I'm with Paul here. GM 6.2 diesels are pretty common beasts in the diesel market, so parts are easy to find, available, yadda yadda... heck, you can probably get a fresh rebuilt 6.2 engine for the truck for what you'd be looking at in your price range for a truck. Or maybe even a 6.5, just make sure you don't get the one with the rudimentary computer...
-Kurt Paul S Cantrell wrote: > Daryl, > I say fix it. > > If you are willing to pay the amount to fix it to get another truck > just like it...why not fix the one you have? > > You already HAVE it and you already know its quirks. Availability of > diesel vehicles is below demand. > > Unless there is more that is wrong with it? > > On 2/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I was riding in the passenger seat as my son was driving my 1990 Chev > Cheyenne on Tuesday morning. It has the GM 6.2 litre diesel engine. > It was a cold day (-22 C), but the truck started easily (block heater > had been used). We were about 4 km out when I heard a new top end > racket as he accelerated out of a curve. The check gauges light came > on, and the oil pressure was reading zero. I had him pull over and > shut down, hoping we were quick enough to avoid damage. > > Yesterday, I got the preliminary report from the mechanic. The oil > pump failed, so the engine was not being lubricated. It is not > seized > (the engine never got up to temperature on the trip), but there are a > lot of ugly noises, even at idle. I trust this shop, and have for > years. They figure a bottom-end rebuild is in order, but question the > value of proceeding on an 18-year-old truck. The rebuild estimate is > approximately what I paid for the truck a year and a half ago. > > Ironically, this occurred while I was on my way to a funeral. (I made > it, but I was late. The tow truck driver dropped us off at the > church > on the way to the garage. We're on a first name basis. My son thinks > that's funny.) > > I have been running B20 for the past year. I don't think that has > anything to do with the oil pump going. Just posting this as a > warning to others that this is something to watch out for in the GM > engines of this vintage. > > The truck doesn't get a lot of use, as a rule, but I figure it paid > for itself in the time I had it. It carried and pulled a lot in the > times it was used. > > I have started looking for a replacement, but there isn't much to > choose from in the low end of the market in terms of diesels. There > are some large cube vans available at the top end of my price range > (up to Cdn$4500), but they would present an issue in terms of parking. > I need something that can pull up to 3500 pounds (Class 2), and > carry "ugly" cargo (compost, scrap metal, used construction > material). > Pretty doesn't matter - in fact ugly has proven advantageous in > terms or reducing requests to borrow the last vehicle. Robust and > reliable does matter, as others drive the vehicle more often than I > do. I'm thinking either pickup truck or full-size van. Any other > thoughts? It took me more than a year to find a diesel the last time, > and I don't have the luxury of that much time now. Suggestions? > > -- > Darryl McMahon > It's your planet. If you won't look after it, who will? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > -- > Thanks, > PC > > He's the kind of a guy who lights up a room just by flicking a switch > > An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made > in a very narrow field. - Niels Bohr (1885 - 1962) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
