Sugar Bears 2015 GMC Terrain SLE-2 2.4 AWD

[Grumpy Bear]

More breather modification

 

3/21/2020

 

Made a new baffle with allot less open area. Allot less. Only 2 - 5/64" holes in this one. Manifold vacuum is off the hook since the rings seated and it became noticeably wetter above the baffle. Added an ounce of oil above recent intervals to make full. This may take some fine tuning. Last two tanks since ring seating. 

 

 

3/22/2022

 

Parked awaiting a wheel bearing on Thursday I hope. 

 

0.366". That's how much difference on the stick 3* of driveway slope makes. Almost 1/8th of an inch per degree of slope. How much is 3*? A six inch difference over a Terrains wheelbase. About 1/2 of the cross hatch area.  

 

 

 

 

Edited March 23, 2022 by Grumpy Bear
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[Grumpy Bear]

 

 

As rings seal fuel usage declines which makes oil consumption based on fuel used self adjusting to it's own improvement or decline as the case may be. 

 

The yellow bar is Dizzy's Before photo. Before any breather work. Before any attempt to free the stuck ring(s). Before Kreen. Before CUMMIN's Valvoline Restore. 

 

The gray bar is the academic upper limit and the orange the lower limit of expected use. Most of my motors run far below that minimum number. 

 

The blue bar is tracking the progress of the services applied so far. Currently that usage is 35% of where we started. 

 

While progress very good it is slowing and I do not know if it will ever reach anything resembling 'normal' but if it does this is going to take awhile.

 

Something like the frog that jumps half way closer to the wall with each jump. He can never reach the wall but he can reach anything short of that wall. So I'm not looking for zero or even what my best motors have done. Just something inside the max min line would tickle me pink. That said...until there is zero progress...I will continue. Even now it is manageable.

 

What is being seen IS NOT possible with WORN or BROKEN rings.

 

 

BTW the distance to the upper limit is terms of percent improvement is the same as the distance she has already covered. 35%. So only half way to the wall. 

 

In AM goes to the shop for other mechanical repairs.

[Grumpy Bear]

Service

 

3/24/2022

 

163,975 miles

 

Replaced both front wheel bearings. NTN Korea. $400 in parts and a duce in labor plus a rotation. OUCH!! 

 

Do I ever miss tapered TIMKEN wheel bearings. Could have been done in my drive for under $50 total.

 

Lifetime warranty on parts and three years labor. Okay that's a bit better.  

 

 

Now back to your regularly scheduled program. 

Edited March 26, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[Grumpy Bear]

164,100 Service

 

3/25/2022

 

Changed oil filter. Can't see much in it with a 10X loupe. 

Put old baffle back in. Blow by increase. 

 

Edited March 27, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[Grumpy Bear]

164,600 Mile Service

 

3/26/2022

164,600 actual

3,300 mile OCI

 

5 Quarts Kirkland 5W30 + 1 pint Kreen. 

19 ounces of make up. 6 in the last 723 miles. A cat killing situation. Almost out of make up oil if I'm going to get a second bite that this apple. 

 

Will run this mix 350 miles. Add another pint and run 30 minutes and drop. Reload with Kirkland to purge the system for 1K then try a second shot at RESTORE. Will not be graphing for awhile. 

 

Pattern. Runs awhile on fresh oil with little to no usage then as this time. Gets stupid. This was the longest run by almost double. Note the dot above the trend? Last add. 

 

  

Need to start considering other options. 

 

1.) At current patterns could shorten OCI to 1500 miles with zero make up oil and walk the dog until the cats die. 

2.) Look into the Jasper rebuild. 

3.) Cut my losses and push it off a cliff. But I'd like to get some of that wheel bearing money back  

Edited March 27, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[diyer2]

The Jasper option sounds reasonable. I think you said they have fixed the PCV and ring problem. You seem to have a trusted mechanic to do the swap, a big plus.

The rest of the car has been well maintained and seems to be in good shape. If you buy another car, assuming it would be newer the upfront cost and depreciation would more than pay for a new motor.  

 

[Grumpy Bear]

164,900 Mile Service

 

3/27-28/2022

300 mile OCI

164,909 actual.

 

Top end soak over night. 1 ounce KREEN per cylinder. Next morning added an additional pint of KREEN to crankcase (quart total) and ran for 30 minutes. Dumped and refilled with new filter. For 300 miles that is some of the blackest oil I've even dumped out of a motor. 

 

5 Quarts Kirkland 5W30

NAPA 27802 cellulose filter. (cheap). 

 

Long waiting list for fresh long block and it will not come with the fuel injectors, rail or pump. So making arrangements to install all new injectors now that will be swapped to the fresh motor if and when it becomes available. So I'm kind of stuck working this pig awhile longer. 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[diyer2]

FYI Grumpy,

You just never know about mechanical things.

I posted this in the thread - Post your latest oil change.

