The valve cover update usually fixes these. They love to leak out of the oil cooler/block off plate gasket also, as well as rear main seal and cam sensor. If you do end up doing a rear main seal follow the housing alignment procedure very well and it’ll stay dry another 150,000+ miles.
Hope it works! If you still have any issues, MMO the motor. It freed up my oil control rings and the piston drain holes. Literally no oil consumption now. It is such a relief to not have to check the oil constantly.
I had a auto shop teacher 20 years ago tell us, They would pull the plugs and let GM top engine cleaner soak in the cylinders for a day to clear out carbon and free up rings.
@@trevin1691 Yeah check out Rich's videos on when he used it on his truck. I posted a video on my channel showing the same results (lots of carbon broke loose and ended up in the oil filter)
You're going to love digging into an Ls type engine! Great engines and the possibilities are nearly endless with what you want to do with them. Great video!
I ordered the Range tuner for my 2013 GMC Sierra with the 5.3, I went from using one quart between oil changes at 4,000 miles to 1/4 quart. I honestly didn’t notice a loss of fuel economy and there is less valve train noise now that the AFM is deleted. I honestly feel like it was a great investment!
Sounds like a plan Boss! I like how you did your research and are not going in blind. I also like how you know the strength of your personal knowledge and reached out to the Chevy guys. Nobody can fault you trying to extend your knowledge base. I would like to know how things change when you complete the updates please. God Bless sir!
The RANGE AFM delete will help out a lot. I have a 2006 GMC yukon with the 5.3 (pre afm) with the original valve cover and I have zero oil consumption issues with that motor. My very low mileage 2006 Monte Carlo SS with the 5.3 has oil consumption issues b/c of the AFM crap, but I have only put 26K miles on it since I bought it new in 2006. I have a 2018 6.2 Sierra and put the RANGE in it from the first week of ownership. I'm very happy with it and have never had battery drainage issues; even if the truck sits for a week or more.
I hear a lot of Dorman bashing on youtube but the last few Dorman parts I got for my old Focus have been quality pieces. One was the ignition lock cylinder and the other was the connector for the coil pack. For an 03 Focus sometimes Dorman is all you find. I don't know why all the Dorman hate out there. Hope those parts solve your issue.
They can be really hit and miss, I've personally installed Dorman exhaust manifolds that cracked within 2000 miles. When we contacted Dorman it turned out that we got manifolds from a bad batch that were made from the wrong material and never recalled. I've also installed one of their fuel line kits that would up being about 6" too long to fit the vehicle properly. They make plenty of good parts, and even I installed some of their control arm bushings yesterday, but I'm always a little skeptical of their parts because I've been burned by them many times over my career. You just have to be careful about what you buy from them and consider how much labor it will take to replace the part if it fails prematurely, sometimes it's just not worth the risk.
@@FordBossMe Every now and again they build housings with integral electronics that you can't even replace their horrible sensors. 1.4 Ecotec thermostat housings for example. OE part allows sensor replacement alone. But, you gotta use what you can get.
Took your advice and ordered OEM Motorcraft brake pads.. Found a really good price at a Ford dealer in Ohio and having shipped to me here in Texas.Dealers in my big metro area wanted a arm & a leg for them..Again thanks for your imput
These engines have a host of issues. Oil consumption, cam lob destruction, lifter collapse, oil system control pack,exhaust stud breaking,oil leaks . Made good money fixing them.
Since I've done two of the three upgrade so far which is AFM deactivation and the updated driver side valve cover I've had not one single issue the vehicle has been running great
My neighbor has a 2015 Yukon with the 5.3 and it's got almost 300000 miles but getting there has been rough for him,,, every known LS issue that you read about he's had at least once.. lol
There is also an oil screen on the block back behind the engine one the drivers side change the and the screen and it helped my oil consumption on my 2010 chevy Silverado 5.3l crew cab v8 with a cold air intake 3 inch catback mbrp exhaust with the dod delete you have that plugs into the obd2 port and I also adjusted my camshaft valves when I changed the valves covers with the updated ones and I also drilled the holes as well I put a 40k transmission cooler on it with 6 an fittings and braided stainless steel lines from the radiator to the transmission had to buy a new transmission adapter to take the an fittings also c he angled the gasket on my oil block above the oil filter because I noticed it was sealing out oil changed it tightened it down fixed that then noticed the bung at the radiator was leaking oil I was gonna update it from stock metal lines to the 10an stainless steel braided with a oil adapter but I changed the bung with a acdelco gm oem one and it fixed the problem and made my oil pressure even better now I don’t even have to add oil or anything inbetween oil changes every 4-5k burns maybe a little bit nothing noticeable and nothing even worth talking about
2007 chevy suburban burning 1qt every 1k. Did all this to my truck. Down to 1/4 of qt every 5k miles. I lost about .5 miles with AFM turned off. I have 280k miles. Good luck 👍
BMW has an inline 6 they use on their top of the line sport tourer mototrcycle with some oil consumption issues. After a lot of research and getting feedback from various owners, the primary culprits for it are top end issues that BMW will deny till they are blue in the face about until you prove it. BMW will even try to say .5 to 1 litre of oil missing every 1500 miles is normal and within specification.
