PSA: GM 6.2L engines are failing on the road with low mileage

[mmc45414]

I feel like a dinosaur.

I remember being a bit surprised there was anything else.

I was very pissed off when I figured out Mom's car didn't have a transmission dipstick. Then I found out my truck didn't either.

[LittleLebowski]

Castrol 20W-50 in my Yamaha IT so by default my 22R (sometimes 10W-40 in the Yota)

Glue made from dead horses 🤣

[awp_101]

My 2013 V6 Taco will probably pass 175K this week. I don’t remember what was put in at the last oil change, should I be looking at going with a heavier weight synthetic, a high mileage or both?

GM is smoking crack (per GM SOP)

I had a friend in the late-90s who was manager of the local auto parts store. He was a Mopar guy and one of his favorite sayings was “God love GM engineers, because I don’t have to!”🤣

[LittleLebowski]

My 2013 V6 Taco will probably pass 175K this week. I don’t remember what was put in at the last oil change, should I be looking at going with a heavier weight synthetic, a high mileage or both?

Quality synthetic in factory recommended weight.

[Joe in PNG]

I had a friend in the late-90s who was manager of the local auto parts store. He was a Mopar guy and one of his favorite sayings was “God love GM engineers, because I don’t have to!”🤣

Back in my wrenching days, I wasn't super fond of the Big 3. But if I was to rank them, I'd put GM on the top, with Ford a distant second and Chrysler on the rock bottom.
You might have to change lots of things out on a GM, but you could usually get to them without having to disassemble half the vehicle to get there.
Most of my creative oathmaking & tool launchings came when trying to get to something that should be easy to change, but was in the worst possible location in a Chrysler product.

Of course, this was a while back, and I'm sure that they've all managed to up the derp quotient since then.

[randyho]

My 2013 V6 Taco will probably pass 175K this week. I don’t remember what was put in at the last oil change, should I be looking at going with a heavier weight synthetic, a high mileage or both?

Quality synthetic in factory recommended weight.

This is what my 2012 Taco's had for the last 296000 miles.

[Chuck Whitlock]

Imagine how I feel....as a kid, we ran SAE 30 in the summer and SAE 20 in the winter. That was all the engine oil we had on the farm, a 55 gallon drum of each of those straight-weight oils. Multi-vis was available at the time, but we didn't buy it.

To be fair, in south Texas, "winter" is not a consideration.

Quality synthetic in factory recommended weight.

This thread has me wondering if the "factory recommended weight" is for engine protection/longevity or to hit EPA numbers.

Of course, this was a while back, and I'm sure that they've all managed to up the derp quotient since then.

Even changing a damn headlamp bulb requires moderated to major disassembly.

[LittleLebowski]

This thread has me wondering if the "factory recommended weight" is for engine protection/longevity or to hit EPA numbers.

Correct, that’s why we’ve got these silly ultra light viscosity oils being recommended nowadays.

[scjbash]

Correct, that’s why we’ve got these silly ultra light viscosity oils being recommended nowadays.

The manufacturers like to say they designed the motors to run on the ultra light oils, to hit the EPA numbers that are possible because of those oils, but it doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies. Especially combined with their auto stop-start BS.

[awp_101]

Quality synthetic in factory recommended weight.

This is what my 2012 Taco's had for the last 296000 miles.

Thanks!

Or domo arigato if I got to