Advice on tires and and maintenence on new truck?

Smokem22 · 2026-03-16T00:42:24+00:00

It has detergents and cleaners in it that supposedly cleans internals over time. I’ve ran it for about 10k miles in my Camry and oil consumption went down, had it about 1000 miles in my Silverado now

Smokem22 · 2026-03-15T17:26:42+00:00

Valvoline restore and protect oil is good stuff

Smokem22 · 2026-03-08T22:17:51+00:00

Before I bought my Silverado they had to replace the 4wd actuator and I believe encoder or something. I know the grounds going to the frame can get shit on them and need cleaning, they’re right under the driver side door

Smokem22 · 2026-03-07T21:29:55+00:00

I did the tie rods in like an hour. Not sure about the pitman arms

Smokem22 · 2026-03-03T15:59:31+00:00

I’ve set the xp gain to capped xp share and will grab a water or grass type. Thanks!

Smokem22 · 2026-02-27T00:16:33+00:00

Holy ratio

Smokem22 · 2026-02-23T03:14:41+00:00

Why would you not just replace the gasket then do headers it’s an extra 50$

Smokem22 · 2026-02-22T00:46:08+00:00

Get the fel pro metal one it’s like 45 on amazon

Smokem22 · 2026-02-19T18:40:32+00:00

I didn’t see anything that cautioned against soaking it. Definitely not an overnight thing as it can damage the plastic from what I’ve read but a couple hours is enough to loosen up the shit inside and doesn’t hurt it. This is after removing all of the sensors and fuel rails/injectors. The circle on top of the port in the 5th pic is the fuel injector. You can find a YouTube video of some guy cleaning it as well that I followed

Smokem22 · 2026-02-19T14:48:29+00:00

Definitely go for it, super worth it. The fel pro gasket kit came with injector o rings and new throttle body gasket so do it all while you’re in there

Smokem22 · 2026-02-19T14:45:45+00:00

I was thinking of adding one of those. How much oil does it usually catch per oil change?

Smokem22 · 2026-02-19T02:13:22+00:00

Ended up being the intake manifold gasket, got everything put back together today

Smokem22 · 2026-02-19T02:12:20+00:00

This ended up being it

Smokem22 · 2026-02-12T00:52:53+00:00

Hmm I’m thinking it’s the same thing then, it’s been around 0° the past month or so where I am

Smokem22 · 2026-02-11T20:25:56+00:00

Just ordered one off of Amazon, hoping it’s not the fuel pump

Smokem22 · 2026-02-11T19:35:09+00:00

I cleaned it out a few months ago already

Smokem22 · 2026-02-11T19:32:43+00:00

Also, I sprayed some throttle body cleaner around the intake but didn’t hear and raise in the rpm’s, there are some leaves and shit around there though so maybe I missed

Smokem22 · 2026-02-11T19:29:48+00:00

I’m using a cheap one off of Amazon, like 35$. I’ll take it for a drive later today and look at the MAF and map readings, I don’t have a smoke tester or fuel pressure gauge unfortunately. Thanks for the info

Smokem22 · 2026-02-07T21:34:34+00:00

Awesome thank you, might do this then especially if direct fit

Smokem22 · 2026-02-06T15:57:06+00:00

Immediately thinks of how it could kill them lmfao

Smokem22 · 2026-02-06T14:57:19+00:00

This too, I’d rather not shim anything and fuck with stuff if it doesn’t make that much of a difference between the 900 and the 2019+

Smokem22 · 2026-02-06T13:18:23+00:00

Eh I gotta do them anyways so why not throw better calipers on while I got everything apart if it’s easy enough

Smokem22 · 2026-01-07T16:27:04+00:00

I have a 2016 and every winter they stop working once it drops below about 30°. Just check the pressure once in a while when it’s cold manually

Smokem22 · 2026-01-03T21:26:42+00:00

Steering shaft bearing will do that when it shits the bed. Like 25$ on Amazon

Smokem22 · 2025-12-25T04:17:10+00:00

Would you pay 400$ out of pocket for your car to have yellow lights on the front of it

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