Hey will you Consider doing a PCV fixed Valve Cover for the 4.6L? Idk if they even make them, But on my 2002 F150 4.6L there is absolutely No Baffle Plate in the Valve cover so it literally Sucks tons of Oil into the PCV line even after i replaced the PCV valve i can literally see the Camshaft when i look down the PCV Hole in the Valve Cover, meaning Oil is always flinging up to the PCV.
@@FordBossMe sounds good, i bet your 4.6L town car doesn't have a Baffle in the Valve Cover either, i just dont get why Ford didn't improvise and have a baffle inserted... maybe because they didn't need one when the engine is New.... but when it gets Old with Blow-By it pushes the oil up into the PCV valve......
Robs are you having oil consumption issues? I have an '05 Explorer with the 4.6 V8 and have had no oil loss at all even after 250k miles. Still have the stock valve covers just replaced the intake manifold gaskets that's all.
I do DOD deletes all the time i can honestly say the valve cover and the pressure relief valve in the pan needs to be plugged its the problem mainly followed by the oil rings being plugged up just my 2 cents!
International Truck by Navistar; I know them well. Class B, from 1993 until 2019. I recently found out they provided the engine to Ford for the 6.0 and the 6.4? Anyway….I got some memories….good and BAD…..
@@FordBossMe Awesome! I have a 2012 Avalanche I bought used. When I took the valve covers off I was horrified with how much sludge and hard deposits there were. I’ve watch your videos of the BG products so I ordered 3 cans of the EPR. If they don’t get it all I’ll bite the bullet and get the Dynamic kit. Really looking forward to the videos. You’re doing an awesome service here with all your videos. Thank you!
I already have a video for that regardless if people think it works or not but that's the process I have a video if you look at F-150 oil consumption you'll see it
Hello guys, This past weekend replaced the cover but I noticed that I had already the updated cover, my problem is little weird, no cold start smoke, no hight rpm's smoke, but when Im going down a hill just iddling when acelerate back trow bunch of smoke (blue), but after that no smoke. Untill iddle againg for like 10 seconds
Doorman left side(drivers side) is 254-965 , your kit is 265-969 and the is the right side (the non offending side ?) am I wrong here? Thanks by the way for the vid
It's whatever I told you in the video man they could have updated it since then but it's whatever I said in the video I would not have just said something wrong to confuse people a doorman may have updated it since then
Could you give me your recommendation on what dispenser to buy for the valvoline direct injection valve cleaner as $300 is to much for a diy tool used every 6 years.
Just got another recall on my 2017 Explorer for the rear toe links. They have no parts but want to have it brought in for inspection. What is up with these links? I think they changed them already on another recall.
I have a video on the inspection to and what they're going to do So before they were replacing the toe links in that was it This time Ford has actually said take the bolt out of the toe link Put it back in just the bushing and torque it down and make sure the collar in the bushing isn't bound up and then put a new bolt in The want to make sure technicians were actually jot just replacing the links but checking the pivot bushing also
Cleaning house huh.....yep mr goodwrench said its a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Oh yeah was wondering about the nissan truck...... I heard mention about something having to be done in the oil pan on those GM's but haven't heard much....hmmm.
@@mph5896 But as he said, it isn't 4wd. Removing the cover is the easy part. Cleaning it up properly and resealing takes all the time. If you're being paid to do it, its an 8 hour job.
