Changed the plugs on my DD 08 silverado 1500 5.3l vin j. I've got 91,xxx miles, as far as upgrades, I have a vloant air intake, poweraid t.b. spacer, edge programmer (set for trans only) and a spintech weld on muffler stock exit.
Upon taking plugs out due to a parts house fawk up on p/n's, :shaking: I noticed that 3 of my plugs were wet with oil. Mostly on the threads of the plug, and sooty on the electrode side of the plug. The others were ok looking, except for the detonation marks from the wrong plugs given by kragen.
Of these wet plugs only one was in a cylinder that is active displacement controlled. The other 2 were not on the same bank. Now is this something I should be overly concerned about? I've noticed between the past few oil changes I've been consuming about a quart and a half of oil in between a oil change, now I see why.
Am I looking at a valve stem seal possibly, or an oiling ring issue? I've got another 8,000 miles before my warranty goes out, need to get another option before I take it in.
An help, experience or input is appreciated. Thanks!
^^^ I understand that, but only one of the affected plugs was in an active displacement cylinder, the other two with the issue were not. One of the two not in an active displacement cylinder was in a different bank. Thus concluding that my issue is not relative to one bank or just non active or active displacement cylinders. Catch my drift?
Any tsb's or problems anyone has seen with stem seals? I'm guessing this is my issue... Can this be a pinging contributor? Around the same time as the oil consumption I've started getting a pinging on a load or going uphill on a fairly heavy gas pedal....
i would take it to your local bowtie dealer and get them to start an oil consuption concern on it. ive seen heads replaced, pistons replaced, entire engines repalced...as long as it meets the usage specs according to gm, and your not satisfied-they will fix it. i did a set of pistons and a set of heads on the same engine(in a suburban) two weeks ago, burned just enough to get the go ahead from gm and the valve guide clearance was off by 1 thousandth of an inch-so they got a pair of heads also. worht looking into at least dude
i work for a local gm service center. alot of issure with oil cunsumption, we will start with a valve cover, that wont fix it, then a afm deflector that wont fix it, then we will replace the piston, get it to your dealer and start the process before your warrenty runs out
Thanks guys. I'm actually stripping the bolt-on mods off so they can't say it was the cause of my consumption. I've heard of the consumption problems, just wasnt sure if gm had pinpointed the issue quite yet...
I'm affraid I'm too far along in my warranty to be able to get this resolved. Had I caught this earlier, I would have taken it down. And had it not been for kragen selling me the wrong plugs, I would not have caught it.
Any tricks or specific complaints that will help them look into it deeper? I'm not trying to get a new motor out of it, just want to make sure that it all gets resolved in the short time I have before my warranty voids...
they will fix whatever the defective part is, and by fix i mean replace-its not what you are trying to get or not trying to get. your under warranty-you have a complaint-thats kinda the point of the warranty so you dont tell them to go fuck themselves and go by a ford next time. this is a common problem, not like your going in there as the first guy who is buring oil dude-very common. now take it in there before your warranty runs out!
Better take your a/m accessories off before taking it to a dealer. Whatever the problem may be the tech working on the truck, especially if you don't know him...will try and make this customer pay instead of warranty. Claiming the power up devices caused excessive oil consumption. Ask me how I know...:flipoff2:
I actually am a tech at your local GM dealer! You're warranty claim is now denied on the basis of this thread! :flipoff2:
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