I didn't have a chance to try my friends spare PMD nor have I even looked under the hood to get started on other injectors. Broken lifter or push rod has always been in the back of my mind.
I am going to plug in my buddy's spare PMD just to check it. If not change, going to go ahead and swap out other 4 injectors myself as soon as I can find the time. If that doesn't clear it up....off to the mechanic we go.
Unless somebody wants to buy it as is. In the last 7500 miles....4...
Kinda what I thought too. He worked at a GMC dealership from like 84 to 03 as the head diesel mechanic. He got sick of flat rate and went to work for the county working their fleet of 3500s with 6.5 in them. I'm a born skeptic so we will see. And finding somebody willin to work on it is kinda...
Runs 10 to 15 under full throttle. 3 to 5 cruising. Uses no coolant. Not using any more than normal oil. No fuel in oil. I will have compression check done. Found an ex GM 6.5 specialist who works for county garage and does work on the side.
I have a 1997 Suburban with the 6.5 and about 260,000 on the clock. I own an oil change shop and have changed the oil in this truck every 2500 miles and put in a bottle of injector cleaner/pump lube/ cetance booster with every tank over the last 7 years and 80,000 miles I have owned it...