Changed the oil and filter on the 2005 Suburban yesterday.
We picked up the old girl with 203k on the clock. I went through the whole truck and did an oil change back then. Pulled off a jobber filter and drained unknown oil. Didn't look bad but was ready to be changed. Back then, in went 6qts of Mobil 1 EP 5W-30 and a Wix 51042.
Drained that fill today at 205k -- easy to keep all of the vehicles on a 5k interval, easy for the wife to track. Found a single quart of Mobil 1 15w-50 in my stash. That went in along with 5qts of Mobil 1 EP 5W-30 and another Wix 51042.
Pretty uneventul besides me putting on one Wix, then taking it off - grabbing another one, and putting it on. Original one had a dent I didn't like. Probably would've been fine but my anxiety would keep me up at the thought of a leak forming there!
Old girl runs good, real good. Starts real nice (especially after throttle body cleaning), and has good oil pressure. 35-40 at hot idle and 50+ cruising down the Thruway doing 65-70mph. When we first picked it up, it had a slight lifter noise from the right head. That noise is getting harder and harder to hear. Might be cleaning... who knows. Runs well, not going to touch it. If it ever pukes a motor, there is plenty more where that came from.
What I am looking forward to is soon we will be pulling all of the seats out, pulling the carpet, and scrubbing/pressure washing it along with a full interior detail. Then it'll be perfect.
We picked up the old girl with 203k on the clock. I went through the whole truck and did an oil change back then. Pulled off a jobber filter and drained unknown oil. Didn't look bad but was ready to be changed. Back then, in went 6qts of Mobil 1 EP 5W-30 and a Wix 51042.
Drained that fill today at 205k -- easy to keep all of the vehicles on a 5k interval, easy for the wife to track. Found a single quart of Mobil 1 15w-50 in my stash. That went in along with 5qts of Mobil 1 EP 5W-30 and another Wix 51042.
Pretty uneventul besides me putting on one Wix, then taking it off - grabbing another one, and putting it on. Original one had a dent I didn't like. Probably would've been fine but my anxiety would keep me up at the thought of a leak forming there!
Old girl runs good, real good. Starts real nice (especially after throttle body cleaning), and has good oil pressure. 35-40 at hot idle and 50+ cruising down the Thruway doing 65-70mph. When we first picked it up, it had a slight lifter noise from the right head. That noise is getting harder and harder to hear. Might be cleaning... who knows. Runs well, not going to touch it. If it ever pukes a motor, there is plenty more where that came from.
What I am looking forward to is soon we will be pulling all of the seats out, pulling the carpet, and scrubbing/pressure washing it along with a full interior detail. Then it'll be perfect.