What did you do to your NNBS GMT900 Tahoe/Yukon Today?

[iamdub]

Wow, super + pure gas!!
We only have the regular pure gas.

Yeah, I never see this. Most other stations that have non-ethanol have it in 87 only. Also, I can't say I've ever seen 92 octane. It's always 91 or 93. I don't mind E10 at all, especially since my Tahoe is FlexFuel. If mine calculated alcohol content more accurately, I'd run E85.

 

[Rocket Man]

This was years ago, back when minimum wage was like $3.50/hr. The full service pumps were something like 20 cents a gallon more than self serve pumps. Plus the attendant would usually be given a tip also. The last station I remember doing this around here were Shamrock and it closed probably 20 years ago.

I find it odd that it's mandated for an attendant to pump the gas. Is that a state law or county? I wonder if any other states have that also

It’s state law. And it’s illegal at this time to pump your own except in counties where the population doesn’t justify a full time attendant. But that law was passed only a couple years ago. Until then, stations everywhere had to have an attendant but some started closing down so they changed the law for extremely low population areas. The gas isn’t cheaper at the stations without attendants.

yes it's the law in Oregon over the years it has flipped back and forth, you could pump your own then you couldn't then you could again and then you couldn't

It’s always been the same except the change I noted above. Everywhere except the boonies, there have always been attendants.

In Jersey it's illegal to pump your own. I've done it plenty of times myself, but now a lot of stations need the attendant's gas card to activate the pump. Since gas has gotten so high they're trying to pass a law to allow you to pump your own, and to get rid of attendants. They're saying by doing this the gas will be cheaper by at least .15. They're full of crap. Like stated, gas's price is dictated by taxes and greed. They'll get rid of attendants and the price will still be the same if not higher.

This is exactly true. The cost of paying attendants doesn’t change the price the stations charge. They charge what they can get away with.

 

[Mickey_7106]

Yesterday, I took it on a 1-hour drive to my aunt's house to visit them and my fam visiting from Texas. Due to traffic and weather, it took two hours. I was forced to stop for gas before getting there but I still passed up a convenient station because it was a Shell. Thinking back after writing that, maybe I'd rather run out of gas than get Shell.

I found another station down a side road about a mile further. They had all non-ethanol gas. $50 got me 9.6 gallons of their 92 octane. Also, it appeared to be an independent station and I didn't see any fuel branding signs. With how the Universe does me, it was probably Shell gas.

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Damn thats cheap. Regular is $6.36 in Berkeley and about 10% ethanol

 

[swathdiver]

Took the family to a museum that I'd been trying to visit since the 1980s. Always passed by it in the dead of night or before it opened. Finally decided to make a day trip and took the girls with me.

Truck ran beautifully but on the return the radio kept blanking out for a second or two. Then it would resume where it left off. As time passed, the cluster would also blank out, all the lights go off and the radio would reboot but resume, the GMC splash screen would come on. Then I noticed that this would happen whenever I used the right turn signal. As time went on, the left turn signal would cause it. Then the wiper fluid, lots of bugs out yesterday trying to block my vision! What's going on? Negative battery cable? Oh, most annoying about this now was that the cruise was cutting off! I first noticed it after passing a truck, flipped the signal to move in front of the guy and didn't notice for a second that the cruise kicked out until his flashing headlights filled my back window! Punched it and resumed speed and began paying attention to the problem!

Pulled into the driveway and shut down the truck and she went dead. No lights, no chimes, no door locks, nothing. Took care of stuff around the house, the dogs, dinner and went looking for my volt meter. Finally found it in the truck (Who put it in there? LOL) and the battery was 12.3 volts, little low but discovered the positive cable was loose.

Tightened that up and all seems well. The truck was bingo fuel so will test it out this afternoon before evening service by myself in case there's a problem.

Gas jumped over a quarter in price around here in the last few days. Going on E85, $3.50 beats $5.25 no matter what.

