antonm]

The 6.2’s have a known issue with oversized lifter bores that in turn starves the rod bearings of oil.

Combined with the use of the ultra thin 0w20 GM specs for these engines ( for CAFE reasons only, they spec thicker oil for the same engine in different applications), and it’s recipe for bearing failures.

Sorry to say it, but I’d bet a lot of money you’re gonna need a new engine.
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[DontTaseMeBro]

Your engine is done. Probably turned your bearings in the process. My ‘22 Yukon had its engine replaced at 30k miles due to the same failure.

 

[Jfuentes9798]

Thanks for the replies. I bought this truck cash at 12k miles from the auction. So warranty is out the window. It’s a risk I take. Anyways , at this point would yall replace the engine with a used engine or would yall rebuilt the existing engine with upgraded parts/specs? I have access to L87’s wholesale. I can replace it the engine with another one but it wouldn’t make sense if I’m going to run in to the same problem again. Or if you were to buy a used engine , what would you change more or less to avoid this factory issues?

 

[Tahoe14]

If you purchased it from the auction that should not void the warranty unless there is more to the story.

 

[Jfuentes9798]

GM warranty wont cover vehicles that have a “Rebuilt title” since it was once considered a total lost for the insurance. My Yukon had rear end damage when I bought it from the auction. Doesn’t matter what type of warranty it is , they won’t cover it.

 

[Tahoe14]

That clarifies it, thanks. Hopefully you get it repaired. If you have the ability to rebuild that’s what I would do. At least you would know what you have. If you purchased another one I would think your chances of having another one break would be slim and it would be an easy swap but you never know for sure. Good luck with your decision.

 

[DontTaseMeBro]

Thanks for the replies. I bought this truck cash at 12k miles from the auction. So warranty is out the window. It’s a risk I take. Anyways , at this point would yall replace the engine with a used engine or would yall rebuilt the existing engine with upgraded parts/specs? I have access to L87’s wholesale. I can replace it the engine with another one but it wouldn’t make sense if I’m going to run in to the same problem again. Or if you were to buy a used engine , what would you change more or less to avoid this factory issues?

Salvage or clean title?

EDIT: see that it's salvage. I usually purchase salvage vehicles myself from either IAA or Copart. In fact, I almost did so again when I set out to buy a Yukon. Bid on about 3-4 of them, all salvage. After doing more research on the platform and coming across all of the engine issues they've been experiencing, I wisely opted to go the clean title route just in case I had a catastrophic engine failure. Picked up a my clean title '22 from Copart a few months ago. Your sad misfortune makes me feel grateful that I didn't end up getting a salvage Yukon myself. Best of luck and I hope you can get things fixed and yours runs for a long time.

 

[Tonyv__]

Salvage or clean title?

EDIT: see that it's salvage. I usually purchase salvage vehicles myself from either IAA or Copart. In fact, I almost did so again when I set out to buy a Yukon. Bid on about 3-4 of them, all salvage. After doing more research on the platform and coming across all of the engine issues they've been experiencing, I wisely opted to go the clean title route just in case I had a catastrophic engine failure. Picked up a my clean title '22 from Copart a few months ago. Your sad misfortune makes me feel grateful that I didn't end up getting a salvage Yukon myself. Best of luck and I hope you can get things fixed and yours runs for a long time.

Off topic, but in what situation would you be able to buy a “clean title” car at an insurance auction? Or maybe I’m misunderstood, do them sites auction vehicles from banks too?

Repossession?

 

[DontTaseMeBro]

Off topic, but in what situation would you be able to buy a “clean title” car at an insurance auction? Or maybe I’m misunderstood, do them sites auction vehicles from banks too?

Repossession?

Private parties can sell clean title vehicles on an insurance auction too. Mine was purchased from a Copart rental auction. The seller was Hertz.

https://www.copart.com/content/us/en/landing-page/clean-title?srsltid=AfmBOoryJE7INZ3Ik_tN5zZhKzjJSyFWE3T7iGuuCMCiAT_ifKSFGLZM