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  1. Stbentoak

    LZ0 Duramax Decision - Input Requested

    I mean you can't drive it a mile a day for like 30 days straight. But normal running around town will take care of it 95% of the time. Never hurts to get it out on the road and take a 15-to-50-mile blast at any given moment, but in the four years I've had it I've short tripped it many times for...
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    Fuel efficiency drop in newer models ?

    That's a big gripe of mine and another big reason (Of many) why I won't own another vehicle that takes premium. It used to be .30 cents more a gallon, then .60, now a buck more a gallon is standard. That's flat out highway robbery. Any decent vehicle out there demands premium and usually gets...
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    2026 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban orders open July 10th. Production currently scheduled for September 8th, 2025.

    I ordered the same thing, but I didn't even bother with this 25th anniversary package. An ultimate comes with everything you need and more. My order got placed accepted and is being built this week.
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    LZ0 Duramax Decision - Input Requested

    These dealer lifetime warranties are just rife with conditions and terms like oil changes twice as often as the factory recommends and only at their place and all service to the vehicle must be performed at their place for the lifetime of the vehicle for it to stay valid. Hardly anybody can...
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    LZ0 Duramax Decision - Input Requested

    As a past and future owner, I'll try to help you.....About 40K miles on my current unit. #1 LZ0 is supposed to be a new and improved version of LM2 which is already proven dependable product. As long as it has no manufacturing defects there's no reason to think it won't be as good or better...
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    The formula for success is picking a Duramax for this vehicle. You can read various, and many different forums and they certainly have had some small issues.... but by and large they had been bulletproof for both pickup trucks and Tahoe Yukon. They basically do about everything better except go...
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    There is also a possibility that these crank/ bearing "bad" components could have been made across multiple production lines/vendors to keep up with volume.... it's potentially feasible that if they had let's say 10 machines running cranks and only one of them were producing actual bad cranks...
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    Just took delivery of a 25 Yukon Denali Ultimate Duramax - First impressions

    Still about a month away but getting built this week. Getting moderately excited about it. Just hope it will be as good to me as my 21 has been.
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    2025 Diesel orders opened

    Demand may be low, but their value is high and going higher. With this 6.2 debacle I see the value of both new and used Duramax Tahoe's and Yukon's going up, may be significantly....
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    2 Jet ski's and some people and stuff? Hell, My daughters 1.5L Bronco sport could do that! I just pulled a 6500# 28' Tritoon with a 400 on the back last week and hardly knew it was there....
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    And not only clearances, but surface finishes are a big issue also if they are out of Specification or too rough, they will start to work at each other much more quickly than if they are at or under what's desired. As I posted many posts ago there are many many factors that can lead into this...
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    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    I drive mine up on ramps. I don't trust my life on a valve that could fail or change its mind while I'm under it..... Also I see this fuel dilution mentioned quite a bit, but every single oil analysis I've seen posted gas or diesel, refutes that. If that's such a big deal post up a few analyses...
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    2025 Diesel orders opened

    I placed my order in Dec, but diesel production didn't start till march, but more importantly my dealer didn't get allocation for this vehicle till around April 1st. Once order was accepted at GM, we got a TPW w/in a few days...
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    Just putting my toe in the water-For now.

    Just remember like in work life, retirement life has its seasons. When you are young retired you still have the energy to do things, but you have the freedom not to HAVE to do them. Then five to eight years go by and you're like, well I know how to do this, but I don't really have the moxie to...
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    2025 Tahoe 6.2-liter first oil change interval

    Since the first one is free, take it back at a convenient time around 2500 miles. I then change it myself in 5000-mile blocks. I know whenever I see 7500, 12,500 Etcetera roll around that it's time. Easy and if you're off a few hundred miles either way it's no big deal. Any earlier in that and...
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    Cargo All weather Matt

    For XL's but not for short WB Denali's/Tahoes? Seems they missed out on the bigger market.... Is it the same old hard slippery WT plastic?
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    If you didnt have a Yukon/Suburban/Escalade, what would be your next choice?

    I have 2 JLR products ... and while mine have been decent. Thier track record is abysmal. They make GM look like Toyota....
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    If you didnt have a Yukon/Suburban/Escalade, what would be your next choice?

    Without the diesel in the Yukon, I would head for an X7. Much better build quality and much better dealer support. Not cheap but nothing's cheap anymore....
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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    All the more reason not to switch.....
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    Oil weight for 5.3? 0-20 no good?

    Once you start up the supercar 0W-40 ladder, you may get one free and a free oil cap.... But the price of the next one's that are on you will rock your socks. I'd personally stick with 0W-20 Dexos and change it a little more often, maybe. You've done nothing wrong, and it is priced like a normal...
  21. Stbentoak

    2025 Diesel orders opened

    Yes ..My TPW week is 5/12. I still expect it to 1st to 2nd week in June before I get it in reality...
  22. Stbentoak

    2025 Diesel orders opened

    I wouldn't be surprised if dealers don't catch on and actually bump the price on 3.0 Duramaxes over sticker. It's the only undisputed proven engine for these that hasn't left a trail of carnage behind itself for the last four years.....
  23. Stbentoak

    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    To sum that up they put production and assembly line speed over quality control. There are multitude of factors that come into play here. Material compositions, tolerances in or out, surface finish of parts, contamination, oil itself and its pressure, oil flow, Fatigue, and I'm sure there are...
  24. Stbentoak

    Deciding what to do with my 2023 Denali

    You are number 13 in line.....
  25. Stbentoak

    BREAKING: GM is officially recalling the L87

    Not to mention have you seen the price of 0W-40 supercar oil? There are like 3-4 Mobil variations of 0W-40.. Super car is like 25 bucks a qt. Plus the "You need to change it more frequently crowd" ? Talk about expensive.....What if you go like 3 years on this 0-40 stuff before a failure...

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