Can i run my 2005 Yukon 5.3l with 8 quarts of oil in it

[cuttingedge]

“You guys did shoddy work”
“Yeah we might have screwed it up but we’ve already got your money.. siyanara suckaaa”


If it was zero pressure at startup why did you even take the truck? I would have demanded an explanation before moving it one inch.

I took the truck home because it's a ****** part of town and I still wanted it to have the rims and tires on it and still have the stuff in it and not stolen. The shop was closed. Everyone was gone. No way to get in touch with them.

I have been nothing but nice to these people even though I had an appointment, they said it would be done the next day, gave me excuses for the better part of a week telling me their tech was jumping back and forth between 3 vehicles, and it took them an entire week to get it "done". They said it was ready, and ready apparently to them meant zero oil pressure was fine to release it to the customer as "ready".

They lied to me plain and simple, took my money, and without even a hiccup didn't feel it was necessary to tell me it had zero oil pressure at any time between the time they "fixed" it and I picked it up.

I know this is a public forum, but if anyone tries to make this out as my fault, that will be complete BS.

Am I mad about what this shop has done? Yes I am. I am on a fixed income and paid 30% of my money before bills and I get the bait and switch, out my money, and they are trying to blame it on a stepper motor which is absolutely not the issue here.

I purchased an oil pressure testing kit today to verify that it has no oil pressure, and I would bet the farm this will be the case. It is going to snow and be 29 here tomorrow so I most likely won't be finding this out then.

 

[ZeroHour]

I was hoping you were closer so I could help. @OR VietVet s mention of reading the oil pressure data with a scanner (even cheapy off Amazon with an app on the phone via Bluetooth) would be a great way to eliminate the stepper motor as the issues (which I highly doubt it's the stepper motor / guage that's the issue here)

 

[cuttingedge]

Without attaching a mechanical gauge, you can attach a live data scanner and get a voltage reading related to the oil pressure.

By the way, the info you just shared of what the owner said about a possible stepper motor problem, did you have that info when you initially posted about this problem after picking up the truck? Or is this stepper motor/shop owner info something you JUST now found out?

He mentioned it in a phone call today. Not yesterday. Not before I picked up the truck, and not before telling me it had zero oil pressure, because he never told me that. That in itself should be enough to show that the shop is not on the up and up. What? Did they think I wouldn't notice the flashing lights and warning bells going off?

 

[OR VietVet]

I took the truck home because it's a ****** part of town and I still wanted it to have the rims and tires on it and still have the stuff in it and not stolen. The shop was closed. Everyone was gone. No way to get in touch with them.

I have been nothing but nice to these people even though I had an appointment, they said it would be done the next day, gave me excuses for the better part of a week telling me their tech was jumping back and forth between 3 vehicles, and it took them an entire week to get it "done". They said it was ready, and ready apparently to them meant zero oil pressure was fine to release it to the customer as "ready".

They lied to me plain and simple, took my money, and without even a hiccup didn't feel it was necessary to tell me it had zero oil pressure at any time between the time they "fixed" it and I picked it up.

I know this is a public forum, but if anyone tries to make this out as my fault, that will be complete BS.

Am I mad about what this shop has done? Yes I am. I am on a fixed income and paid 30% of my money before bills and I get the bait and switch, out my money, and they are trying to blame it on a stepper motor which is absolutely not the issue here.

I purchased an oil pressure testing kit today to verify that it has no oil pressure, and I would bet the farm this will be the case. It is going to snow and be 29 here tomorrow so I most likely won't be finding this out then.

Not one person here is claiming it is your fault. All we ask is that whatever info you have when you make a post, share ALL of it. Not part of it.

If the phone call with the owner was before the initial post about this problem, you should share that all then.

 

[cuttingedge]

I was hoping you were closer so I could help. @OR VietVet s mention of reading the oil pressure data with a scanner (even cheapy off Amazon with an app on the phone via Bluetooth) would be a great way to eliminate the stepper motor as the issues (which I highly doubt it's the stepper motor / guage that's the issue here)

I truly thank you for considering me! I'll get this figured out one way or another.

 

[cuttingedge]

Not one person here is claiming it is your fault.

I'm just really upset about it. Sorry for being touchy. I'm not loaded and it just tears me up to be done this way.

 

[PPV_2018]

I took the truck home because it's a ****** part of town and I still wanted it to have the rims and tires on it and still have the stuff in it and not stolen. The shop was closed. Everyone was gone. No way to get in touch with them.

I have been nothing but nice to these people even though I had an appointment, they said it would be done the next day, gave me excuses for the better part of a week telling me their tech was jumping back and forth between 3 vehicles, and it took them an entire week to get it "done". They said it was ready, and ready apparently to them meant zero oil pressure was fine to release it to the customer as "ready".

They lied to me plain and simple, took my money, and without even a hiccup didn't feel it was necessary to tell me it had zero oil pressure at any time between the time they "fixed" it and I picked it up.

I know this is a public forum, but if anyone tries to make this out as my fault, that will be complete BS.

Am I mad about what this shop has done? Yes I am. I am on a fixed income and paid 30% of my money before bills and I get the bait and switch, out my money, and they are trying to blame it on a stepper motor which is absolutely not the issue here.

I purchased an oil pressure testing kit today to verify that it has no oil pressure, and I would bet the farm this will be the case. It is going to snow and be 29 here tomorrow so I most likely won't be finding this out then.

Nah man, i or no one here is trying to make it out to be your fault. I was just asking a legit question to which you provided an answer that makes a lot of sense. I mean hell, i live in a ****** part of town so yeah. The first part of my comment was a lighthearted attempt at humor to lighten the mood, …. My brand of humor is an acquired taste.

I sympathize with you, no one wants to see someone being ripped off by anyone, especially auto shops.

 

[OR VietVet]

Appeal to the shop owner with proof of what is going on. Use a live data scanner and shoot a video of the oil pressure voltages compared to what is showing on the gauge. Use this pic as a scale:

 

[Fless]

What part of Colorado are you in, if I may ask?

 

[cuttingedge]

What part of Colorado are you in, if I may ask?

I'm in Colorado Springs.