Does your truck have the cooler bypass valve? I can’t recall off the top of my head if an 09 will have it, but some have a cooler bypass. Basically looks like a small metal block that the cooler lines go into as they come out of the transmission.
Easy way to tell is to disconnect all the vent lines from the tank, if it’s still acting up it’s the tank.
In my experience if it’s not the evap filter being plugged it’s the tank.
You don’t need to buy a kit, you can likely piece it together yourself and save some money.
I bought front struts from a wrecker for $100 then replaced the shocks with adjustable bilsteins. Bought tuff truck coil springs for the rear and the 2 spring pads. The rear shocks can be reused if...
You have to run the wiring for the hood latch to the BCM as per the instructions. A lot of trucks will have a factory connector there but it doesn’t go anywhere.
Some carbon build up on the tips and X pipe doesn’t necessarily means it’s rich. Has your fuel mileage changed? If you’re a spirited driver that can also contribute to it.
Do you have access to a scan tool that can monitor fuel trims?
When it just cranks, have you tried the clear flood mode by pressing the gas to floor? This turns off the injectors to help clear a flooded engine which can happen from leaking injectors. Could also be the relay which is internal to the TIPM, they do make bypass kits.
The top ring land is usually the weakest link, it’s not boost friendly but should be fine in the 8ish psi range with a good tune.
If it’s the 8hp70 it’s not a weak link, they are usually good for 600whp as long as you keep some torque management. If you take all the torque management out that’s...
When it comes to vehicles under warranty the general procedure is if a problem can’t be verified in half an hour, it gets kicked out. Warranty is very stingy about reimbursing dealers for techs time spent trying to verify concerns.
For example if a tech spent 2 hours trying to duplicate a...
If only the screen is flickering like that and not all the cluster lights, I’d be willing to bet it’s a faulty screen in the cluster.
I’ve seen this a few times and it’s been a cluster every time. Wouldn’t hurt to check the connections at the cluster though.
It’s not just anyone’s fault, it’s a combination. Manufactures will do just about anything to reject warranty claims and charge back the dealers. It makes it very difficult for a tech to do everything properly and if one little thing is missed they will kick back the claim and a tech will get...
It‘s not so much who they hire, it’s more how hard it has become to get paid for warranty repairs. If there’s no codes or a complaint can’t be verified in half an hour of being in the shop most times it will get kicked out and given back to the customer.
That’s the standard procedure they...
That’s on a 5th gen truck. 4th gen only have only the active grill shutters. The active air dam was added on the 5th gens.
The active air dam and grill shutters on the 5th gen trucks use the same LIN bus so if either one of them fails it can take down the bus. Before I left the dealer world I’d...
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