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The Older Generation
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Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
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I bought a 2004 Suburban with the 8.1 496ci engine and 4l80e, for parts. I decided to see if I could figure out the problem with it. Scanner said code PO 306 cylinder 6 misfire. Do you think maybe this would cause the problem???? 285,000 miles on it.. Should I fix it? .
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
I say Yes.
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All about them K’s
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Yep. I love the 8.1. Torque for miles. They are one of the best truck engines GM ever built.
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Little JB Weld, good to go.
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Absolutely, if only to see just how far it will go.
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Might not be a bad idea to replace all of 'em while you're in there...
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Oh wow, never seen a push rod go through the rocker arm.
Wonder if it got low on oil at some point. I bet that was a dead cylinder.
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early version of GM's AFM, cylinder deactivation the hard way.
we are getting ready to replace a 5.3 in a late model GMC with AFM that deactivated #7 permanently. ordered a Jasper engine that eliminates the AFM garbage AND is legal in the peoples republic of commifornia. throw a new rocker on yours and drive the wheels off it. ![]()
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
I would throw new rockers on it . I’ve seen pushrods go through ricers before but that one takes the cake . Never seen a rocker fracture like that
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
As a mechanic with 35 years experience, I've seen that many times.. I've seen pushrods with the tip broken off, split rockers, pushrods that wear a hole in the rocker, broken rocker arm studs,, I even saw a pushrod go through the valve cover when the rocker arm failed, all sorts of weird things...
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
That's a wall hanger/conversation piece.....
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
Wow..never seen one like that
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
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Thanks guys. I have an extra rocker and push rod I will put in it and see if there are any other problems before I change all of them. I am also going to insert my inspection camera down the push rod hole and see if I can see the lifter to make sure there aren't any problems with it. I am headed out to do that now. .
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All about them K’s
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
This is from the 350 in my K20 a few years ago. It was an exhaust valve so it was backfiring thru the carb pretty bad and obviously had a nasty lifter tap. Slapped another used rocker in it with the pushrod from the picture and it’s been good ever since.
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
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I hope I will be able to say the same.... ![]() I think I need to check the valve spring a little closer on that valve while I am in there too. .
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Re: Bought a rough running '04 Suburban
I don’t know if I’ve ever seen that scenario before but, I’m surprised that kind of thing doesn’t happen more often. There are a lot of moving parts under tension and extreme heat in an internal combustion engine.
I guess I’m stuck thinking about the old harleys that you had to tighten almost every nut at 400 miles intervals. ![]() Leon, I’m confident that if that engine is salvageable your the man for the job.
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