Displacement On Demand Failure! Disaster On Delay! 6.2 in trouble!

[@sonnyhickman]

Been following Lucore's videos for some time now, the "no nonsense" approach to covering automotive related topics is very much appreciated. I've picked-up several good ideas compliments of Rich and Austin, Thank you Gentlemen!

[@bobg3034]

I'm a Chevy fan at heart but I bought a 22 Toyota Tundra because of this issue!

[@LucoreAuto]

GM no doubt lost a LOT of customers over this issue or burnt people who didn't purchase them. Horrible and costly situation.

[@WiSeNhEiMeR-1369]

HOWdy LUCORE, ... Thanks COOP ...

[@dougbradley1568]

Great content, love Rich and Austin quite a unique couple of men 😎

[@tluperz400]

Atleast you have some good music going in the background one of my favorite bands. POD!

[@LucoreAuto]

Always try to keep the mood and energy up in the shop with good tunes unfortunately that also makes it super tricky to edit!

[@mikemontgomery7337]

We started a new drinking game. Take a shot Everytime Rich hits his head on the rack !!! 😂😂😂😂

[@LucoreAuto]

Lol depending on which rack he works on, you and the rest of the audience might be in DEEP shit!

[@cyane1577]

Absolutely interested. No offense What so ever, but was getting a little tired of another alignment.

[@LucoreAuto]

Totally understand people getting bored of some of our content, there's only so much we can do to make custom alignment work exciting and engaging. That's a big part of our business though and how we spend our time, so it gets a lot of screen time as well. Thanks for sticking with us!

[@jeffjankiewicz5100]

You know things are getting serious when the hot wrench makes an appearance.

[@LucoreAuto]

Yes sir, it's a tool in our tool box, but it's the last one you want to reach for!

[@billmiller5075]

Great job

[@LucoreAuto]

Still a whole lot more work to go, stay tuned!

[@NoName-yr1jv]

Great job 👍

[@LucoreAuto]

We are just getting to the "dig in" part only the beginning of this story.

[@shawnpinkerton2105]

Same noise my 2021 made with 26K miles.

[@LucoreAuto]

26k!? Ouch! 😞 What was GMs response/solution?

[@andrewelliott4890]

Another one bites the dust. Had this happen to me not a fun time.

[@LucoreAuto]

How far gone was yours? Get away with just lifters? Or cam as well?

[@mikeburnett7028]

Hopefully you can do a short video on that sweet Nova in the stall behind you Austin

[@LucoreAuto]

Ohhh we might 😉

[@throttlewatch4614]

I thought only the 5.3 had DOD ? Hmmm

[@LucoreAuto]

Unfortunately not 😞 There are hundreds of thousands of these trucks out there all with the same inborn weakness.

[@richardclark5148]

ur going to drop a crate motor in that right? seems like alot of work for an old motor

[@LucoreAuto]

At this point we are going to pull the cam and check the bearings, see what's what then talk with the customer. Fingers crossed it doesn't have to go crate motor but if it does... 🤞

[@kennethchapman9564]

Of all the less than good ideas that GM has had over the years the DOD system is probably one of the worst if not THE worst. "Let them break and buy a new one" could not agree with you more Rich. Nothing scares you off a job.

[@bradchandler6967]

DISAPPOINTED ! When I saw the torch come out I thought you were cutting the cats out and scrapping it, but no, that would've been too sensible !!

[@LucoreAuto]

No sir we aren't a cat deleting kind of shop, that's not our kind of thing. Like it or not we leave that stuff in place.

[@bradchandler6967]

@@LucoreAuto Oh I wasn't insinuating that you'd do that seriously !! I just hate GM products and was saying cash the cat in and junk the rest of it ! Oh I watch most all of your videos and wouldn't want anyone to think badly of your shop, not at all. So if I gave you that impression I apologize.

