RayIN
Veteran Member
Ya, the local GM dealership service dept. said the motor had to be raised up about 4" to remove the oil pan.$3K to change an oil pan gasket?
Do they have to pull the engine to do it?
I think I have seen YT videos changing it it a few hours.
BUT, they also said it was leaking at the oil filter mount; this mount is machined into the pan LR corner.
When I got home I put the truck on ramps and checked tightness of pan bolts; all were quite loose according to my ¼" snap-on torque wrench. The 2 bolts below the rear main were finger-tight.
I asked the dealer why the inspecting tech did't find those loose bolts, he replied "well the tech would have discovered them when he began to remove the pan". That's when I loudly said BS! and told him motor oil is cheap by comparison.
I'm still hung up on him saying the 5.3 normally begins leaking oil around 80K miles.
I thought about pursuing this and ask for the GM, but I felt my BP rising already, and I used to have a short fuse anyway.
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