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Thanks for the comment and reminder to put the car in neutral!

haha, yeah it's about the same. Which isn't all that bad considering you save a couple hours by not taking the intake off.

@@JeffLyle I can see where my hand is in the number 8 atleast.

@@hitmanm818very true. Hey be thankful it’s not a bad oil pressure sensor on a Jeep wrangler JK. My some drives one and I’ve had to change the sensor 3 times.

@@JeffLyle it’s similar ? Placed in the worst part possible on that jeep?

@@hitmanm818much worse on the Jeep. It’s on the back of the oil cooler under the lower intake manifold. Absolutely ridiculous.

that's an interesting one. I've never had the pump go out on a Cadillac. But I have had the connector that attaches to the spryer that sticks out of the hood break. If you hear the motor running but dont see anything shooting out of the sprayers, remove the heat shield under the hood and see if the sprayers are still connected. If not, they can be found on Amazon for less than $20.

Haha you’ll probably take your truck to a dealership to fix it. Thanks for watching though. And I hope you get up and running again. Btw if you make a better video I’d love to see it.

I point out in a pinned comment that I show the wrong piston firing. However the point of the video is to find which pistons are up by the position of the crank and cam gear. Nothing wrong there. Have a nice day and thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching! Glad it helped

I recommend either making or buying a smoke machine. I got one on Amazon for about $100 that works great but you can make them for about $20.

😂 you must be new here. If screen replacement is necessary you have bigger problems and you’ll know right away since the new sensor won’t read. This engine had zero sludge and I actually proved it when I pulled it from the Yukon and did a few upgrades before swapping it into my 72 C10.

glad you got it fixed and did so quickly! I am not surprised by the symptoms you had (25psi when off, etc.) These things just seem to go haywire when they give out.

thanks for sharing. I wasn't sure about that or not so I looked it up and I believe you are correct!

Great tip. If I ever have to do this again I would consider that!

Was your front right door speaker loud before you installed the amp? If so it probably isn’t an amp issue. My experience was when the factory amp went bad, all the speakers went quiet gradually over time. If that was your case too, then check all the connections to make sure they are plugged in. If that doesn’t work I’d call mobile car audio to rule out the amp being bad. If you’ve had previous car audio work done, I’d be willing to bet some of that previous work has failed.

dorman 626-611 is supposedly a "permanent" fix. I stuck with oem since the original lasted 10 years and 100k miles... surely i wont have the car 10 more years and another 100k miles to fix it again... lol

@@JeffLyle fair, good point. My Y pipe lasted 50 000 miles but also at 10 years. Mainly use my ATS for city driving. I guess I'll go with OEM again. Thanks

@@UkrainianPunk180 I'm sure either way is fine. Good luck with it and thanks for reaching out!

Probably not. Do you have a check engine light on and can you scan it to see any codes? If you don’t have a scanner, you can go to a parts store like autozone and they can scan it for you. Let me know what codes you get and I can give you most common ideas to what you should look at

Thanks man. It works for the Jeep top too!

awesome! I'm glad the video was helpful and you got your truck fixed!

No sounds from any part of the valve train. It was just a bad sensor so nothing mechanical.

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Glad it was helpful!

Check your heater hoses. Coolant will flow through the heater core behind the firewall and those hoses and their connectors can crack. Let me know what you see!

haha that's pretty funny. I've done that before... left a manual in gear and try to turn over the engine... just doesn't work. However, in an automatic, you can still turn it while in park since the torque converter will let it spin.

Thanks for watching. Were you able to fix it?

@@JeffLyle Yes. It took me 35 minutes from start to finish to replace the solenoid thanks to your video.

Yes!!! Glad the video helped and you saved tons by not taking it to the shop.

No kidding that’s the truth

@@JeffLyle took me a few days to replace mine but I just got it finished using your method. I accidentally dropped the new sensor which fell further into the engine and that alone took a few hours to dig out. Then putting the electrical connector back on is tough because you don’t know where the 3 prong plugs are aligned. But in all it beats taking it into the dealership and then charging $700-$800 to replace a sensor because they wanna take apart the engine.

Glad to hear you were able to get it done. Nothing beats saving hundreds and avoiding a trip to the stealership!

@@JeffLylemy hand started bleeding a little and I remembered your comment that “if you aren’t bleeding a little bit then you not working” which is true for this job. Also I’m gonna use that term… the Stealership cause that’s what they are.

