Oil pan gasket and Motor mount time!

[iamdub]

So just to get this straight, my Yukon is a 2008 Denali with the L92 6.2. It doesn't have AFM. Do I still need a deflector?

No.

 

[ford141]

Thanks. Just had so many people say I need to do that, wanted to make sure.

 

[jz57]

donjetman,

How did you clean the oil pan so clean?

 

[iamdub]

Thanks. Just had so many people say I need to do that, wanted to make sure.

One of those was me because I missed the detail that it was an '08 Denali with the inactive AFM. Or maybe no AFM parts at all? I can't keep track. Anyway, regardless if your motor doesn't have the AFM components or it has them and AFM isn't enabled in the programming, the deflector isn't needed.

 

[donjetman]

donjetman,

How did you clean the oil pan so clean?

Use your fovorite harsh chemical, mine is O'Reillys brake clean, then I put it in my HF media blast cabinet and let it have it with aluminum oxide media, then rinse good.

What if your wrong about the deflector. It cost $7. I put one on when I did mine, just in case.

 

[ford141]

What if your wrong about the deflector. It cost $7. I put one on when I did mine, just in case.

I'm planning to do this work this Saturday, I don't think I can get a deflector here in time. I already have motor mounts and pan gasket waiting, and the oil pickup o-ring will be delivered tomorrow. Also changing front diff fluid while I'm at it. If the AFM isn't active, it shouldn't need a deflector, right?

 

[89Suburban]

Sub'd. Good info in here.

 

[iamdub]

I'm planning to do this work this Saturday, I don't think I can get a deflector here in time. I already have motor mounts and pan gasket waiting, and the oil pickup o-ring will be delivered tomorrow. Also changing front diff fluid while I'm at it. If the AFM isn't active, it shouldn't need a deflector, right?

If AFM isn't active, then there's no pressure relief valve opening so there's no sudden pressurized spray of oil to deflect.

 

[ford141]

If AFM isn't active, then there's no pressure relief valve opening so there's no sudden pressurized spray of oil to deflect.

Thanks, that was my thought as well.