By the way, the museum is awesome. You'll see cars and dragsters in there that exist nowhere else. Brought back a lot of memories too.

 

[Doubeleive]

It’s state law. And it’s illegal at this time to pump your own except in counties where the population doesn’t justify a full time attendant. But that law was passed only a couple years ago. Until then, stations everywhere had to have an attendant but some started closing down so they changed the law for extremely low population areas. The gas isn’t cheaper at the stations without attendants.

It’s always been the same except the change I noted above. Everywhere except the boonies, there have always been attendants.

This is exactly true. The cost of paying attendants doesn’t change the price the stations charge. They charge what they can get away with.

I guess it depends, growing up there we pumped our own, but we also did kind of live in the boonies and everybody knew everybody so they probably just didn't care and it was usually under $2 a gallon, I can remember it being .98 cents or 1.68, I could buy cigarette's for my dad if he needed them, 16oz glass soda bottles were ,25, candy for a penny or 2 cents, with $5 you could have a bag full of candy, soda, and a comic with money left over for next time. Funny how times have changed I used to get up at 4:30 and go ride my bike 15-20 miles to go fishing, fish all day and be home by dark, explored everywhere I could get to as kid up down creeks, rivers, up mountains, in the woods any randon direction didn't matter if it was raining or snowing although being wet & cold in the snow sucks but if you build a fire and dry out you'll be fine. Been almost struck by lightening, surprised I am alive still.

 

[Geotrash]

I guess it depends, growing up there we pumped our own, but we also did kind of live in the boonies and everybody knew everybody so they probably just didn't care and it was usually under $2 a gallon, I can remember it being .98 cents or 1.68, I could buy cigarette's for my dad if he needed them, 16oz glass soda bottles were ,25, candy for a penny or 2 cents, with $5 you could have a bag full of candy, soda, and a comic with money left over for next time. Funny how times have changed I used to get up at 4:30 and go ride my bike 15-20 miles to go fishing, fish all day and be home by dark, explored everywhere I could get to as kid up down creeks, rivers, up mountains, in the woods any randon direction didn't matter if it was raining or snowing although being wet & cold in the snow sucks but if you build a fire and dry out you'll be fine. Been almost struck by lightening, surprised I am alive still.

Sounds like my experience growing up in the western Pennsylvania woods. I was a free-range kid; the last of 8, so by the time my parents got to me their attitude was 'just don't get hurt or dead and get your butt home by 5:30 for dinner.' Built campfires in the woods, swung on vines, walked on railroad trestles. The movie "Stand By Me" really hit home for me.

 

[Doubeleive]

Sounds like my experience growing up in the western Pennsylvania woods. I was a free-range kid; the last of 8, so by the time my parents got to me their attitude was 'just don't get hurt or dead and get your butt home by 5:30 for dinner.' Built campfires in the woods, swung on vines, walked on railroad trestles. The movie "Stand By Me" really hit home for me.

ya my wife freaks out if our kids even look like there going to venture out of the block and i'm like pfft I was gone for miles by this time, I don't recall my parents ever having to come look for me even once, they would on occasion drop me off or pick me up wherever it was I wanted to go so I wouldn't have to ride so far

 

[gooffeyguy]

I always had to be home when the street lights came on

Yup, the good ol days, lol

I remember one time I was mad at my parents for something so I decided to run away. I left a note on my bed saying so.

I was gone most of the day. It started getting dark and I was hungry so I came back home and my parents hadn't even seen the note or knew I had even ran away. They thought I was just out galavanting around like I normally did.

 

[Rocket Man]

I was 5 of 6 kids so by the time my parents had to deal with me they didn’t care, just wanted me to not be a bother so I was gone all day. I got a dirt bike when I was about 10 and used to go ride for miles up and down the hill we lived on (1000’) , the neighboring valley, and the next hill over. There were dirt bike trails all over, really well developed ones. This was right on the edge of city limits. There was a viewpoint up the street from my house we called the end of the world. Down below was all the lights of the city. It was a cool place to grow up. Cigarettes were .25 a pack. I smoked by the time I was 12, drank too. Everybody I knew did.

