I had a 1998 GMC V6-4.2? that had 122K miles on it and blew the engine about 2 weeks after I switched to synthetic oil. This truck was never abused and the engine blew at 60 mph while passing. When I pulled over and got out, I could hear fluid gushing out and when I looked under the truck, I saw a very large hole in the side of the cast oil pan and a pile of connecting rod and piston remains. What I thought was water running out of the engine, I suddenly realized was the oil. It was so thin , it looked like water. The mechanic I took the truck to(and ended up selling the truck to) told me he had seen a couple of the GM V6 engines break a rod for seemingly no apparent reason. Upon teardown, he found two rods snapped and disintegrated. The mech replaced everything from the radiator support to the firewall and checked the transmission out and then he gave the truck to his son. The truck looked like brand new, he kept it in a shop and this was for abought 8 years. They put chrome wheels and new tires on it and it really looked sharp. I had to go witness the title signing for some reason.
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Today's Featured Article - Listening to Your Tractor - by Curtis Von Fange. Years ago there was a TV show about a talking car. Unless you are from another planet, physically or otherwise, I don’t think our internal combustion buddies will talk and tell us their problems. But, on the other hand, there is a secret language that our mechanical companions readily do speak. It is an interesting form of communication that involves all the senses of the listener. In this series we are going to investigate and learn the basic rudimentary skills of understanding this lingo.
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