Duramax Just Quit Running

[EdHale]

My '06 LBZ has 190,000 on the clock and that plastic bleed screw scared me enough through the years I bought the aluminum one from JK. I assume he still sells it - great addition. IMHO

[DmaxMaverick]

My '06 LBZ has 190,000 on the clock and that plastic bleed screw scared me enough through the years I bought the aluminum one from JK. I assume he still sells it - great addition. IMHO

Mine is stainless steel (Lubrication Specialist). I gave my original plastic screw to a friend who cracked his while camping in the desert a few years ago (2003 model). I replaced the original plastic screw for the same reason long before then. It looked like something that could fail at any time, for a variety of reasons. If the bleeder doesn't seal, the engine doesn't run (in OEM configuration). Actual failures have been rare, but they have happened. If GM or Parker really needed to save 20 cents, they surely could have done it somewhere else.

[a5150nut]

Dammit! Now Im going to have to replace my plastic screw. If I don't I know I will get stuck out some where. . . . .

[trbankii]

If GM or Parker really needed to save 20 cents, they surely could have done it somewhere else.

The downside is that the beancounters look at the money they can save over the production of however many vehicles, not what they are saving as it relates to the ownership of the product.

[a5150nut]

Like a local GM dealer here in Knoxville that on an oil change leaves it 1/2 qt. low. At 30 a day thats 15 qts saved

[More Power]

Anyone know what the final outcome was?

[onlychild]

I got it back Monday. I've been so busy on the race car all week I haven't posted the results.

The day after jury duty I drove my friends pickup back to his tire store. We drove his son's two vehicle over to the track where I called AAA. By the time I got the truck separated from the trailer the flat bed was there. So I didn't have a chance to try and reprime the truck or use my code reader. Besides the tow was covered so why chance getting stuck on the road on the way home? I towed my trailer and race car home with a Ford F-350

Turns out the service writer and my son (a former GMC service writer also) knew each other in Michigan. It helped.

The fuel filter housing was cracked. They fixed that and sent me on my way.

On looking back recall noticing some spots on the ground while waiting in line to enter the race track. They were in the same area where the A/C drains water. I wondered why it was so little. Now I know, it was diesel fuel.

[DmaxMaverick]

That's great you got it straightened out. Thanks for the update.