butchlambert
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Get a dental mirror and look at the weep "vent" on the bottom of the pump. If no evidence of a trail or leak I would take a 200 mile trip.More short trips under 200 miles more than anything else.
Get a dental mirror and look at the weep "vent" on the bottom of the pump. If no evidence of a trail or leak I would take a 200 mile trip.More short trips under 200 miles more than anything else.
Young feller, I do not own a Chebby. Don't need another pick um truck. So if I've had the service that I have had I would change because of another car thread, I don't think so. We did a survey of our customers last year and their vehicles averaged 163,000 miles. We are not an oil change place, but we've only seen about 3-4 engines a year give up the ghost. 25,000 mile oil changes do not promote long life.@butchlambert are the videos faked on youtube with the junk in them, rust glue and moisture would think frams lawyers would be all over it. I am glad your chevy has that many miles, better take care of it!!!! have you seen the prices on a new pickup
Thanks, I will check it out.Get a dental mirror and look at the weep "vent" on the bottom of the pump. If no evidence of a trail or leak I would take a 200 mile trip.
Yes. I’ll add that certain cars like some Honda’s when changing the timing belt you would be crazy not to change the water pump as you are there already.That is a good question. Belt and hose change would be a good insurance policy before a long trip and your mileage. Water pump?? It is probably past its service life, but it more depends on how it has been used, highway or city miles.
Simply look it up.... There's tons of videos and even a UT student wrote a paper on it..... I used them forever but now I use Mobil 1 filters or factory filters only acdelco , Toyota etc... I need the filter to actually filter and not bleed down on modern engines... It's s shame but just another sell out....Sorry but I will ask. You found out they were ‘junk’ how? Collapsed and engine seized? Read it?
Hmmm.
I agree with what Alex said, I am not a fan of the newer vehicles longer service intervals.About 20 years ago when I was really into drag racing I remember researching filters. Wix was very well regarded at that time and thats what I used based on my research. However if an engine is producing metal or other particulate that needs filtering you have another problem. I think that regular oil changes are more important than what oil or filter. I have been into a lot of sludged up engines. Id use the cheap stuff and change it every 3k vs the high end stuff and try to get 8k out of it.