If I was in this boat, with the loan and apparently needing a truck now...
I,d replace the crank bearings, or rod bearings , the injector or injectors
which failed. The oil pump. Hopefully everything through the oil pan.
Whatever is necessary to get it to run right,for at least a month. Change
the oil. Find a truck to buy. Detail the truck. Drive straight to the
dealer and trade it in. I have to believe a 2001 gmc duramax trade in is
more then 10 grand he owes. Don't know what the parts cost , but if I could
get into another vehicle for a few grand out of pocket,in bearings ,
injectors and an oil pump. and the trade in is above the loan. I,d be
real happy.
"Tom" <tjctransport@optonline.net> wrote in message
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> and that is why we don't buy japanese scrap engines. and before you say
> it's an american engine, the duraclacks engine used in the chebby and gmc
> is made by Isuzu, a japanese company
> <xblackoutx@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>I have a 2001 GMC Duramax truck that had the injectors fail and fill
>> the motor with deisel fuel to the point where it was blowing out of the
>> fill tube. The truck only has 80,000 miles on it. There is a GM service
>> bulliten that was issued that says they have extended the warranty on
>> the injectors to 200,000 miles and 10 years so the local dealer
>> replaced them under warranty. I told them at that time I didn't think
>> that running deisel fuel inside that motor had done it any good and
>> that the whole motor was suspect in my opinion and was told that
>> "deisel contains some oil so it won't damage anything". I got a whole
>> 2144 miles before a bearing spun and now my motor is trashed and they
>> are telling me that the area rep is denying my warranty coverage
>> because the truck is out of the official 100,000 mile 5 year warranty
>> by 9 months, even though the faulty injectors that caused the failure
>> are warranteed for 200,000 miles or 10 years . My point is that the
>> injector failure flooded the engine with solvent, basically, and washed
>> all oil away from the contact areas which caused the failure and the
>> mechanic who is working on it at the local dealership agrees with me
>> completely. I'm looking at $15,600 to get it replaced. I was hoping for
>> some expert opinions on the lubricating properties of deisel fuel as an
>> oil substitute. I'm no expert but I suspect that deisel is not really
>> acceptable as an engine lubricant, and I suspect that the oil pump
>> would not pump it as the viscosity is so low. Any
>> help/tips/advice/pointers towards anything printed that says DO NOT ADD
>> DEISEL FUEL TO YOUR ENGINE, IT WILL DAMAGE IT would be greatly
>> appreciated as the motor is torn apart as I type this and they are
>> awaiting the new engine.
>>
>> P.S. I've been calling deisel mechanics all morning and I have gotten
>> 100% confirmation that running your motor with deisel fuel in side of
>> it washes the oil from the contact surfaces of the motor, no ifs ands
>> or buts abou tit
>>
>> P.P.S. DURAMAX FUEL INJECTORS CAUSE ENGINE FAILURE UPDATE: Well, I just
>> got off the phone with the GM Customer service people. They say that
>> since the 100,000 mile 5 year warranty is expired by 9 months they will
>> not warranty the motor even though it was RUINED by an injector failing
>> and flooding the engine with deisel. The injectors are warranteed for
>> 200,000 miles or 10 years because they are DEFECTIVE ( see
>> http://www.thedieselpage.com/duramax...orwarranty.htm ) and are
>> going bad on a regular basis according to the local dealers duramax
>> mechanic. I talked to this mechanic at length who took the engine out
>> and HE AGREES WITH ME 100%. The mechanic told me that he has seen a
>> bunch of these injector failures and every time an engine gets filled
>> with deisel the trusks start coming in with low oil pressure readings
>> and "it's only a matter of time before they FAIL". He has told me that
>>
>> That's right folks, A GM TRAINED DURAMAX MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME THAT HE
>> SEES THESE FAILURES ON A REGULAR BASIS AND THAT HE HAS TOLD THE AREA GM
>> REP THAT THE ENGINES ARE FAILING AS A RESULT OF THE INJECTOR PROBLEM
>> AND THAT GM IS REFUSING TO WARRANTY THE FAILED ENGINES.
>>
>> Let me re-state the facts here: my truck is a 2001 GMC 3500 with 80,000
>> miles on it that only made it 2,144 miles AFTER THE ENGINE WAS FLOODED
>> WITH FUEL THAT WASHED AWAY THE LUBRICANT before FAILING as a result of
>> OIL BEING WASHED AWAY FROM THE BEARINGS. GM is refusing to honor the
>> warranty on grounds that in their opinion THE OIL PUMP FAILED AT 80,000
>> MILES which is unrelated to the flooding problem.
>>
>> If they are right, THAT'S EVEN WORSE NEWS FOR DURAMAX OWNERS. YOUR OIL
>> PUMP COULD FAIL AT RANDOM AT 80,000 MILES AND GM WILL NOT STAND BEHIND
>> IT.
>>
>> I suspect that eventually there will be a class action lawsuit that
>> will force them to pay up on these failures but right now I'm SCREWED.
>> I have a wife and 2 kids and make my living with the truck and now I'm
>> looking at $15,600 for a replacement engine from GM that I'll have to
>> throw on high interest credit cards if I want to be able to provide for
>> my family. They have me by the b@lls here. I still owe $10K on the
>> truck and now I'm looking at buying it again, basically, and I'm sick
>> inside over it.
>>
>> Any helpful hints on how to proceed or any other forums you could
>> suggest to post to will be appreciated, as well as any help in
>> spreading the word. My only hope at this point is to somehow generate
>> enough publicity that they agree to fix it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your help/time.
>>
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