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    2022 Suburban HD

    LMAO!!! Most likely been like that for MANY MANY years !!!
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    2003 Yukon General Maintenance

    Thats a bad alternator, Battery, Ground Happened on my 01 Burb and turned out to be a bad autozone battery !! Luckily still under warranty !!
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Thanks to all I'm going to deplete my remaining stash of Chevron Delo synblend 400XLE 10W30 for the rest of 2023 and see what I have for next year!!
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    yaaaaaaa I know ALL ABOUT Amsoil lol But its "not my cup of tee". Besides I have like 500qts of misc oil to test out ;) Dave
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Cold start rattle??? possible camshaft/lifters ?? VERY common since your generation has that horrific AFM system. I have heard VERY VERY good things about Valvoline advance syn having more moly/Boron but your rattle at cold starts nerves me lol My burban stopped "cold slap" noise 80% once I...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Agree!!! that generation of Japanese car will run almost anything........even Crisco lol
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Looking for opinions. that's why I'm here ;)
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    You JUST found out ??? BP has owned Castrol for several years??
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    NICE LIST !!! PF61= XG3675 which my "go to" filter last few years ;) So I deal in engine oil as a side THANG to pay for the "fun" stuff in life like, 24PK of Coke, Steak dinners and upgrades on my 82 trans am ;) I'm keeping your #4,5, 6 in 10W30 flavor for my personal stash I think ill...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    I'm not to worried about Magnatec. Luckily I wiped out my local O'reilly's went they put it on clearance. I have enough Magnatec/Edge to last me a few years ;) Sadly the new Castrol GTX full synthetic(silver colored bottles) was JUST clearanced/removed from Walmart shelves @ $13 each !!! They...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    ?? Sounded like small metal ball bearings rattling during hot summer in Texas running that Shell RTG 5W30. But ONLY with acceleration !! Once I flushed out that Shell crap and started using my stash of Magnatec 10W30 it was all gone and DONE SON !! OVER !!! lol Dave
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    ehhhhhh I have engine flushed and "Seafoamed" my intake twice already ........... So I highly doubt its my valves/lifters Regarding my engine pinging using Shell Rotella !! Watch this guy's report on RTG Like I mentioned already. I flushed engine oil twice since purchase and switched to...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    1. once or twice a year ?? YIKES !! I drive my burb A LOT and carry heavy loads as it's being used as a work vehicle !! 10 hours a day 5 days a week !!! I do about 5 OCI's a year !!! 2. No it does not burn oil 3. My advice is to watch this video on youtube to prove I'm not making BS about...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Hmmm.... I do Have some old Carquest(valvoline) fulll syn 5W-40 SN rated diesel oil from when they switched to Fram products !! Also have some gallons of Delo 400XSP 15W40 full syn but not sure if thats to thick even for our southern 100+ summers ??? I do know that my rig didnt like the Rotella...
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    200K+ club what oil you run in the heat ??

    Multiple sources: Have chatted with some Australian car guys visiting the US in my travels, read on a oil forum, youtube
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