How I change LS oil pump in the car replacement 2009 Tahoe 5.3

Here we find our selves changing a ls oil pump again
This is how I do it hope y’all enjoy
[e-mail]

[@AzraelAOD6043]

my savior. had to check why my moms oil pressure was so low and this was why. Thanks for the great video

[@blindguysgarage]

Your welcome one of the most common issues is the oil pump pick up O-ring also a good high volume pump in an LS engine never hurts either

[@Thelifeoflarry84]

Awesome video I was dreading doing mine due to the front differential but seeing you do it this way motivated me to do it this weekend

[@blindguysgarage]

All you have to do is loosen the oil pan bolts all around and be very carefull taking the one oil pickup bolt out the rest is gravy

[@-clif1987]

Pretty solid video. 2013 avalanche 100k mi A few questions. I have full dod delete., cover bare lifters timing chain 20k miles ago. The melling high volume pump oil pressure has never been great. Less than 40 cold 19 or 20 hot then just started dropping low less than 10 and lifter tick. Where would you start on this? Do you think I had a bad pump out the box or something else? I already spent 4k and don’t really have the money to throw at it. Should I just bite it and try a new pump? Thanks man for any help.

[@blindguysgarage]

Probably a bad pump, but I have to ask. Did they do a DOD tower plug kit because it also could be the O-rings on your DOD plate If it were mine, I would pull front cover and replace oil pump and cam thrust plate And hope that makes the issue go away, unfortunately without seeing it in person kind of hard to tell what exactly to do, but that’s definitely where I would start

[@blindguysgarage]

Also, the reason you’re not seeing extremely good oil pressure is because these have a check valve made into the oil filter housing in the oil pan that is designed to let pressure off so it won’t over pressurize the DOD system

[@melvintuckerjr2450]

Great video 👍 And the way you did your oil pump install was nice. I have seen some people shim the pump gear first before bolting the whole pump together. Is that even necessary ?

[@blindguysgarage]

Thank you as for shimming the pump I have changed mine of these and never needed to. I hate dropping the oil pan and as I said I like to disassemble the pump clean it and pack it with Vaseline any way just the way I was taught to do these things. It is supposed to help pickup oil faster and lubricate the pump untill it gets oil.

[@Country_Grammar]

how in the hell did you get the oil pickup tubes bolt back in, im currently changing an oil pump on my 2005 tahoe Lt 5.3L. cant figure out how to get it back in

[@blindguysgarage]

I used a magnet to hold the bolt while going in, pushed it to place then up with a single finger and then ratchet wrenched it in

[@blindguysgarage]

Not fun but better than dropping the pan if 2 Wheel Dr. I just dropped the pan though

[@clydedaniels7257]

I think i missed it, did you a standard or high volume pump?

[@blindguysgarage]

I use a High volume oil pump on these and if I rember right the factery also uses a high volume pump on all AFM-DOD engines

[@timkeener5501]

How much do you charge to do one? I have one that needs to be done.

[@blindguysgarage]

Typically around 700 including oil pump and timing cover gasket set

[@timkeener5501]

Are you near Brunswick Georgia?

[@blindguysgarage]

@@timkeener5501 Winston GA 30187

[@JoseHernandezserrano-95]

I got a question is this a 4wd truck ?

[@blindguysgarage]

@@JoseHernandezserrano-95 yes it is four-wheel drives are not much fun to work on as the front differential is in the way for doing the oil pump so what I do on these as I loosen all of the oil pan bolts and let it sag in the front to get the oil pick up tube boat loose be very careful not to drop it or your pulling the front diff out to get the pan off

[@dustinbrown6137]

Why’d you pack the oil pump with Vaseline

[@blindguysgarage]

I do this to make it easer to pickup oil not really required but was tought to do this so just always have

[@tonalinamoore659]

How long did it take you to do the oil pump? I’m having the same problem. I have a 2009 GMC Yukon Denali 6.2 L and I changed the oil pressure sensor three times and it’s still on so we found out that I need to get an oil pump now. What do you think I should do because the truck now won’t start.

[@blindguysgarage]

Not starting is a terrible thing. Probably has already done the damage. If it is the oil pump it’s only a couple hour job.

[@tonalinamoore659]

I think you are definitely right it’s making already loud sound and also the motor is shaking as I can tell when I started it up I had to jump it today to get it started. After I jumped it and let it run for a while and then I turned it off. It wouldn’t start back up it just got this noise ,Just need a little advice on what to do at this point and thank you again for responding back.

[@blindguysgarage]

@@tonalinamoore659 can’t tell you for sure without hearing it myself but if you are having to jumpstart it, I’m assuming you have bearing problems and you are probably hearing a Rod knock. If this is the case, the engine needs a full rebuild or to be replaced.

[@dioniciorosado7763]

Where is the part number

[@blindguysgarage]

The oil pump I use is a Melling m295hv sorry I thought i thaught I added it to then description

[@dioniciorosado7763]

@@blindguysgarage thank you my friend .i have same truck with same issue 😭😭😭

[@dioniciorosado7763]

Did you remove the front differential??

[@blindguysgarage]

@@dioniciorosado7763 no I just took the oil pan bolts all loose and let it drop just a little and that’s it however If you are changing the oil pan gasket you have to drop the front dif

[@blindguysgarage]

Your welcome any time