 

[Just Fishing]

Just made a new transmission tune for the ol tahoe.
About to apply it before i take it on another engine + transmission break-in run.

Also, I hate it in the stock tune when you have a light/mid throttle take off, and then the tcc applies in 2nd gear and bogs everything down.
I'm sure it's for mileage, but damn!

 

[Sparksalot]

I haven't ran it in my Tahoe in years. When I did, I noticed an immediate and consistent 2-4 MPG loss. I often run Shell in my work van (2020 Transit) because Shell stations seem to always be conveniently located when I'm really needing to fill up. The MPG loss is consistent in my work van compared to any of the other Top Tier fuels. I had the same experience in my previous van, a 2016 Transit. I've never studied it beyond this aspect. But, in my mind, a fuel has to be really bad (watered down?) to cause this. I've read of tuners advising against it and my tuner did as well.

Gotcha. I’ve only used it when I had no other options, but it isn’t often enough to notice the difference.

 

[Sparksalot]

I was 5 of 6 kids so by the time my parents had to deal with me they didn’t care, just wanted me to not be a bother so I was gone all day. I got a dirt bike when I was about 10 and used to go ride for miles up and down the hill we lived on (1000’) , the neighboring valley, and the next hill over. There were dirt bike trails all over, really well developed ones. This was right on the edge of city limits. There was a viewpoint up the street from my house we called the end of the world. Down below was all the lights of the city. It was a cool place to grow up. Cigarettes were .25 a pack. I smoked by the time I was 12, drank too. Everybody I knew did.

You’re pretty close to describing my own experience, except it was bmx bikes.

 

[Just Fishing]

Not many shell stations around here.
And the ones that are around here always seem to have terrible locations.

Usually, it's a Mavrick or Chevron have the easy to deal with corner lots.

Most Mavrick's have the pure gas, I run that in my boat, RC car, and yard/lawn equipment.
Since doing so I'm finding i'm not needing to rebuild the carbs so often.

 

[Just Fishing]

I was 5 of 6 kids so by the time my parents had to deal with me they didn’t care, just wanted me to not be a bother so I was gone all day. I got a dirt bike when I was about 10 and used to go ride for miles up and down the hill we lived on (1000’) , the neighboring valley, and the next hill over. There were dirt bike trails all over, really well developed ones. This was right on the edge of city limits. There was a viewpoint up the street from my house we called the end of the world. Down below was all the lights of the city. It was a cool place to grow up. Cigarettes were .25 a pack. I smoked by the time I was 12, drank too. Everybody I knew did.

Me = hyperactive so yeah, anything to keep me busy the parents were happy with.

When I was about 12 I discovered dirt bikes.
before that, mountain bikes.

Where I grew up was right against the mountains.
go up the street a bit, past the park and there was this nicely developed dirt bike trail.

so we would blast up the hill on the dirtbikes, and off to the trail.
Old controlling people hated it.

Few of my neighbors were just happy I wasn't doing me and creating catapults, and other somewhat destructive things as I learned new things.

It was pretty fun, tons of trails that would take you for miles and miles.
Up and over the mountain if you had enough fuel.

Most of my best childhood memories right there.

Last time I went through the neighborhood, old people had the trail head closed down.
So now just horses and walking.

 

[Rocket Man]

Not many shell stations around here.
And the ones that are around here always seem to have terrible locations.

Usually, it's a Mavrick or Chevron have the easy to deal with corner lots.

Most Mavrick's have the pure gas, I run that in my boat, RC car, and yard/lawn equipment.
Since doing so I'm finding i'm not needing to rebuild the carbs so often.

I run normal regular in all my lawn and garden equipment, never had a single issue in my life. I leave it in all winter too, everything fires right up in the spring and never have had any isdues with the rubber parts either. My Toro lawn mower is 14 years old.

