20 Most Recent 2011 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD - Page 3 Questions & Answers

Warm oil will have less viscosity - normal. If you think it is going down too far you can use a higher viscosity oil to start off with. Just make sure that you use the oil that is recommended by the manufacturer and you are good to go. Just use what is called for and fill properly - do not overfill.

What's the fuel pressure ? Hook up a fuel pressure gauge an test it yourself . fuel regulator ??? It's a fuel pressure regulator . I was starting rough and I had a diagnostic done. "They" said it was the fuel regulator. Hard starting - not starting rough . What year is the truck , what engine does it have . If they don't know for sure what's wrong you better try another repair shop that know's how to diagnose . Electrical problems can lead one to believe the fuel pump is bad . Doing voltage drop testing on the electrical circuit is a very good test. Testing Electric Fuel Pump Problems with Voltage Drop Test Plus doing current testing can pin point a bad fuel pump . 059 Engine Hard to Start or No Start Current Test for Fuel Pump

You would have to cut the pump off the pickup tube and add tubing to make up the lost length of the pump. That may be challenging. .

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There would also be a 4WD switch on diff

code for fuel to rich , get the engine tuned up

mains are usually 65-75 foot pounds., rods are usually 40-50 foot pounds.

if it is overheated what smart people do is have a wet and dry compression test done to determine the extent of the damage yes 180.000mils id s fair distance but about 1/2 of what can be expected if the motor was well maintained Not every overheating destroys an engine and what you call severly overheated may just be head gaskets or cracked heads for instance , when the engine was allowed to cool down, coolant added and the engine started , was there any rattles clangs or bangs evident, did it miss badly, immediately blow the water out of the radiator or did it start and run reasonably well What I am trying to do is remove the hysteria of what happened to get to a point where consideration can be given to a reasonable course of action unless you lost all of the coolant from a burst bottom radiator hose there is still coolant around the cylinders even if the pistons have picked up on the cylinder walls (rattles and bangs ) or the rings have softened the damage can be repaired with a cylinder rebore /hone and new pistons and ring sets the heads will need a skim to make them flat again and new head gaskets but generally all of that will return the engine to serviceable condition cheaper than a new engine and be better than a wrecker/junkyard engine a compression test will reveal the extent of the damage to start with , then the head removes will show the rest of the damage to the cylinder bores all you have to do is find an accredited engine reconditioning shop ( not the local mechanic as they will say straight out --new engine) and get a diagnosis and quote before you make the decision

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GM also offers a built-in trailer-brake controller on 2009 half-ton trucks. Like Ford's, when activated, the truck's ABS brakes reduce gain to the trailer brakes. In GM trucks, however, the controller gain adjustment and hand control are on the left side of the steering column. It's all electronic, not hydraulic, This link has an article you may find interesting Trailer Brake Controllers What Wrong and What Right PickupTrucks com News

The chime system is a class 2 databus. The chime is actually created by the factory radio and plays thru the left front speaker. If the radio is non factory and the appropriate kit was not used ( which has a speaker for the chine) or the front left speaker is blown then you won't have a chime. If you do have a factory radio and the speaker plays the music fine then the problem lies in either the data circuit or the radio. If you have an aftermarket radio and the correct wiring kit was used then either there is a bad connection, blown chime speaker or defective kit.

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