OK everyone I got sick of fixxing my ford 6.0 so I became a trader and bought a 05 gmc 3500 slt with only 45K on it. This truck is sweet starts way easier in the cold without even being plugged in, Its allot quieter and even though its a dually it's getting 18-22 mpg. Anyway is there any kind of common problems on these?? Could some one give me some specs does this thing have a vgt?? what kinda power does it have stock?? But yeah sorry ford guys after having two 6.0 the duramax seems way better so far. And i'm pretty sure this rig will have more than 90k on it before it ever needs me to put head gasket or egr cooler or the trans the was starting to mess up when it shifted up. oh well please give any advice on my new rig that you can.
I have had my 05 duramax for a couple months now. Don't be so sure about the headgaskets the LLY is know for them. I did an EGR blocker plate and I hope to not have any problems. Also learn the ice pick fix for the injector harness. I haven't had this problem but alot of people have.
yes I need to put pics up asap the dealer gave me a 2 year 24k warrenty on it so I should be ok for now. this bites though i've never herd of head gasket probs on the duramax. Oh well thats another thing i like about the gmc theres alot more room to work on the engine compared to the ford 6.0. So where do you typicly get these pvc and egr part your talking about????? thats cool 600lbs of torqe and it feels like its all towards the low end instead of 3200 rpm like the 6.0
Look in you glove box and see if you see a FE9 code if its there then you don't need a sticker finger (so you dont get a CEL) for the egr plate so you can get them from most of the vendors here. I got my locally for ten bucks. The PVC a still need to do and the turbo mouth piece
You might need a finger stick to eliminate engine codes from the EGR, some guys get a code, some dont, but if you need one they are pretty easy to get too :happymugs
Try to post pics gonna try stealing them from dealer site its dark when i leave for work and dark when i get home could bring camera to work and take pics during lunch i guess
That is a nice rig you have there sir, but wheres the rest? oke LOL I hope you have good luck with it :happymugs
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