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RENAMED!! The adventures of Chase and his 2006 Yukon XL Denali!! Follow along on my travels!
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Oil pan clean and new gasket in proper position ready to go in. I knew it would be a difficult maneuver to get in with the diff still in place but I took my time and wiggled it up slowly and steadily in one shot, and then put the jack stand under it to hold it in place a couple inches below the engine mount so I could reach up and dab RTV into each corner. I think that sort scared me the most of the whole job and it went relatively smoothly. The rest of the reassembly fought me and many many loudly yelled swear words happened in the process lol.
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Threw new valve cover gaskets in, did the passenger side a couple weeks ago when I had a few spare minutes, and then the drivers side before the disassembly of the oil pan. Was having a weird little oil smoke under certain driving and figured it’s been close to 75k since the valve cover gaskets were replaced. Can’t believe how easy it is to swap out valve cover gaskets on these engines. Put new rubber grommets on the valve cover bolts as well since the came with the new gaskets this time around.
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Moment of truth hit yesterday evening after filling the Nali back up with oil and coolant. He fired right up even after sitting in the garage for three weeks. AND….. GOOD OIL PRESSURE!! Thank god!!
