I was a mechanic for many years until My career ended due to life-altering issues. I just wanted to let you know, that your videos bring me joy and comfort! Thank you!!
I did it with a deep well socket, 3 in long extension, universal joint, and ratchet. All half inch drive. A 6-in extension is too long but a 3 in extension and universal is just right. The ratchet handle will swing over top of everything but the ratchet will still fit under the bump out of the firewall. The only thing I removed other than the sending unit is the plastic cover on top of the engine. Fuel rails stayed in place.
Ray, you made my life very easy with this video. Had a 5.3l Chevrolet Savanna come into the shop, probably the only one in Europe. We had already replaced the transfer case and did the TSB fill procedure. Then I noticed the oil pressure gauge doing the same as in this video. Fortunately I was able to pull the rear engine cover inside the car to get at the sensor since US car parts in Europe are scarce (took six months to get the transfer case from the US). We made a special socket and got the sensor swapped out without any issues. Pressure gauge now reads as it should. Thank you for this video as it made it a very easy job seeing where it is and what’s needed.
First step: Remove fuel pump fuse, crank starter for a few seconds to remove fuel and pressure from fuel line in order to release the grips on the line. Second step, have engine engineers put in jail for stupidity for putting the sensor in a position that required the removal of 1/3rd of the engine to access sensor.
After putting the engineer in jail, give the manager and accountant a bonus for the 3 cents per unit cost savings by making the engineer put the sensor in the worst location possible.
If they are still using the popit type fuel injection, turning the engine over with the fuse out won't release the pressure.. they'll still be around 50 psi or so.
The guy did a good job of explaining why he took maybe 15 minutes to remove the top portion of the engine. About 8 years ago I had the same problem... So I did a poke & pray on the sensor exchange myself & still have the same, exact problem. If this guys new sensor didn't work, he would know he was sold a bad part.. no backtracking, no BS. .. I would guess I've driven my 05 4.8 v8 silverado a minimum of 50k miles since. Now has 300k miles but besides this oil pressure gauge always being maxed out.. I take good care of it. I was hoping the cause of the problem would be anything but the oil pressure sensor
Couple years back when I was in my teens, my dad replaced the sending unit on a Tahoe but told the customer to order OEM parts and they bought the cheapest one off ebay and insisted on it being installed, needless to say they eventually listened when the issue came back and he told them this would happen lol it was not even two months and it broke again, put a OEM part and it's still working now
I am only a few minutes in, and I have got to say that the Suburban you are working on appears to be exceptionally well cared for. The 1999-2007 full size GM chassis trucks are really hard to beat. BEST of luck and safety to you and your family with the possible approaching storms.
Yes indeed , I have a 02 Tahoe. With 275k miles since new. I have put some money into it. Like a head gasket, replaced exhaust valves while there. It didn’t have the defective castech heads that GM encountered in these years. Thankfully… rebuilt trans with corvette servos…And normal wear and tear parts etc etc Since then i can’t break this truck. Just do faithful maintenance.
They are tanks! About 7 years ago I was hit by a drunk driver who was in an early 2000 suburban. She went the two traffic lights and the traffic control box before slamming into my rear fender. Needless to say everything bent to will of the suburban and it didn’t have a scratch on it other than a small dent in its chrome bumper. My Nissan Sentra on the other hand did not fair too well.
@@chronovore7234 I had a Nissan Xterra rear end me and totaled their SUV I suffered a dented tailgate repair and bumper replacement. I even tried to move away from the collision in the lane next to me anticipating his collision. He still found me. 😂 anti lock brakes I guess locked anyway in the rain.
Just letting you know I enjoyed the video Ray. I do hope that if the hurricane arrives that first and foremost no one was injured, and secondly that property damage was minimal. I grew up in the tropics of Australia and went through more than a few cyclones. I understand what you guys go through in hurricane season. Stay safe!
I have had a replacement sender for my 02 for several years. It has a fluttery reading at idle but reads fine under power. A common problem. Looking at this vid ... and procrastination has served me well on this one... what a pita for something so simple.
Chevrolet has the worst presser sending units ever. Had to do the one in my wife's 2010 Impala this spring. 10 minute job. I would be heading north west..this could get ugly. You get to my age and just waking up makes it a good day.
Just wanted to put a comment here. I did one of these sensors on my 05 suburban and I did it without removing the upper intake. It took like 15 minutes and the job was done. I understand why mechanics in shops would do this, because the book more than likely says to remove intake, but with the right socket and extensions it can be done. I am simply sharing my own experience, no hate towards Rainman.