Changed the oil in the ATV yesterday. Things went normal, no surprises. Started right up. Decided to take a short ride because it was a nice day. Got about a 1/4 mile from the house and it started acting up. Giving it any throttle from idle would cause it to die. It would start but die. Then no start. Battery also dying. I pulled on the starter rope until I was spent. I figure carburetor. Walk back to the house, all up hill at 9200 feet. 

The thing is I used it recently to plow snow. No problems.

Get the truck, tow strap and wife. Tow it back to the garage. 

Quick look over and found nothing. Hook up battery charger. Do some more looking and can find no problems.

Add 2 gallons of gas, tank was half full. Also add 3 ounces of Berrymans B12. 

The gas in it had 1 ounce of Sea Foam per gallon. My normal winter habit. Help keep fuel system clean and stabilize the fuel to.

It starts right up. Let it idle for about 10 mins. Try the throttle and it doesn't die. Give the throttle a good blip and it revs right up. Take it for a short ride and it runs great like always.

Happy Guy! Easy fix?

Time will tell.

[Black02Silverado]

2 hours ago, diyer2 said:

FYI Grumpy,

You just never know about mechanical things.

I posted this in the thread - Post your latest oil change.

Changed the oil in the ATV yesterday. Things went normal, no surprises. Started right up. Decided to take a short ride because it was a nice day. Got about a 1/4 mile from the house and it started acting up. Giving it any throttle from idle would cause it to die. It would start but die. Then no start. Battery also dying. I pulled on the starter rope until I was spent. I figure carburetor. Walk back to the house, all up hill at 9200 feet. 

The thing is I used it recently to plow snow. No problems.

Get the truck, tow strap and wife. Tow it back to the garage. 

Quick look over and found nothing. Hook up battery charger. Do some more looking and can find no problems.

Add 2 gallons of gas, tank was half full. Also add 3 ounces of Berrymans B12. 

The gas in it had 1 ounce of Sea Foam per gallon. My normal winter habit. Help keep fuel system clean and stabilize the fuel to.

It starts right up. Let it idle for about 10 mins. Try the throttle and it doesn't die. Give the throttle a good blip and it revs right up. Take it for a short ride and it runs great like always.

Happy Guy! Easy fix?

Time will tell.

So it sounds like it was out of fuel.  Fuel gauge bad?  Glad it wasn't anything major.  I know you use Seafoam but maybe try AMSOIL's Quick Shot?  I use it year round in my fuel for my lawn equipment.  Keeps things clean and when I put them  up from Dec to March.  They all fire right up.  This was even using E10, but now I can get ethanol free fuel so I go with that for my lawn toys.

[diyer2]

Hey Black02Silverado, 

I didn't look into the gas tank so It's possible the fuel gauge went bad. I will check it out. It was at half a tank and went to 7/8 when I added gas. 

Took it for a 14 mile ride yesterday, ran great. Shut it off twice to look at the view, started right up. 

[Grumpy Bear]

3/30/2022

 

165,300 miles

 

NAPA part # 6-024-PP

 

Replaced driver side wiper blade with a NAPA Exact Fit for $19 out the door. First non GM Direct Fit wiper in years. Let's see if that dog will hunt. 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[diyer2]

$19 for a wiper blade. No way. 

[Grumpy Bear]

1 hour ago, diyer2 said:

$19 for a wiper blade. No way. 

 

Yea WAY

 

 

The GM Direct Fit blade is $25!  When I was younger and more strapped for cash I bought ANCO most of the time from filling stations for say $7 a blade or less and replaced them at minimum twice a year. Once in the spring and once just before snow fall. And they always need replacing. 

 

When I started buying GM Direct Fit for that seemingly absurd price I found I replaced blades about once every three years before failure occurred. 

 

So cheap blades (2 X $7) X 3 = $42 for three years OR $25 GM Direct Fit for 3 years. Not a hard choice for me. 

 

I saw these Exact Fit blades a NAPA that not only look identical to the GM blade in every respect BUT are even marked the same on the body.  So....lets see it this dog will hunt. I'm out little and have much to gain. That's not even really gambling, is it? 

 

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While I'm here ordered GM Direct Fit fuel injectors ACDELCO 2173427 from Rock Auto $309.35 tax and shipping included for next Tuesday delivery.

 

Local dealership was over a $150 more!!!

 

 

 

Edited March 31, 2022 by Grumpy Bear

[diyer2]

I believe we have been down this road before. I will guy Goodyear blades at Costco on sale, $8 I think the last time I bought them. 

Like all things we all have our ways and means. 

Our vehicles are garaged so this may help with deterioration, no sun. They last me a year.

Edited March 31, 2022 by diyer2

[Grumpy Bear]

2 minutes ago, diyer2 said:

I believe we have been down this road before. I will guy Goodyear blades at Costco on sale, $8 I think the last time I bought them. 

Like all things we all have our ways and means. (Yes we do. Isn't that nice?) 

 

Truthfully I wouldn't have even tried these except for the fact(s) that one failed while on the way to the Vet and I couldn't be late and it was raining AND they required zero adaptors. Opportunity meets availability and crashes into need. Let's make lemonade. Took a month to get that appointment. 

 

What kind of service life have you been getting from the Goodyear?