 

[gooffeyguy]

Well damn, I was out running to Lowe's and figured I'd fill up since the Mobil station that has E85 is on the way. It only took 16 gallons/half a tank, but E85 price is up to $3.94 (5 days ago it was $3.70) and 93 octane is $4.79. That's pretty much a wash for cost per mile. So much for the E85 being cheaper

 

[George B]

Took the family to a museum that I'd been trying to visit since the 1980s. Always passed by it in the dead of night or before it opened. Finally decided to make a day trip and took the girls with me.

Truck ran beautifully but on the return the radio kept blanking out for a second or two. Then it would resume where it left off. As time passed, the cluster would also blank out, all the lights go off and the radio would reboot but resume, the GMC splash screen would come on. Then I noticed that this would happen whenever I used the right turn signal. As time went on, the left turn signal would cause it. Then the wiper fluid, lots of bugs out yesterday trying to block my vision! What's going on? Negative battery cable? Oh, most annoying about this now was that the cruise was cutting off! I first noticed it after passing a truck, flipped the signal to move in front of the guy and didn't notice for a second that the cruise kicked out until his flashing headlights filled my back window! Punched it and resumed speed and began paying attention to the problem!

Pulled into the driveway and shut down the truck and she went dead. No lights, no chimes, no door locks, nothing. Took care of stuff around the house, the dogs, dinner and went looking for my volt meter. Finally found it in the truck (Who put it in there? LOL) and the battery was 12.3 volts, little low but discovered the positive cable was loose.

Tightened that up and all seems well. The truck was bingo fuel so will test it out this afternoon before evening service by myself in case there's a problem.

Gas jumped over a quarter in price around here in the last few days. Going on E85, $3.50 beats $5.25 no matter what.

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By the way, the museum is awesome. You'll see cars and dragsters in there that exist nowhere else. Brought back a lot of memories too.

Glad you found the electrical issue.

 

[Just Fishing]

I run normal regular in all my lawn and garden equipment, never had a single issue in my life. I leave it in all winter too, everything fires right up in the spring and never have had any isdues with the rubber parts either. My Toro lawn mower is 14 years old.

Where you really run into an issue is where the equipment uses a little rubber diaphragm to pump or regulate fuel.

Most mowers are just gravity feed into the carb, then just your standard venturi effect through the jets.
Those don't really have an issue, unless you store it with fuel in the carb.

With trimmers and chainsaws, you have a metering diaphragm that goes bad.

Say on my chain saw, it's common for it to sit for long periods unused.

I always try and test it before i take it out to loan it or what ever.
I try and keep a minimum of two carb kits on hand for it... lol

If i let it sit with fuel, then i usually need to slap in a new diaphragm at a minimum.

My boat, is a 4 cylinder 1800cc (iirc) two stroke.
It has to pull fuel from a larger tank that sits lower than the engine.

It has two diaphragm fuel pumps.
Those go hard and you end up running lean if you're not on top of it.

Pure gas in theory makes it las longer.
But those diaphragms get replaced yearly, along with the water pump impeller.

 

[Just Fishing]

Yesterday i changed the filter to inspect and getting ready for another breakin run.

Running the fresh transmission through it's paces, and seating those fresh piston rings.

Then while getting ready for a drive up the canyon, i went to connect my phone via blue tooth to the radio.

I tried to set the audio input on the deck (pioneer avic 5201), and suddenly it freezes.
Then reboots.
Then gets stuck in a reboot loop.

Turns out this is a documented issue.

They use a sd card to run the software on the deck.
Over time, that sd card can fail and become corrupt.

So i took the radio out, pulled off the front panel to find the sd card.

Hoping i can recover something, especially since that radio is how i find our property... ugg.

Anyways, luckly there are a few that have figured this out on some forums, and even sell replacement sd cards loaded with the factory software.

 

[13UpInSmoke]

Put 1500 miles on her driving to SC & back up to Maryland. Ran great with the exception of the E85 issue