Engine Failures in Escalade V

[LewL]

We all know about the engine failures across the GM range with the 6.2 motors. Does anyone know if the Cadillac Escalade V is having the same issues? Or are the supposedly “hand built” motors built to better specs?

 

[adventurenali92]

We all know about the engine failures across the GM range with the 6.2 motors. Does anyone know if the Cadillac Escalade V is having the same issues? Or are the supposedly “hand built” motors built to better specs?

They are the same exact engines with the same parts….. So all the same connecting rods and bearings from the same supplier that didn’t manufacture them to spec. Google escalade V engine failure. You’ll see a guy doing a tear down of a V engine that failed with only 4 miles on it.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

They are the same exact engines with the same parts….. So all the same connecting rods and bearings from the same supplier that didn’t manufacture them to spec. Google escalade V engine failure. You’ll see a guy doing a tear down of a V engine that failed with only 4 miles on it.

I'm not sure that is correct. I believe that the supercharged 6.2 in the V has different rods and pistons, as the very least.

 

[adventurenali92]

I'm not sure that is correct. I believe that the supercharged 6.2 in the V has different rods and pistons, as the very least.

I think they’re all coming from the same supplier though. I could be wrong. I just remember the video that was posted in the L87 recall thread early on where the guy tore the 4 mile V engine down that failed and i think it failed for the same reason all the others have.

 

[Fless]

Moved you here from the EV section.

 

[Joseph Garcia]

I think they’re all coming from the same supplier though. I could be wrong. I just remember the video that was posted in the L87 recall thread early on where the guy tore the 4 mile V engine down that failed and i think it failed for the same reason all the others have.

That could be. An engine plant making more than 1 engine size/type is good business sense. I say different internals because when I researched the possibilities for supercharging my 6.2, I was advised to keep it at or under 600hp with the current internals, but if I wanted more hp, then I would have to change out some internals, mainly the rods and pistons.

 

[jerry455]

The V engine is not an L87, it is an LT4. Different parts for a lot of things, specifically crank, rods and pistons.

 

[Marky Dissod]

The V engine is not an L87, it is an LT4. Different parts for a lot of things, specifically crank, rods and pistons.

Granted - but if the same schmucktards that dumb@$$'d the L87, got their carelessness all over those LT4s, there will be swarf ...

 

[RST Dana]

So let's get an expert parts opinion:
1GYS9HR96SR271250. V esky
1GYS4GKL3RR291108 Non V
@915_Tahoe are the rods and pistons the same?

 

[jerry455]

LT4 has different part numbers for crank, rods and pistons than the L87. I was looking in the parts catalog a little while ago.

 

[Marky Dissod]

LT4 has different part numbers for crank, rods and pistons than the L87. I was looking in the parts catalog a little while ago.

If those different part numbers are being treated with the same hasty careless incompetence / disrespect as the L87,
you won't be able to differentiate L87 swarf from LT4 swarf.
Guess we'll see ...

 

[915_Tahoe]

So let's get an expert parts opinion:
1GYS9HR96SR271250. V esky
1GYS4GKL3RR291108 Non V
@915_Tahoe are the rods and pistons the same?

Rods and pistons are different
Oil pump/pan are the same
Heads/gaskets are different
Throttle body's different
Injectors different
In tank fuel pumps different
High pressure pumps different
Fuel rails are the same

 

[adventurenali92]

Rods and pistons are different
Oil pump/pan are the same
Heads/gaskets are different
Throttle body's different
Injectors different
In tank fuel pumps different
High pressure pumps different
Fuel rails are the same

Are the different parts coming from different manufacturing suppliers?

 

[Doubeleive]

So let's get an expert parts opinion:
1GYS9HR96SR271250. V esky
1GYS4GKL3RR291108 Non V
@915_Tahoe are the rods and pistons the same?

 

[CMoore711]

Not sure on exact model year and mileage at time of failure but they are happening.

 

[LewL]

That is

That is a pre-2025.

Not sure on exact model year and mileage at time of failure but they are happening

 

[RST Dana]

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Not sure on exact model year and mileage at time of failure but they are happening.

How many miles? Did it have you governed for the first 500 miles before it would scream like the blackwings do?

 

[CMoore711]

How many miles? Did it have you governed for the first 500 miles before it would scream like the blackwings do?

This is not my vehicle, and I do not own an Escalade V. This is just a screen shot from a Cadillac Escalade V Facebook group post.

 

[915_Tahoe]

Are the different parts coming from different manufacturing suppliers?

Are the different parts coming from different manufacturing suppliers?

I dont have that kind of of information

 

[vcode]

I think I read about some failures in Corvettes as well.