@@FordBossMe Bought it new...pampered it and then it lost the v4/v8 (70k miles) effecting shifts and throwing codes. The doggle completely fixed that. Now it’s got the typical rough idle...appreciate your channel and hope I can find someone in souther California that’s 1/2 as professional and honest as you🤞trying to save my 95 bronco 302. Engine management (ecu?) issues. Love these shows!
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The valve cover update usually fixes these. They love to leak out of the oil cooler/block off plate gasket also, as well as rear main seal and cam sensor. If you do end up doing a rear main seal follow the housing alignment procedure very well and it’ll stay dry another 150,000+ miles.
Hope it works! If you still have any issues, MMO the motor. It freed up my oil control rings and the piston drain holes. Literally no oil consumption now. It is such a relief to not have to check the oil constantly.
I had a auto shop teacher 20 years ago tell us, They would pull the plugs and let GM top engine cleaner soak in the cylinders for a day to clear out carbon and free up rings.
And the Marvel stuff worked? Guess I’ll give it a try.
@@trevin1691 Yeah check out Rich's videos on when he used it on his truck. I posted a video on my channel showing the same results (lots of carbon broke loose and ended up in the oil filter)
@@trapperjohn3400 ten4 will do✌️
You're going to love digging into an Ls type engine! Great engines and the possibilities are nearly endless with what you want to do with them. Great video!
Ive started and so far its been super easy
I ordered the Range tuner for my 2013 GMC Sierra with the 5.3, I went from using one quart between oil changes at 4,000 miles to 1/4 quart. I honestly didn’t notice a loss of fuel economy and there is less valve train noise now that the AFM is deleted. I honestly feel like it was a great investment!
I wish you worked in central NY! But because of you I understand what the mechanics go thru with ford or any manufacturer. Still love fords.
Looking forward to your next vid on 5.3, I am having similar issues with my 05 Tahoe.
Sounds like a plan Boss! I like how you did your research and are not going in blind. I also like how you know the strength of your personal knowledge and reached out to the Chevy guys. Nobody can fault you trying to extend your knowledge base. I would like to know how things change when you complete the updates please. God Bless sir!
Update has been posted
It's been working fabulous with 0 oil consumption
@@FordBossMe that is great news! Keep up the good work sir.
I also have 07 5.3 Tahoe was burning oil same, I replaced drivers v/c with GM upgrade and that alone fixed issue. 110,000. Mobile1 synthetic since new
The RANGE AFM delete will help out a lot. I have a 2006 GMC yukon with the 5.3 (pre afm) with the original valve cover and I have zero oil consumption issues with that motor. My very low mileage 2006 Monte Carlo SS with the 5.3 has oil consumption issues b/c of the AFM crap, but I have only put 26K miles on it since I bought it new in 2006. I have a 2018 6.2 Sierra and put the RANGE in it from the first week of ownership. I'm very happy with it and have never had battery drainage issues; even if the truck sits for a week or more.
I hear a lot of Dorman bashing on youtube but the last few Dorman parts I got for my old Focus have been quality pieces. One was the ignition lock cylinder and the other was the connector for the coil pack. For an 03 Focus sometimes Dorman is all you find. I don't know why all the Dorman hate out there. Hope those parts solve your issue.
They can be really hit and miss, I've personally installed Dorman exhaust manifolds that cracked within 2000 miles. When we contacted Dorman it turned out that we got manifolds from a bad batch that were made from the wrong material and never recalled. I've also installed one of their fuel line kits that would up being about 6" too long to fit the vehicle properly.
They make plenty of good parts, and even I installed some of their control arm bushings yesterday, but I'm always a little skeptical of their parts because I've been burned by them many times over my career. You just have to be careful about what you buy from them and consider how much labor it will take to replace the part if it fails prematurely, sometimes it's just not worth the risk.
My issue is the electronics
I hate doorman electronics
@@FordBossMe Every now and again they build housings with integral electronics that you can't even replace their horrible sensors. 1.4 Ecotec thermostat housings for example. OE part allows sensor replacement alone. But, you gotta use what you can get.
All valid points guys. Guess I got lucky on the few I used.
Took your advice and ordered OEM Motorcraft brake pads.. Found a really good price at a Ford dealer in Ohio and having shipped to me here in Texas.Dealers in my big metro area wanted a arm & a leg for them..Again thanks for your imput
The rocker cover usually takes care of 50% or more of the oil consumption along with the AFM deleat
These engines have a host of issues. Oil consumption, cam lob destruction, lifter collapse, oil system control pack,exhaust stud breaking,oil leaks . Made good money fixing them.