All chevys gmcs have faulty wiring to the oil pressure gage, my Tahoe registered zero, went to replace sending unit and moved wire to it ! Surprise gage works!!
After you do a few of those senders with the intake on and get the hand motions down they're really not that bad. Stubby ratchet and wobble extension. Just removing the fuel lines makes it much easier too.
I read through some of these comments and I ask myself how many of these guys who KNOW that they can do this in ten minutes without removing all the crap in the way are Professional Mechanics / technicians? Ray is a consummate professional who worked for GM dealerships he knows what needs to be done and how. I am a professional engineer with a master's degree and an associates degree in two engineering disciplines. I constantly have to teach the younger guys that cutting corners and doing things haphazardly may get them out of the door quicker but the job will come back with other issues alongside the original problem. If you are not a pro in the automotive field then you do you and let Ray do Ray, he knows what he is doing his troubleshooting skills are top drawer his overall understanding of the problem allows him to flex his skills accordingly. If you are going to comment then that's good for feedback but being a negative know it all does absolutely nothing for anyone apart from your own ego! If your ego needs stroking go look in a mirror and whisper self platitudes to yourself it will make you feel so much better and your ego will stroked and you can walk around with your head held high telling yourself you know more than a seasoned professional in his chosen field.
Ray the thing that I like about you is your awesome sense of humor. Also your are one of the most meticulous mechanics. This makes you very enjoyable to watch. ❤🔥
Had the same issue on a 2003 Trailblazer, but the oil pressure issue was the little stepper motors on the dash. Replaced that and everything was good. Stay safe in the hurricane. Great video as always.
Had an 04 Yukon XL, half the stepper motors went out. Speedometer would still go up when slowing down until it pegged out. Replaced all and everything was good. It is a common problem in those model years. So much so that GM warranties them up to 70K miles if I remember right.
Until the water starts coming into your house. Two inches is all it takes to have a totaled house. You have to gut it then. Worse is two feet - cause you watch all your stuff float off and it leaves two inches of mud in its place. Been there done that.
I thought he was going to run around saying the sky is falling the sky is falling the sky is falling but he just manned up and kept on going have a great day
@@michaelpressman7203 nah most people who grew up in florida arent worried about them. general rule of thumb is be worried about a cat 3, get the hell out of the way for a cat 4 or 5. 1 and 2 are just a rainy day. trees down in Florida mean nothing because roots only to down like 3 or 4 feet even if the tree is 100 feet tall the water table just isnt that far down
Seeing those towels in the intakes brought back a situation I saw in my youth. A friend had a 58 Chevy with a 348, it broke the distributor drive and when he pulled the intake so he could get the broken piece out he stfeed shop rags like that. To make it short he was in the drives seat and wanted the radio on and turned the key to far. A week later with new head gaskets and distributor on it lived again.
I had to replace the sending unit on my 05 Sierra a while back and managed to do it with just the over off. Mind you it was a total pain and I planned to do it before driving so no heat to deal with.
Proper way to diagnose if your oil pressure sending unit is bad is to check the grille for a Chevy or GMC badge. If it has one and the gauge is at 80, it's the sending unit.
Just did my knock sensors in my 02 silvarodo seen you also did the rtv around the boots like the service bulletin called for back in the day...2nd round did it myself since it wasn't done right the first repair although they did last almost 10 yrs without the rtv. Anyways keep up the great content and you helped me get motivated to do more repairs myself
The servos in early 2000's Chevys are known to go bad. My 05 Silverado had bad servos. Nice thing is that there are cheap after market servos available that are really easy to replace without having to replace the whole cluster. Changing mine start to finish took about an hour. Side note: I do have a great picture of a police car in front of me and a red light in front of him with my speedometer pegged. Even though we were stopped, the pegged speedometer in the photo made it look like me and the cop blew the light doing 120mph.
I installed a new sensor when I changed out my Knox sensors. It blew out on the highway two weeks later. Literally the oil was blowing out the top where the connector was and lost all the oil. Had it towed in and changed it. A week later it stopped working. Those two were from Oriely’s. Bought one from Auto Zone. No more problems since. That happened last year. A similar situation happen with my jeep Wrangler. Bought two from Oriely’s and went out right a way back to back. Bought a new one from AZ. Still working three years later.
The oil pressure gauge on my 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3L with 200k+ miles has been pegged above 80 psi for, I don't know, probably 6 or 7 years now. It has no relationship to the actual oil pressure, fortunately, but also no relationship to the sending unit--just a stepper motor issue. It also never throws any codes.
