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WTB Reliable small truck or car. Calgary Area?

djberta

djberta

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Oil pump on my 2017 chev died on the highway yesterday, so not a good thing. Truck is in the shop for at least a week, maybe more. I'm looking for a small car or small truck for a decent price to get me to work and back. If guys have any leads or know anyone selling a decent small car or truck please pm me.

Thanks Dave
 
DPittman said:
Sad to hear of your mechanical/economic loss. If your vehicle hasn't had abuse or exorbitant amount of miles on it, it is a bloody pity that one can not have faith in a vehicle that is only 8 years old.
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I only have 152000km on it. Followed all the recommended service. Plan was to keep the truck for at least the next couple of years. All that just evaporated. They got the truck in the shop and started pulling it apart, the estimate now is 3 weeks for parts. So at least a month before we get the truck back. If the pump is the only issue. Current estimate is $4k. No word on how much more it’s gonna cost if they find other issues.

So now I’m looking for a vehicle to drive to work. Wife works different hours in a different part of the city, so car pooling will be painful.
 
5.3 ? That oil pump likely ate something , like debris from ?? ....... thinkin , the cam and lifters on those are suspect .
 
Gearhead88 said:
5.3 ? That oil pump likely ate something , like debris from ?? ....... thinkin , the cam and lifters on those are suspect .
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Yes it is a 5.3l. I will look in to that. I was thinking something else maybe wrong like that last night.
 
DPittman said:
Gee the 5.3l engines have a pretty good rep as far as I know.
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One of the reasons I bought this truck was the reputation for the engine. All vehicles can have issues and I guess I just got a bad roll of the dice on this one. Reading up on the oil pump. I was lucky I didn't drive it any more and got it to the dealership. From what I have ready. The pump starts to whine as the inner section starts to come apart until it grenades and sends parts in to the rest of the engine. Its a variable displacement pump and looks to be really over complicated. As others have posted there can be issues with debri killing the pump or the pump just up and dying itself. We will have to wait a month now as the truck is sitting in the lot at the dealership. If it requires more work and money, we will have to deal with that at the time. Here is a picture from the gm forums of the pump failure.
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Cam bearings are usually the only problem with the ls series, bad luck to have an oil pump go

what parts are they waiting on ? you can order a gm genuine oil pump on rock auto today and have it to your door by Tuesday, so that is a little confusing

I wouldn't rule out an LS truck, they are very reliable, aside from the cam bearing issue. A friend of my has a 5.3 with just a shade over 500,000 on the original motor, his father bought it with a shade under 100k......and neither of them are kind to it, lots of hauling and towing. Im personally on my second 6l in my swapped 98 (after the first one ate a cam bearing....ran it with no oil pressure on the gauge at idle for 2 months while i waited to get my new block back). It lives a hard life with minimal drama
 
phaxtris said:
Cam bearings are usually the only problem with the ls series, bad luck to have an oil pump go

what parts are they waiting on ? you can order a gm genuine oil pump on rock auto today and have it to your door by Tuesday, so that is a little confusing

I wouldn't rule out an LS truck, they are very reliable, aside from the cam bearing issue. A friend of my has a 5.3 with just a shade over 500,000 on the original motor, his father bought it with a shade under 100k......and neither of them are kind to it, lots of hauling and towing. Im personally on my second 6l in my swapped 98 (after the first one ate a cam bearing....ran it with no oil pressure on the gauge at idle for 2 months while i waited to get my new block back). It lives a hard life with minimal drama
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This is one of my worries but would the cam bearing not cause ticking or other symptoms? Cam bearing bad enough to contaminate the pump to it dying? I am going to call the dealership today and ask what parts. I am a bit worried now as they said they were waiting on parts and when would be weeks away. I am starting to get the feeling that they are putting the work off as they are to busy. Rather then telling me up front. After your post Ryan, I will go on rock auto here this morning and go over the parts listed by the dealership.
 
cam bearings usually show up as low oil pressure, excessive wear or oversized bearing bores cause them to spin, followed by excessive clearances wich leads to low oil pressure (more noticeable at idle where the oil pressure is already low), you would see it in the oil changes. I have never heard of cam bearing wear taking out an oil pump, the bearing material is relatively soft, and usually fine particles, a catastrophic bearing failure might be a different story, but at that point the oil pump is the least of the concern.

its not really a common issue, its just the issue that is common (when there is an issue)

I think your thoughts that they might be to busy and don't want to get to it are probably right on point, LS parts are very easy to get, continual production since 1999 (with slight changes though the years), means hundreds of thousands have been produced and need to be maintained.
 
djberta said:
This is one of my worries but would the cam bearing not cause ticking or other symptoms? Cam bearing bad enough to contaminate the pump to it dying? I am going to call the dealership today and ask what parts. I am a bit worried now as they said they were waiting on parts and when would be weeks away. I am starting to get the feeling that they are putting the work off as they are to busy. Rather then telling me up front. After your post Ryan, I will go on rock auto here this morning and go over the parts listed by the dealership.
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Talked to the dealer, they are waiting on a single bolt. The harmonic balancer bolt on the front of the crankshaft. it is listed as single use so it needs to be replaced but really. Its available on rock auto from gm. I'm looking in to see if it is in Canada.
 
well thats shit, i would talk to them, see if you can just order if yourself and bring it in, they are waiting on whatever garbage supply chain they use. Tell then you will bring in a brand new GM one and they can deduct the cost of that part off the invoice (you will probably pay less than they will charge you)
 
phaxtris said:
well thats shit, i would talk to them, see if you can just order if yourself and bring it in, they are waiting on whatever garbage supply chain they use. Tell then you will bring in a brand new GM one and they can deduct the cost of that part off the invoice (you will probably pay less than they will charge you)
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I think your correct they are using some BS dedicated supply rather then looking for it, or more likely have taken on to much work and triage vehicles. And don't want to tell people up front the time frame, so they wont loose the business. Even though they just told me this morning they could not find one in Canada. Carter parts has the bolt in stock here in Calgary. I accidentally left the parts break down on the ladies desk so I will have to go back and get it.
 
I called the dealership on Monday.. Asked the service manager a couple questions, why were they waiting on a single bolt, why I got 3 quotes. After a bit back and forth. He said he would have his service agent call me back. Called me back later in the day trucks in the shop on the hoist being worked on. Done Tuesday afternoon and picked it up. So I do have my truck back and it sounds a lot better. This whole thing has me scratching my head. Thanks for the support from the guys on the forum, just needed to rant a bit and go over the options. Still looking for a small car or truck lol even with all the drama of the dealership.

Ryan when you had issues with the cam shaft you said you lost oil pressure? I will watch for that,
 
If the motor is making metal and your idle oil pressure starts to decline over time, then likely its cam bearings. There is nothing you can do, I wouldnt worry about it, just keep up on your oil changes. Chances are low that it will happen to you, and if it does, its a rebuild anyhow, its not a change it before it goes bad kind of thing.
 
Doggggboy said:
I've got 380,000 km on the one in my van. No issues at all and still doesn't burn oil.
I'd prefer not to talk about the 7000 dollar transmission in 2020.
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Weird, I've got 325ish on mine and it's burned oil since it left the lot. Every one I've ever known has burned oil. Does yours have not variable displacement?
 
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