Everything Wrong With A GM 6.2 Detroit Diesel

[@engir63]

Detroit Diesel makes engines for semi trucks and construction equipment when they made these motors for the blazer and pickup they did not make a performance engine they made a workhorse engine because that is what they know and many people put them down for the lack of performance without understanding this.

[@Dadcam_Can]

The 6.2L is probably the best light truck diesel engine at its price point. They were designed in an era when fuel economy was a priority compared to gasoline engines. As long you perform regular maintenance and don't abuse it it will last a lifetime. My 6.2L in my RV is already 40 years old and still running strong.

[@zombienectar]

I always run a glow plug controller with a manual pushbutton backup. Look for a manual 92-93 6.5 turbo , 599 block with 4911 pump. Bolt on a high flow water pump with a duramax fan and hit the road Jack !

[@j.l.1217]

My daily driver is a 1984 M1009 and I get the love/hate deal...it ain't easy being greasy.

[@cherokeeronnie]

I found it on a video reel on KZbin but I ended up finding your tag and gave you video credit in the description @smokedgarage

[@wes8158]

Hey man your glow plug controller doesn’t work sometimes because of the glow plug inhibitor switch. It’s a brass fitting with a wire connector on the end of it. Should be on the passenger side. I cut the wires, butt connected them and now my glow plugs will turn on anytime. I think they get stuck sometimes and think the engines at operating temp which won’t let the glow plugs come on.

[@wes8158]

If you go to change it be ready to change your coolant or be fast enough to put the new one on. It’s located directly in a coolant tunnel

[@SP-wk1en]

The 6.2 is not about performance. Never was. Do some basic upgrades and get some miles out of that old motor. You hit most of the high points. I also recommend trashing that bizarre fuel filter and adding a modern one with a manual assist pump. They are all over EBay. Also deleting the bizarre 24v resistor for the glow plugs.

[@cherokeeronnie]

No need to fix anything when it’s not broken

[@SeleneSung-x2u]

Your content is awesome! ! Do you accept sponsor products?

[@jhonsiders6077]

If it’s not a 2 stroke it still not a real Detroit . I have a shop full from a 2-53 to a 12-92. And a bunch in between , saving them for further old guy projects . Along with a bunch of 2 stick transmissions .

[@cherokeeronnie]

General Motors introduced the 6.2L Diesel in 1982 which Detroit Diesel was a division of General Motors at time also General Motors started Detroit Diesel in 1939

[@Sheisthedevilyouknowwho-ft9we]

​@@cherokeeronnieyeah, I have a 1 page slick paper with the specs on it when it came out. Detroit division made it. I remember reading how for years it was General Motors Diesel, or GM Diesel, then they figured it wouldn't sell as well if you had an International class 8 truck and it said GM Diesel under the hood. So they changed the name

[@thetoddperspective]

2 mins in and I've learned 1. Not very powerful 2. Not very torquey 3. Good on gas 4. Not very high horsepower 5. Not very high torque 6. Pretty good fuel economy

[@royamberg9177]

not to long lived 100, 000 miles as a service truck cast crank block crack in the main web head crack easy none to heavy duty

[@timehmalzeuzkeh7618]

I’m not sure that 6.2L of v8 will give you good mileage ever m8.

[@ST8KFINGER]

My m1009 military blazer got over 20mpg if i didnt beat on it.

[@cherokeeronnie]

I get about 20 out of mine

[@timehmalzeuzkeh7618]

Thats 14L per 100km, that is not good mileage by any standard. That's 50% more fuel usage than my dads Hilux, yet not 50% more horsepower

[@ST8KFINGER]

@@timehmalzeuzkeh7618 for a 5000+ pound suv pushing 40 years old, I say it's not bad. My 98 tahoe gets 15 mpg with a vortec 350 and about the same weight.

[@ST8KFINGER]

@cherokeeronnie guy I sold my trailblazer to knocked on my door with a wad of cash and my 1009 went home with him. It was not for sale but I couldn't turn the offer down.

[@jamesmaynard7534]

Halfway thru this guy's speal I went outside fired the one I've had for thirty years put it in low jumped out and ran over my own head!!! And that was better finishing this video

[@redrexxxx]

That’s crazy using someone else clip and cropping the @SmokedDetroit/thatdirty6.2detroit tag out of the video. Atleast credit the people you rip clips from especially when you put “video credits to smokedgarage” but not the other fellas.

[@cherokeeronnie]

I did it’s in the description.. the guy I got the clip from said I could use it but I later found out it wasn’t his either get the whole story before commenting

[@redrexxxx]

@@cherokeeronnie who said you could use the clip? I’m sure if you ask the owner he would be cool with it if you tagged him in it.

[@cherokeeronnie]

@@redrexxxx the guy that rip the video in the first place he’s who I got it from I just used the video. I didn’t crop nothing than I ended up finding the actual video of the owner days later after the video so I changed the video cred to him