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    Stuck in 4WD. Any help?

    It rained her last week pretty bad and i had my Tahoe in Auto 4WD as it lacks Traction Control. It locked the front wheels, and then never unlocked them. I got a service 4wd light on the dash and it will not go into 2HI. It just stays in 4HI. The lights sometimes dim themselves down to nothing...
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    If the bearing caps aren’t torque to yield i’d like to do that. Maybe throw a new set of bearings in. After doing the (final) oil change before i drop the pan, no metal shavings or metal in oil at all. I will still do a test.
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    Here is a video of her idling.
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    Here’s one of the metal spirals. The other stuff in the pan is (some) of the metal that was in it. The bigger chunks is outside debris. Along with hot oil pressure.
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    Mine is fully warmed up within 20-30 minutes of driving.
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    They replaced the pan bolt with an oversized stripped plug repair bolt. It’s now around 26-28MM, and the spirals in the drain pan matched the size of the threads. That is what i thought it was. I think i have a picture somewhere. As she stands right now, cold idle is around 45-50PSI and warm...
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    That is the goal once im able to keep oil IN the engine, lol. I have to drop the oil pan and replace that gasket along with some other gaskets around the engine. Right now, it leaks around 1-2 quarts every 200miles. Once im able to get the pan down, im replacing the sump o-ring, and i will...
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    Haven’t ran a mechanical gauge yet. I just picked it up in January and im still trying to understand it better lol. I’m happy 25PSI is okay. I assume as long as its not reading 0 it should be ok.
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    Help understanding the 5.3

    So the engine in my Tahoe is a 01 LM7. When i bought it, oil pressure was around 35-37psi warmed up. Then it was around 50-55 cold. Oil presssure then began to drop when it was hot over the course of about 2 weeks. Lowest it got was 26psi hot. Replaced the oil with 5W-30, oil pressure went...
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    2001 Tahoe cats won’t initialize

    She ain’t happy anymore. If im easy on the truck, the code won’t set, but if i beat on her, it sets. I will look at it more.
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    01 5.3 P0300 after changing plugs/wires

    I I got them from Oreillys.
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    01 5.3 P0300 after changing plugs/wires

    I am pretty sure they are round coils. Starts with a 190.
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    01 5.3 P0300 after changing plugs/wires

    That was another issue too. The plug socket i used didn’t have an insulator or rubber part because it was quite old. I got a new one.
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    01 5.3 P0300 after changing plugs/wires

    Apologies for lack of response, had to deal with some family issues. The truck was running fine before. After some more diagnosing i fixed it. The plugs i put in were not good and once i dropped in some (dealer) sourced AC Delcos the engine immediately started to run better than it did when i...
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    01 5.3 P0300 after changing plugs/wires

    Hello all, I replaced the plugs/wires on my 5.3 as it was stumbling sometimes at idle with the AC on. After replacing the plugs, with AC Delcos, and with new plug wires, i am getting a P0300 that will not go away. The old plugs were severely worn with the middle electrode almost completely...
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