Hi All,
Well my '04 Rainier with the 5.3 needs to have the intake gaskets replaced. Shop I trust diagnosed this to be the cause of the rough idle after I took it in getting fed up without being able to find the cause and hoping it was not the intake gaskets.
Anyhow after a quote of $800-1500 (unsure why the range - mechanic just said depends on what else is bad) I am thinking about doing it myself. I am a relatively competent DIY mechanic with a good set of tools. I did the same repair on my '05 Bonneville with the 3800 V6. Anyhow have any idea how the two compare in difficulty?
Onto the heart of this post.
Truck has 118k on it. Anything else I should plan on doing while I have it all apart doing this repair? How do I check various other parts for need to be replacing while doing this repair - the knock sensors for example.
Planning on using the better Felpro metal framed gaskets for the repair. Any other suggestions?
Any rough estimate how long this repair took some of you other guys? Thinking about setting 2 days aside incase I run into issues.
Lastly this 5.3 like many others uses oil. I would say 1 quart every 1000-1500 miles roughly. Truck is driven 80% city and 20% highway on average. Should I think about doing the drivers side valve cover at the same time? Passenger side sort of concerns me as I do not want to get into breaking apart the AC lines.
Thanks Guys!
Scott
Well my '04 Rainier with the 5.3 needs to have the intake gaskets replaced. Shop I trust diagnosed this to be the cause of the rough idle after I took it in getting fed up without being able to find the cause and hoping it was not the intake gaskets.
Anyhow after a quote of $800-1500 (unsure why the range - mechanic just said depends on what else is bad) I am thinking about doing it myself. I am a relatively competent DIY mechanic with a good set of tools. I did the same repair on my '05 Bonneville with the 3800 V6. Anyhow have any idea how the two compare in difficulty?
Onto the heart of this post.
Truck has 118k on it. Anything else I should plan on doing while I have it all apart doing this repair? How do I check various other parts for need to be replacing while doing this repair - the knock sensors for example.
Planning on using the better Felpro metal framed gaskets for the repair. Any other suggestions?
Any rough estimate how long this repair took some of you other guys? Thinking about setting 2 days aside incase I run into issues.
Lastly this 5.3 like many others uses oil. I would say 1 quart every 1000-1500 miles roughly. Truck is driven 80% city and 20% highway on average. Should I think about doing the drivers side valve cover at the same time? Passenger side sort of concerns me as I do not want to get into breaking apart the AC lines.
Thanks Guys!
Scott