Haha glad I could pass that term on. Also a little blood helps you appreciate the hard work you did to save some big bucks. If you ever have issues with your truck and can’t find the right fix, make sure to reach out to me… I’ve seen it all!

Absolutely. If the screen is the problem you have bigger issues. I’ve proven that if you regularly change the oil and have no sludge issues the screen will be clean. Thanks for watching.

so they say i can leave it out is this alright and i wasnt hitting at you for the screen being left i just didt know if i can clean it or what ever all i know is my truck runs nice then when it heats up the dinger gos off @@JeffLyle

No worries! Yes you can leave the screen out. In fact if you ever do a DOD delete and replace the valley cover with one that doesn’t have a VLOM, then there won’t even be a provision for the screen.

You can also clean it if you want to keep it. However most people end up tearing it when they remove it unless they take the intake off to get more room.

Yes, I replaced the solenoid and cleared the codes and everything works fine. The hardest part of the job is getting the exhaust pipe out of the way to reach it.

Yeah it’s hit or miss. Sometimes a random tool or screwdriver works and sometimes you find out in 3 months that the belt was stretched too much and starts squeaking horribly.

Start to finish with the video took me about 3 hours. I've also driven the vehicle nearly 2,500 miles since I did the fix just over a week ago and I have no issues. I took the car all the way from Dallas to Phoenix and back and it runs great.

Ac delco 12636225 is the belt. I think they are like $25 on Amazon.

It definitely takes a lot of feel to find it. But it’s worth it to not have to pull the intake. Good luck!

Yes it was leaking due to the air getting in the system causing the fluid to foam up and expand. The fluid would leak out of the cap. I didn't have any leaking occur at the seals though.

that's what happened to mine. It gradually got softer and softer until there was just nothing left. Now I can hear it on the highway at 2

the link in my description is the actual part I ordered. It fit perfect!

do you see anything leaking on the ground? If so, you'll have to look very closely starting from under the car and moving up to see if you can find the leak. I like to do this with the car hot so the system is pressurized. If there is no visible leak and you dont see coolant on the ground, then check both your coolant and your oil to see if any mixing is occurring. This could indicate a head gasket issue. If that is the case, you may see white smoke from the tailpipe too.

Let me know if it works for you. And if it is still a little noisy try a bigger o-ring or the oem style o-ring. I ended up switching to an oem o-ring and haven’t had a problem since.

The screen gets clogged only if there is a sludge problem. If you change your oil regularly then you won’t have a clogged screen. I proved this when I pulled the engine and swapped it in my 72 C10 a few years ago. I daily drive that truck and the engine has 237k miles on it with zero sludge.

Dang that’s awesome! I bet that was a ton of fun

Glad the video was helpful. You’re welcome!

I bought this scanner about 12-13 years ago for $15. It is called elmscan 5 from obdsoftware.net. It's a basic OBD2 cable and some software that runs on windows. Since there is no fancy proprietary things in the computer of these trucks, any basic $30 amazon OBD2 scanner should work just fine.

You aren’t lying about #8. I almost don’t know which is harder, that or the oil sensor.

Is the #8 a pain in the ass? I am doing plugs and wires on my 11'

I bet you can get 1 through 7 done in 20 minutes. Number 8 is gonna cost you a little more time, some bloody knuckles a few bad words.

Remove the one bolt holding it down and then remove the oil fill cap!

that's a bummer. I hope you got it worked out. Mine are working great and have had no issues!

@@JeffLyle Thanks. I gave up on those and just reinstalled standard halogens. I’m going to try the Brand mentioned here and see how it goes

@@asadianbelifont3875 if you give these a shot, let me know if they end up working or not. If they work, you are going to be blown away by how much better your visibility will be at night. I am confident they will do the trick!

yessir!

I cleared the code, but it may eventually clear itself after driving it around a while

Great advice!

sorry for the delayed reply... I did not experience any shifting issues related to the vacuum leak. In older cars though, some automatic transmissions used a vacuum modulator to assist in shifting gears and they could experience shifting issues.

Not an issue. Turns out the tank is supposed to be half full. I overfilled my by mistake. If you happen to overfill it though it is not an issue. There is an overflow hole in the top that allows extra to escape.

@@JeffLyle mines completely bone-dry so I'm going to be adding some soon