Recent content by Burbanaz

Thats a nice suburban lol looks like exactly like mine pretty much. I really dont want to pull the engine and replace everything lol i just want reliability and im tired of going on trips and worrying its not going to make it or that its going to overheat. Ill pull the tstat housing and see...

from what ive been able to tell so far it seems that its my head gasket or gaskets, so at a very minimum im going to need to do that. Then i figured since i needed to do that and the mileage is high i should do a few other things to help reliability later. It runs great but is starting to...

the main thing is if im going to do the work i want it to be reliable, if i cant make my current engine reliable for less than like a teds take out then i dont see why i would even bother with mine instead of just replacing it.

I do have some blow by when its warm at idle, if i take off the oil filler cap i can see it. If i re ring it do i need to get the cylinders bored? Im guessing the water pump and balancer are as old as the truck so im going to replace those while its out also. I dont think i have a squiter...

OK thanks I'll pull the engine then and the first thing I'll check is if its cracking there. Is it gong to be easier to pull the engine and tranny both together or unbolt them and just pull the engine and leave the tranny in the truck? The way I see it hopefully the are no cracks and I'll n...

Yea i built the bumper for my last suburban which was a gas 454 so i didnt have any cooling issues but im going to rebuild it and put winch inside and add vents to help with cooling. The truck is stock though engine and cooling system wise, i dont think the injection pump or injectors have been...

Ok im not sure which direction i really want to go with my engine. I want to stick with the 6.5 but i dont know if i want to try and rebuild the engine i have now or replace it with a military take out. I have a 94 k2500 suburban so im not sure which block id be starting with or if its even a...

thanks for all the advice guys. I know i can make the 6.5 reliable enough but im not sure i want to put all the work into an engine that has 205k on it and i dont think the previous owner maintained it that great so id be surprised if there isnt other damage like a cracked block or cylinder...

I have 205k on mine right now. Basically right now im trying to decide what would be the best choice. I want to stay diesel so its either new 6.5, used duramax, cummins, or 7.3 or powerstoke

Yea my suburban is 4x4, my main worry is reliability. I keep going back and forth on what i want to do but i keep hearing about problems with the 6.5. Ive had mine for about a year and havent had too many issues really except im losing coolant so im guessing its a head gasket, and im getting...

I know a swap to a 5.9 isnt that rare anymore, but every thread i look up gets so far off topic on the GM vs Dodge vs Ford thing that it becomes useless for info. I have multiple issues with my 6.5 and im thinking im going to swap in a 5.9 Cummins since there are a few local trucks that i could...

Any ideas what clear line to use? does it need to be anything special because its flowing fuel? If there is air in the system is there a different way to bleed it besides the normal method when changing the fuel pump.

thats not bad, ill order one

Ok ill clean them and if their damaged replace them. Cant hurt. I never said it was a wasted expense, just hard to spend 300 bucks on something that may or may not be bad. Im going to buy one though and try changing it and if it is good still atleast ill have a backup

if u have sludge in ur oil, and are always low on coolant its not that small a leak and i would guess any of the liquid h/g fixes wouldnt do much. I had a tiny leak in mine i think, i had no sludge, no smoke, and would lose a very small amount of coolant over months . I added some of that...