2006Tahoe2WD
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Okay, thanks. Also, I've read that RTV of some type should be put in the corners when replacing the pan gasket. Is this a good idea?
Can i run my 2005 Yukon 5.3l with 8 quarts of oil in it
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Coveman
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Sorry to hear about your situation, sounds like a garage to avoid. I would encourage you to write some fair, detailed reviews of your experience and post them to inform others. I’d also look for some good-reviewed shops in your area while you are at it.
Mechanics play beat the clock for their money, and if you direct them to do something they more than likely will do as you ask but may not take the time to look for other problems and potential problems, which is why I like to do most of my own work (and take my time).
Mechanics play beat the clock for their money, and if you direct them to do something they more than likely will do as you ask but may not take the time to look for other problems and potential problems, which is why I like to do most of my own work (and take my time).
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This is a necessity or it will leak at the seams where the parts bolt to the block. Additionally, I would recommend purchasing the auxiliary clamp for the pickup tube. Here is a link to a Melling branded unit.
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You NEVER check the oil level with the engine running! Where did you hear that???
cuttingedge
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I typically try to do all of my own work as well, but having a hernia and it being very cold right now makes that a tough ask. We are going to have some below zero Temps this week.
The big deal with this shop is telling me it was ready, taking my money, knowing I was picking it up after hours, after dark, in 20 degree weather, knowing it had zero oil pressure which makes the repair and truck uselss, and thinking that was the right thing to do. I can't delegate someone's morals but this is a dishonest business practice.
It's ready! Oh by the way it doesn't have any oil pressure... except they only said it was ready.
I bought a car from a dealership once and financed a factory upgraded wheel and tire package and some other upgrades. After 2 weeks of excuses they tell me the wheels were discontinued (TRD). The salesman says I can pick some out at a local shop, and if they are more expensive I pay the difference, if less they refund the difference. I go and work with a shop, pick out the wheels and tires, and then they tell me to get the part numbers and they will order them. That wasn't the deal. I had taken a good bit of the tire store's time, 3 visits I think making absolutely sure they would fit and were what I wanted. That tire shop earned that sale. I went in to discuss this with the salesman, and a heated argument ensues where be threatens to kick my a$$ and cusses me on the show room floor in front of customers and other employees. I left, and later called trying to get my other accessories I had purchased from the dealership at the sale. I was told the owner had them locked up in his office and they would not give them to me. I paid for them and they were not allowing me to get them.
Believe it or not this pissed me off. They wouldn't give me my property, couldn't furnish me the wheels and tires I paid for, we agreed on a solution, and then they changed the solution. Nope. They were going to give me my property and do what they said they would do.
I hired a label maker to print "I GOT SCREWED BY XXXXXX XXXXXXX" (dealership name where the x's are) in bright yellow block letters and install them on both sides and the rear of the vehicle I had bought from them, which was a dark green metallic Scion XB with dark tinted windows.
As soon as the labels were installed, I drove to the dealership, pulled up in tbe parking lot and honked my horn about 20 times. I drove that car up and down the road in front of the dealership until they closed. Even got pulled over by the cops, explained the situation, and he wished me good luck and said don't get on their property but that I could drive on the road for as long as I wished.
You know what? The owner of the dealership called me the next morning. To make an already long read shorter, he wanted to buy the car back. I told him it wasn't for sale. I also told him it got great gas mileage and I had a lot of free time, and that I intended to drive that car in front of his business every free moment I had until he gave me my property and did what the salesman told me would be done. Guess what? It was done that very day.
See, I don't like trouble, but I'll be damned if I'm going to get taken advantage of without a fight... and my Yukon is dark ming blue with tinted windows. I think bright yellow will really stand out against that pallet.
2006Tahoe2WD
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Thanks for the link. I'm ordering now.
Donal
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Actually these engines have a windage tray, an extended dip stick tube guide and a deep sump oil pan and the oil can be checked any time. Engine running or not.
I have been living with Chevrolet engines since 1963 when I bought my first C-2.
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Yes.
Your measurement misses the oil that's already in the upper part of the engine, then.
Donal
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Correct. My purpose in using this static and dynamic levels is to determine if an unusual amount of oil is not returning to the sump. I expect the oil level drop about 1/2 inch drop when running if the vehicle is on level front to back. If the front of the vehicle is elevated, the level will drop more.