[@johndillinger8482]

Why not just buy a new long block.makes sense to fix due to cost of trucks now

[@dw1370]

The engineers that designed these vehicles have no idea on how to work on them. Putting nuts and bolts where you can’t get to them. They should have a working idea on how things have to come apart just in case. Gm should have a recall on all these engines. No way should the customer be responsible for there big mistake y

[@LucoreAuto]

Ohhh you're striking a touchy nerve with a LOT of us, engineers these days aren't also wrenchers. Back "in the day" for the most part vehicles were easy to work on/take apart/reassemble, that's long long gone unfortunately. With the amount of engines that had this failure happen it's pretty shocking they never recalled them. However if they had, GM would have gone broke fixing it.

[@kevinz763]

HEY GUYS IF I WERE YOU I'D PULL THIS VIDEO AND RE-EDIT IT AND CUT THE DOD DELETE I WOULDN'T ADVERTISE I DO THAT OR AT SOME POINT YOU COULD BE IN SAME BOAT AS ALL THE DIESEL SHOPS!!!! JUST A FYI but this is great info for the little guys like me to know how to have to do these kinds of jobs because of the idiots at GM,FORD,DODGE AND EVERYONE ELSE....I'm not a Karen I'd just hate to see a great shop get reported

[@tluperz400]

Dod is not emission related it’s mainly for fuel mileage. I’m sure California or some bs place like that has something against it but the rest don’t. It’s not illegal to delete or disable the AFM in most states.

[@99Chevprobs]

Cmon stealership, you don't need to pull the engine.....

[@scrappy7571]

Total waste of time pulling the engine, OR removing the cab. I'm old and slow and do the old body in chassis. Tech next to me does the new body style both bank lifters in 5 hours.

[@LucoreAuto]

And how does old and slow or new body style replace the camshaft that's wiped out?

[@LucoreAuto]

Certainly not a stealership, we also aren't a shop that band-aids a repair and prays.

[@scrappy7571]

Remove rad and condenser. Slide out of the block if the cam bearings have not spun. We do 2 or 3 a week here, never had the cab off of any.@@LucoreAuto

[@LucoreAuto]

@scrappy7571 in the time it takes you to do all that we can have this entire truck almost completely apart and ready to be worked on. You certainly are allowed to do things your way, and as a dealership tech there ARE certainly things they are going to want you to do that independent shops don't have to.

[@brianstephanierobertson357]

I'm a tried and true GM guy but that is on of GMs worst ideas!! Buy a truck for a truck not a soccer mom grocery getter!!!. Fuel economy is not for truck owners, we know it.

[@mikemontgomery7337]

Wow. This job is gonna cost more than the truck is worth. !! Sometimes you gotta just cut your loses and move on. Kinda like an ex wife that takes everything you had !!😂

[@LucoreAuto]

It actually looks way worse and intimidating than it is. This a very clean nice truck and still has a good long life ahead of it. Unfortunately in order to do what we need to do, the easiest way is decab and work without interference. He IS now upside down on the truck value wise but as long as he isn't planning on selling it any time soon who cares 😉

[@sethster70]

When you have a lift this is just about as easy as any other method, and it doesn’t ruin your back like leaning over core support. They do it a lot on diesel trucks, but it’s just about a have to on them.

[@billyray8062]

Way too much work!!

[@LucoreAuto]

It looks scarier than it is but it makes actually working on these things so SO much easier. Otherwise you're skydiving for hours or cursing while humping a fender.

[@billyray8062]

@@LucoreAuto I was criticizing the engineers for the f cked up way they have designed vehicles since the mid-70s. Like Rich said in video, they don`t even want shops to work on them, they expect you to just buy a new one.

[@LucoreAuto]

@billyray8062 for sure Billy it's beyond frustrating and something that is just getting worse and worse. Not only are they harder and more complicated to work on but they also need speciality tools or programming once you HAVE worked on them.

[@billyray8062]

@@LucoreAuto Absolutely.