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    Mystery Oil Leak

    Ive had numerous leaks fixed including the rear main, oil pan, timing cover, and valve covers. This little nugget showed up the other day. It appears the oil is coming between the plastic cover and the bell housing. has anyone seen this one before?
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    High Mileage Invest Money Or Not?

    I have a 2007 Tahoe Z71 4x4 with 185k miles. Its rough around the edges but everything works. Ive put 20k miles on it in the last year so it is still reliable and runs fine my question is, I am debating on putting 3-4k into it to get some of these items fixed or do I just let it keep...
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    Plastic Jackhammer Noise!?

    I have an 07 tahoe that once in a blue moon something in the dash area (i think) sounds like a plastic jackhammer and wont go away until I turn the car off and back on. From memory, this seems to only happen when I first start the car. But maybe it has happened randomly when driving too. I...
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    Blend Door Noise?

    So I have searched quite a bit but from what I understand we have more than one blend door in our AC in these cars? anyways I have an 07 tahoe that once in a blue moon something in the dash area (i think) sounds like a plastic jackhammer and wont go away until I turn the car off and back on...
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    Oil Pan Replacement

    I have a 2007 Tahoe z71 4x4, it leaks from the oil pan, oil cooler plate, and I think rear main but not 100%. Ive done some searching and cant find a definitive answer. In the near future I am going to replace my oil pan gasket and pickup tube oring. my question is, do you have to put rtv on...
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    Mystery Frontend Creaking when the suspension travels

    Hoping someone knows what this noise points to. Ive checked all the bushing and shot them with silicone grease to exhaustion. This sound happens when the suspension travels and it seems to make a similar noise when turning the wheels. my tie rod ends are ripped but I would think tie rod ends...
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    Gas Fills Slow But No CEL Fix

    I have a 2007 z71 4x4 Tahoe 175k miles. Just wanted to contribute a fix as I could not find this when I googled. Most people say to simply replace everything. ive had the gas tank filling slow issue for quite a while. The strange thing was I did not have a CEL for the evap solenoid failure...
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    Mystery Water Leak Driver Side

    Ok folks I am at your mercy. I have been tracking down water leaks for several weeks now. This leak was much worse and filled up my driver side floorboard with sitting water. I have replaced the driver side front weatherstripping and sealed up the shark fin antenna which seemed to of mitigated...
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    Transmission ID Help: Manufacturing Date or Model Year?

    I have a 2007 z71 4x4 tahoe with a 4l60e. I have 174k miles on this thing and it drives like new which leads me to believe the transmission has been replaced before I bought it with 150ish miles a few months back. Now getting to the point, my truck was assembled in Arlington December of 2006...
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    Rear Passenger window fell

    this morning a friend got into my rear passenger seat, when they closed the door the glass fell into the door. It would not roll up or down. I ended up duct taping the window in the up position and ordered a new window regulator that should be here Sunday. My question is, can anyone think if...
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    Dreaded Airbag Recall

    I recently purchased a 2007 Z71 Tahoe that I love. However, I am concerned about this airbag recall that has been open since 2016 without resolution. I have done a lot of research and to generalize, it seems GM says their airbags are safe. Yet others say these airbags still have the root issue...
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