After some deliberation I decided to go with Valvoline Restore & Protect for this oil change. Cost was about $10-$12 more than the Castrol GTX High Mileage I have been using for many years...
Yes, engine speed can be controlled bi-directionally using a Tech 2 or an advanced scan tool. That said, I have had poor results using my VCX Nano and Tech 2 S/W running on my laptop; the RPM's...
What am I doing today? Sweating my arse off, our 2 year old heat pump compressor died yesterday afternoon in a heat wave that's hot even for Arizona. Just had a whole new system installed 2 years...
Got the trailer lined up to the -X- no problem.... And thats when the fun started of "where did I put the keys to the trailer I have not touched in years".Pulled it out onto the driveway,
Found...
Took some staged pics, and figured I might as well flush and bleed my brakes while I was at it. Hadn't bled them in years, so the bleeder screws were pretty feisty. Kinda rounded off the rear...
*ugly reinforcement for hatch license plate pocket hack*
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On my pocket, the stud behind the handle is gone, and one of the side studs base is cracking.
(example pic from ebay)
Reinforcing...
The Sierra is at 107K km. Yesterday, I did an oil change. It's early at 65% OLM and just 4K km on the oil but watching The Motor Oil Geek on YT, found out that the ACDelco 0w20 DexosD (group 3...
Dropped Envoy off Tuesday morning, got the call last night that the leak was pinpointed to the rear main seal. Because of the time, and oversight they're going to drop the trans and replace both...
The slowness of the site, I suspect, are AI scraper bots. Had the same problem on the Caprice site so it has been locked down and available only to registered members after manual vetting, no...
I've seen that at the dealership as well, during my brief service writer stint. I'm playing it safe, and requesting that the senior tech be the one to work on it this time. Oh I also need to...
The reason I warned about this, is that when I ran shops, I saw some mechanics that rushed to do a comeback and still created a problem. I had to let some of them go, if the problem was repeated...
I'm good buddies with the shop manager, texted him this morning after work and was told to drop her off Tuesday morning. Gonna let him know I want the work checked over by him each step of the...
Well that didn't take long, went to move the Envoy at work and saw a fresh spot of oil. Sure enough I get home, and see little droplets as it's running in the driveway. :Banghead:
Keep a very close eye on the pan seal for any leaks. When a mechanic has to do a comeback, they can rush sometimes and skip some steps or not be very clean in the process.
Got the call this afternoon the Envoy was ready, headed down to the shop and yeah. The tech who reinstalled the pick up tube, indeed pinched the o-ring causing it to not seal. So they replaced it...
Back after almost a year of dealing with health and family issues.
Had the Envoy put into storage after the oil leak got worse. Found the oil pan was leaking at the rear of the block, so I...
My daughter said the headlights went out on the 2006 TB, only the lows as both highs work fine.
Wife figures maybe the switch or fuses, as what are the chances both went out at the same time...
The amount of grease at the end of boot shows it is not a fresh tear. Plus, that whole side is wet. You have other leaks, IMO.
Got vehicle back from where? You would think a shop would have...
Literally just got the car back on Thursday and now its back in the shop because road workers gave last second warnings to get over a lane and making it impossible to avoid debris in the road...
Back in September when I got my tires replaced, the tech told me some of my bushings were bad, and was allowing movement, so my new tires would get worn out. When I asked him which bushings, he...
Checking in! I've been pretty busy at work covering for my supervisor.
The Voy is just in my driveway waiting for me to pay it some attention. The only thing I've done is pull it of the driveway...
We are overhauling the styles and advertisements to keep up with modern advancements. Unfortunately, we have to do it while the site is live which can present temporary anomalies. Some of you may...
Nothing much for the 2006 TB. I checked the oil level and ac drain one day, looks good. I had vapor out of the vents this summer. I had topped up the refrigerant and it blows icy cold. This...