Since I've done two of the three upgrade so far which is AFM deactivation and the updated driver side valve cover I've had not one single issue the vehicle has been running great
My neighbor has a 2015 Yukon with the 5.3 and it's got almost 300000 miles but getting there has been rough for him,,, every known LS issue that you read about he's had at least once.. lol
There is also an oil screen on the block back behind the engine one the drivers side change the and the screen and it helped my oil consumption on my 2010 chevy Silverado 5.3l crew cab v8 with a cold air intake 3 inch catback mbrp exhaust with the dod delete you have that plugs into the obd2 port and I also adjusted my camshaft valves when I changed the valves covers with the updated ones and I also drilled the holes as well I put a 40k transmission cooler on it with 6 an fittings and braided stainless steel lines from the radiator to the transmission had to buy a new transmission adapter to take the an fittings also c he angled the gasket on my oil block above the oil filter because I noticed it was sealing out oil changed it tightened it down fixed that then noticed the bung at the radiator was leaking oil I was gonna update it from stock metal lines to the 10an stainless steel braided with a oil adapter but I changed the bung with a acdelco gm oem one and it fixed the problem and made my oil pressure even better now I don’t even have to add oil or anything inbetween oil changes every 4-5k burns maybe a little bit nothing noticeable and nothing even worth talking about
2007 chevy suburban burning 1qt every 1k. Did all this to my truck. Down to 1/4 of qt every 5k miles. I lost about .5 miles with AFM turned off. I have 280k miles. Good luck 👍
Oil drain holes plugged 👍🏼also oil control rings stuck clean pistons replaced rings problem solved I have seen this on Toyota engines
BMW has an inline 6 they use on their top of the line sport tourer mototrcycle with some oil consumption issues.
After a lot of research and getting feedback from various owners, the primary culprits for it are top end issues that BMW will deny till they are blue in the face about until you prove it. BMW will even try to say .5 to 1 litre of oil missing every 1500 miles is normal and within specification.
Looking forward to the install!
What's the part number of the chex mix?
Come over and have some, my little girl and gf love that stuff
Let us know how you like the Range device. I’ve been looking at one for my ‘09 suburban. Thanks for the Chevy truck content!!
You are very welcome
Hey will you Consider doing a PCV fixed Valve Cover for the 4.6L? Idk if they even make them, But on my 2002 F150 4.6L there is absolutely No Baffle Plate in the Valve cover so it literally Sucks tons of Oil into the PCV line even after i replaced the PCV valve i can literally see the Camshaft when i look down the PCV Hole in the Valve Cover, meaning Oil is always flinging up to the PCV.
Yeah somewhere down the road I'll look into that whenever I get into tearing into the motor.... that's not anytime soon
@@FordBossMe sounds good, i bet your 4.6L town car doesn't have a Baffle in the Valve Cover either, i just dont get why Ford didn't improvise and have a baffle inserted... maybe because they didn't need one when the engine is New.... but when it gets Old with Blow-By it pushes the oil up into the PCV valve......
Robs are you having oil consumption issues? I have an '05 Explorer with the 4.6 V8 and have had no oil loss at all even after 250k miles. Still have the stock valve covers just replaced the intake manifold gaskets that's all.
I do DOD deletes all the time i can honestly say the valve cover and the pressure relief valve in the pan needs to be plugged its the problem mainly followed by the oil rings being plugged up just my 2 cents!
I have heard of higher mileage LS engines having the oil control ring ports clogged up. Personally I've never seen it.
Chevy has a lot of oil consumption. Sisters Equinox 2.4L major at eating oil. Piston rings i believe are shot.
International Truck by Navistar; I know them well. Class B, from 1993 until 2019. I recently found out they provided the engine to Ford for the 6.0 and the 6.4? Anyway….I got some memories….good and BAD…..
Yep they were International motor until 2011 when Ford came up with the 6.7L Powerstroke
Will you be doing a BG Dynamic engine cleaning on this truck?
Yes
@@FordBossMe Awesome! I have a 2012 Avalanche I bought used. When I took the valve covers off I was horrified with how much sludge and hard deposits there were. I’ve watch your videos of the BG products so I ordered 3 cans of the EPR. If they don’t get it all I’ll bite the bullet and get the Dynamic kit. Really looking forward to the videos. You’re doing an awesome service here with all your videos. Thank you!
