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Alright so passenger side exhaust manifold done.. and new starter in place too. Wiring to started re-done and fixed my 4x4 vacuum lines which seemed to come apart where they were fixed before. I just took the plastic crap off and held them together while shrink wrapped together. We'll see in the snow in a few months if it works again.
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Ohh and I don't know if this is true or if it makes any sense putting it on, but my grandfather who worked in the army for 40 years fixing trucks and tanks; said that he always put / covered his bolts, rusty ones especially with anti-seise stuff and when it heats up it flows everywhere on the nut, bolts, etc... so that's what I did to try and protect them. I donno, worth a try I guess.
looks prettt good but if it melts then wont it also burn off?
Alright so passenger side exhaust manifold done.. and new starter in place too. Wiring to started re-done and fixed my 4x4 vacuum lines which seemed to come apart where they were fixed before. I just took the plastic crap off and held them together while shrink wrapped together. We'll see in the snow in a few months if it works again.
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Ohh and I don't know if this is true or if it makes any sense putting it on, but my grandfather who worked in the army for 40 years fixing trucks and tanks; said that he always put / covered his bolts, rusty ones especially with anti-seise stuff and when it heats up it flows everywhere on the nut, bolts, etc... so that's what I did to try and protect them. I donno, worth a try I guess.
Also remember, that crap doesn't just disappear. It has to go somewhere. Usually right into the Catalytic Converters. If someone already has high mileage CC's it can cause it to clog.
Besides what I've seen it do to other engines, It happen with my wife's 200k mile Honda Pilot.
The vehicle ran perfectly fine but AutoHoe sold her a bottle of Lucas fuel treatment with new wipers. I knew it was a bad idea but I put it in the tank anyway. (what could it hurt, right?) Three days later she was on the Highway, it started bogging down and it wouldn't go over 35mph. By the time I made it to her, it wouldn't even go 15mph.
The only thing I did to fix it was gut the cat. It previously never had a CEL and was a perfect college car for her. She drove it another 115k+ miles before trading it in.
Now granted it was a high mileage limited space CC but that's a perfect example of one of the unintended consequences of using these types of treatments.
Exactly! This type scenario is more common than one might think. I have some stories as well, - not sure which one I want to tell yet lol.
It' definitly not easy to know which regimen to follow or service to perform to keep your engine and it's components in tip top shape. I've seen countless cases performed by others and even myself early in life that have had adverse affects with performance and longevity. So many additives on the market now it's ridiculous. There's a market for it, - it BIG because so many fall for the hype...misleading hype! Allot of the stuff may have worked somewhat for the older generation push-rod engines, but do nothing for theses engines...more harm then good. Merchants can still push these products because it's not illegal to 'sort of mislead' the consumer. That's where these forums come into play. Many of us have learned thru interest and experiance to actually get to the bottom of things.
This is going long, so I probably won't tell a story here, but with these engines, - I suggest ONLY using the procedures I suggested in my last post in this thread. I'll add to that a bit, -
1. Only use the injector cleaner I mentioned above, - only in moderation. Not that much at all if any. Probably the worst thing injector cleaner does to the engine is ruin the spark plugs. If you go the least little bit overboard, the plugs will cake, bridge and loose most of their performance. The newer the plugs, the faster this happenes. So when it does, many are left with scratching their head.
2. NEVER use Seafoam in the tank or thru the vac line. It does nothing in the tank. Suck it thru the vac line and you either do minimal, medium or heavy damage for sure. Minmal-heavy to the O2's and converters. White smoke = product. That's all that's burning. Light brown to dark smoke and your melting, burning, deforming and plugging up your convertors. This is the worst product to use in an engine. It either does absolutely nothing or causes damage...so much so that it could cost you an engine with the first use.
There's no need for additives - for the most part, - just regular maintenance. Like I mentioned before, there's a few dealership services that actually work that safely burns off residue and foreign matter or removes thru a stand alone filterers system. Such as the BG Service and MotorVAC Service (a favorite). The Motorvac isolates and removes everything it breaks loose seperatly. Great service for HM engines. I use to get that done every 3 years, but I haven't put may miles ion the truck latley...so it's been awhile.
If you want some healthy longevity with these modulars, that's the best way IMO.
06-04-2015, 02:13 PM
What did you do to your truck today?
