ktosv
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enblethen wrote:2007 with 4l80 transmission
If it’s an ‘07 with the 4L80E that means it’s a 2500 or 3500 with the 6.0L. Arguably a bullet proof engine, but the gearing in the 4L60E and newer 6/8/10 speed trannys are way more favorable (at least comparing first gear, which is critical for towing or getting rolling).
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enblethen
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"07 GMC Sierra Classic 5.3 Flex fuel, He uses regular gasoline.
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3 pages of replies and the last post that had anything to do with the OPs question was post #6 on the first page....
I'm guilty of starting the ball rolling downhill based on part of a previous comment that also had nothing to do with the original question as an apples to oranges comparison.
If we were in confession, I am part of the problem....lol
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enblethen
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I recently saw an article indicating 5.3 engines have a lifter issue. There is suppose to be a service bulletin on the issue. Free repairs!
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LITEPHIL
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My 2019 5.3 towing 6,000 lbs can accelerate up any 7% grade here in Az with no problem. My 93 suburban 5.7 could hardly maintain 35 mph on the same hill and my 2002 5.3 had to hit first gear but this 2019 5.3 8 speed is a towing beast for a small engine.
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Grit dog
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enblethen wrote:I recently saw an article indicating 5.3 engines have a lifter issue. There is suppose to be a service bulletin on the issue. Free repairs!
And the 6.2s apparently, from doing some light reading on why my truck might have pooped the bed yesterday...
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Campfire Time
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Lots of really vague information in this thread, and no one knows how to look up towing capacity in the owners manual? Accurate numbers certainly aren't going to be found in generic lists on the Internet.
Your owners manual has several pages listing all possible cab, gear, 4wd/2wd, engine, and trim configurations and their respective towing capacities. In my 2016 Silverado manual it starts on page 333. You'll need to know your gear ratio which you can find in your RPO code list. That's found in your glove box, it's a QR code for 2018 and newer (used to be a printed sticker).
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Grit dog wrote:enblethen wrote:I recently saw an article indicating 5.3 engines have a lifter issue. There is suppose to be a service bulletin on the issue. Free repairs!
And the 6.2s apparently, from doing some light reading on why my truck might have pooped the bed yesterday...
My coworkers 2021 5.3 just came back from the dealer with the same issue and had all the lifters replaced. His dash lights all lit up like a Christmas tree as well.
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Grit dog
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Thunderbolt wrote:
My coworkers 2021 5.3 just came back from the dealer with the same issue and had all the lifters replaced. His dash lights all lit up like a Christmas tree as well.
They only did 1 bank, complete. 2 collapsed lifters on the same bank.
Read a TSB dunno if it's the most recent one, that trucks under 8000 miles get ALL lifters replaced if even 1 collapses. Over 8k miles and just the affected bank is replaced.
I would have preferred all of them replaced, presuming the updated ones aren't defective.
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Grit dog
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Welp the old Trail Boss is headed back in for surgery again. Dunno which cylinders are affected. Presume the side they didn’t replace lifters on.
Twice in a month. Sure wish I’d gotten 16 lifters and not 8 new ones the last time around.
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