Would be interested to see what the process is on a 2019 5.0 f150 oil consumption situation...
I already have a video for that regardless if people think it works or not but that's the process I have a video if you look at F-150 oil consumption you'll see it
@@FordBossMe thank you sir
Hello guys,
This past weekend replaced the cover but I noticed that I had already the updated cover, my problem is little weird, no cold start smoke, no hight rpm's smoke, but when Im going down a hill just iddling when acelerate back trow bunch of smoke (blue), but after that no smoke. Untill iddle againg for like 10 seconds
Are you overfilling it? Crankshaft whip?
@@FordBossMe no, just the quantity required, it did that even when were with a low oil
I recently read valve seals a distant possibility
Doorman left side(drivers side) is 254-965 , your kit is 265-969 and the is the right side (the non offending side ?) am I wrong here? Thanks by the way for the vid
It's whatever I told you in the video man they could have updated it since then but it's whatever I said in the video I would not have just said something wrong to confuse people a doorman may have updated it since then
You also have to remember there's the original style and then there's the updated style you want the updated Style
International 4700 was sweet
Could you give me your recommendation on what dispenser to buy for the valvoline direct injection valve cleaner as $300 is to much for a diy tool used every 6 years.
I posted in my Amazon store front
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Dose this apply to my 2014 6.2? Been burning lotta oil
I don't know I think some of it does but you got to do more research
Just got another recall on my 2017 Explorer for the rear toe links. They have no parts but want to have it brought in for inspection. What is up with these links? I think they changed them already on another recall.
I have a video on the inspection to and what they're going to do
So before they were replacing the toe links in that was it
This time Ford has actually said take the bolt out of the toe link
Put it back in just the bushing and torque it down and make sure the collar in the bushing isn't bound up and then put a new bolt in
The want to make sure technicians were actually jot just replacing the links but checking the pivot bushing also
Did you have any oil fouled spark plugs??
No
Extremely ashy though
Any updates on this fix?
It has barely been consuming any oil
Do you know if this works for the LS1 as well???
Oh and "those who mind don't matter, those who matter don't mind" :)
I'm not sure but probably so
Cleaning house huh.....yep mr goodwrench said its a dirty job but somebody has to do it. Oh yeah was wondering about the nissan truck...... I heard mention about something having to be done in the oil pan on those GM's but haven't heard much....hmmm.
Don't get uncle tonys garage started on parts store quality!
Do you know if 2016+ has same issues?
I have no idea
Would love to see some 1st gen transit connect repairs if you dabble with those.
I can only do it once they come in brother
I burn NO oil on my AFM Tahoes. AFM is turned off with software.
And if your dropping the pan, pull the front cover and put a high volume oil pump in it. I'll keep the lifters quiet at idle. Melling 10296
Yeah she didn't want to get into all that and I don't have the extra time to do it right now
@@mph5896 Dropping the pan takes 2 hours, pulling the front cover takes like 8. Not even close to the same job my dude.
@@MWilk098 Front cover pulling/installing on a 5.3l does not take 8 hours. I can have one off in under 1. Oil pan takes awhile especially if its 4wd.
@@mph5896 But as he said, it isn't 4wd. Removing the cover is the easy part. Cleaning it up properly and resealing takes all the time. If you're being paid to do it, its an 8 hour job.
I never understood the idea of deactivating cylinders...Too forseeable issues
👍👍👍👍
Deactivate AFM!!! Oil consumption will drop. They make a chip that plugs into obd2. Keep all those cylinders firing🤟
To see the video that I loaded this morning
it didnt fix my 6.2 or 5.3
So far so good on mine
Wow not the gm I know
How you really fix gm.is buying a ford.
I have one. The “doggle” works.......BUT......it won’t allow your “logs” to collect so it won’t pass smog.....Get rid of that GM...in my opinion.
Thank You
@@FordBossMe Bought it new...pampered it and then it lost the v4/v8 (70k miles) effecting shifts and throwing codes. The doggle completely fixed that. Now it’s got the typical rough idle...appreciate your channel and hope I can find someone in souther California that’s 1/2 as professional and honest as you🤞trying to save my 95 bronco 302. Engine management (ecu?) issues.
Love these shows!