Has the belt stretched? I have been having bad luck with new belts lately. The "Green Stripe" Gates are the only ones I have found locally that don't stretch.
The reviews I read in a couple of farming magazines have them pulling low to mid 20s for mileage, in 3/4 tons. They said their new gas engine was doing fairly well too.
Statement to highlighted text. I'm not sure what you mean by "towards the truck", but on the GM8 the wastegate lever should be pulled up, towards the hood.
Yep. In early 96 they had a single T-stat that exited to the rear to clear the A/C. It should also have the LO-Flow water pump from 95. The HO pump and dual stats came in in late 96.
I tried to blow the junk out of mine with a pressure washer. I thought I had done a good job until I pulled the radiator a few months later and saw all the junk that was between the oil coolers and condenser. To clean them right they need to be seperated and the radiator needs to come out.
"I manually operated the waste gate at different rpm's and had no reported difference with the scan tool or audibly."
Turbo won't do much of anything, if you are in Park. It needs to have a load on it to make boost.
:iagree: with Buddy
Not only have you changed your gearing 12%, you also have a much heavier tire to rotate. This is much worse than having a higher gear and a smaller tire.