Picked up a 2000 GMC Yukon XL (suburban) 5.3L 2WD

[bravo2]

Picked up a 2000 GMC Yukon XL (suburban) 5.3L 2WD. It has 141,000 miles on it. it will be mostly highway miles (100 to 150 miles)but thats may 2 to 3 times a week and local 10 to 15 miles daily if driven daily. I never used synthetic and want to try it out. I do not have a owners manual yet but ordered one. It has a vavoline sticker in the vehicle that says 10-30w. Far as i know the previous owner changed it at 3,000 miles. I am going to be going through everything on the vehicle to be sure everything is up to date and in good shape.

What do you recommend me using?
K&N filter still well liked to use?
Looking for some tires as well. Either seasonal or AT tires,stock rims.

 

[puckhead]

Welcome aboard! K&N is a good filter, few people including myself have the AEM brute force. Works and sounds really good! I use valvoline synthetic in mine but i hear the top of the line is royal purple oil

 

[bravo2]

AEM does not list a filter for my vehicle,odd.

 

[HitandRunDriver]

Thats because AEM does not make a drop in filter, AEM makes the Brute Force intake. I highly suggest an intake to put some zing back in that Kon. I've also heard of issues switching to synthetic on such a high mileage vehicle, I'm running a synthetic blend at 123,000 miles myself

 

[Z-56 Hoe]

#1 Congrats on it, #2 I use Royle Purple and I have 168,000 miles, You will be fine,#3 go with a Volant (sp) Air intake system!!! I have had both K&n 55 seires and the FLIPK and am switching, Oh and welcome to the site. does it snow where you are at?

 

[bravo2]

Yes it does snow here. Actually this is the year of the snow,lol. Its been very little here for so many years as when i was young it was every winter. But Man this year for weeks we been getting hit hard. If its not snow its rain, its been a rainy year also this past year. It does not snow like up north nor as much usually.

Radiator coolant- What is everyone using?

 

[rich5368]

Welcome aboard! K&N is a good filter, few people including myself have the AEM brute force. Works and sounds really good! I use valvoline synthetic in mine but i hear the top of the line is royal purple oil

People talk a lot about Synthetic oils and such. In High Performance race type applications it becomes a real issue, but for the average joe it's a lot of money. I ran a 92 Ford into the ground at 260k miles on regular old 10w-30 and my Yuk drinks Napa Premium 5w-30 from the shop i work in. I've put 152k event free miles on my little 5.3 and she still runs great. The only thing I've had to do that wasn't normal interval maintenance was the water pump gaskets at 140k miles. Just my 2 pennies on Royal purple, I really don't see the point in spending 13-15 bucks a quart every 3000 miles. Keep up with your maintenance use stock replacement plugs and filters (unless you've got a K&N or something along those lines) and drive.

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Yes it does snow here. Actually this is the year of the snow,lol. Its been very little here for so many years as when i was young it was every winter. But Man this year for weeks we been getting hit hard. If its not snow its rain, its been a rainy year also this past year. It does not snow like up north nor as much usually.

Radiator coolant- What is everyone using?

I live in Cheyenne and the winters here can get pretty brutal. I use the standard Dex-Cool 50/50 mix in my Yuk

 

[puckhead]

Yes it does snow here. Actually this is the year of the snow,lol. Its been very little here for so many years as when i was young it was every winter. But Man this year for weeks we been getting hit hard. If its not snow its rain, its been a rainy year also this past year. It does not snow like up north nor as much usually.

Radiator coolant- What is everyone using?

For coolant im just running what ever walmart has. What does everyone else use?

 

[rich5368]

For coolant im just running what ever walmart has. What does everyone else use?

Wal-Mart bought Prestone Dex-Cool 50/50 here.

 

[WhoRunIt1475]

Welcome!!

 

[scotfro]

Synthetic Oil

I choose to use synthetic oil because it is proven to break down at a lot longer life than conventional.

Go to amsoil.com and read the ways you save money using synthetic over conventional through longer oil change intervals. You simply justify longer intervals (amsoil claims 35,000 miles between changes although I'd never do that).

Just my $.02

 

[bravo2]

I done my first synthetic oil change. I bought the PP(penzoil platinum) 5w30, I beleive next oil change I will go to 10w30 do to it will be close to summer then. I bought a mobil 1 filter also. I wished i got the bosh filter I was going to get but changed my mined before I left the store. I planned on doing the 3000 mile change then on next one go 5000 miles. I forgot about the 3000 mile oil change when i was at the store,lol. I found out I do not have a rear main sea leak its a leak a minor one above the oil filter were two bolts hold ona something with a round upward tube all metal. The oil change place said it was common in these vehicles and they did not know what the thing was were they think it is leaking at but said it was very minor and showed it to me. I changed the air filter to a fram toughguard also.

I do got to change the trans fluids and filter asap (very soon). I will do the coolant and thermostat after that soon also. Both need changing. What should I use as for synthetic transfluid and also coolant?

 

[highrollin113]

hey welcome, im new as well i have an 04 yukon slt, i put new bosch +4s, msd wires, and a k&n drop in filter all for about $180cad and in return got about a 30% increase in mileage and a lot better response, as for oil i live by Lucas Oil additive with a 5w 30 oil for winter, good luck

 

[Z15]

I choose to use synthetic oil because it is proven to break down at a lot longer life than conventional.

Go to amsoil.com and read the ways you save money using synthetic over conventional through longer oil change intervals. You simply justify longer intervals (amsoil claims 35,000 miles between changes although I'd never do that).

Just my $.02

That's what I have been doing for years. Both my new vehicles get one oil change a year, Every fall I change the oil and filter. Last year I went about 12,000 miles on one oil change on the Sierra and over 7,500 miles on the Cadillac. I use the AMSOIL SSO 0W-30

I been using it for many years, they are a Wisconsin Company.

If you want to save $ and buy it at wholesale, join their version of Sam's Club Preferred Customer