I love the whole knock sensor job, with the RTV Dam TSB... lol what a fix. Been there done that 10yrs ago.. bought all new connectors and oem sensors and the metal gaskets. Packed full of mud under there... and really fun when they break off and you have to pull the lifter galley cover and use extractors to fight that...
I had a 2003 avalanche same issue and my friend a mechanic replaced it within 15 min. Like you, he knew where it was and tools to remove. Just realized you Ray, love taking things apart. Lol, and awesome at it! Great video as well. I too am impacted with theses hurricanes. Stay safe and to all us Floridians. Have a great day!
“The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cup.” That was so 80’s Mr. Ray. That was when Folgers used to sell coffee bricks (coffee bags with all the atmosphere sucked out for guaranteed freshness). Those were the days!!!! Oh btw; thanks for the throwback Sir.
I replaced the oil pump on my ’05 Silverado. 250K miles. It was clattering at idle and less than 20PSI when running. New oil pump came with 2 springs, regular and high performance. I put the high-performance spring in, had 100PSI+ oil pressure. Bad ideal, blew apart the oil pressure sender. Yea I got to do the oil pump twice with right spring and replace oil pressure sender. Was able to replace the sender w/o taking off the intake. Had the right socket, but man it was a lot of contorting, almost worth it.
Working in the equipment service industry, one of the first things suggested was to remove the watch and ring. I saw someone burn their watch band off when they reached behind an alternator, not a pleasant outcome. Great content, like the commentary.😎👍
Met a fellow who should have known better but managed to get between a ni-cad battery on a helicopter with his wrist watch. No pretty and the watch wasn't working too well either.
Back in the 70’s and probably later, GM used to mount the oil sending switch on the front of the engine. It was literally a 2 minute job to replace it.
Alright so by the book you have to take off the intake... Which you dont. Get an OEM Tools oil pressure socket from autozone. Then have a half inch swivel and a short extension. Maybe 3 inch. And thats all. The hardest part is to feel for the sensor. Once you have it disconnected its easy. The socket just falls in. Of course you can test your socket on the new part before finding you may have bought the wrong one. The sensor at autozone is $35.... With a lifetime warranty.. yes "well im special which makes the car special and it needs an original" fine spend the extra dollars at the dealership. No warranty by the way since its an electrical item with a 20% restocking fee.Either way... When doing a diagnostic sometimes it just better to replace a $35 part instead of wasting an hour time extra and etc.... Also its like $250-$350 job cause of the intake. I just be humble for like $200 plus the part and make that in 15 min. If the changing the sensor didnt work then you can say its a circuit issue. But for $20 which is what your shop bought for and charged the customer probably $120 its isnt worth all that headache. Nay sayer out!!
I had that same symptom on my 83 mustang years ago. Turns out that the oil pressure sending unit got sheared off from a frayed serpentine belt. New belt and sensor, back to normal.
That's convenient. I own an older 5.3, and I replaced the oil sending unit last year. I never got to remove the intake, so your video helps, especially the way you identify parts as you go in. It sounds like later models are harder to reach. Along the way, I found the sending unit is a simple resistor, so you can mimic it with a simple resistor led to ground. In the dealers manual they tell you what the gauge should read with, for example, a 100 ohm resistor fed to ground.
You can do it with a regular socket, the issue is the socket walls are too thick to fit around the sender without contacting the engine therefore it will not fit. Taking the appropriate size socket and grind the walls thinner about 1 inch up the socket it will work fine and will save you money on buying a special socket
Considering the age of the vehicle, I would have done the same as Ray and pulled the intake and check connectors and wiring also. I have been bitten several times on older vehicles where the wiring or connectors have became brittle and had issues. Great job Ray!
Same, my plow trucks come to mind, thats a handful of 6.0 gassers with a variety of electrical issues I need to be very careful about when making repairs.
My wife was coming back from New Orleans to Arkansas when she got to Jackson MS the oil sending unit cracked evacuating the oil. She check the oil and refilled but too late. She trashed an overhead cam bearing. I drove to Jackson and put the car on a dolly returning it to my Mazda dealer. They installed a new head $5100 then found a knocking crank bearing. I bought a a 10,000 mile pullout engine and installed. All over a plastic cracked oil sending unit.
i got that problem too. i got special socket too. I'm climbing on top of engine with wooden board disconnect wire git er out be done everyone has there own way that's fine.
Always Rainman Ray's Repairs Water and Coffee each morning. Thank you. Damn Knox sensors and Oil Pressure sensor! This home Mechanic has tackled this one. What I found is the three failed somewhat together because when it gets hot, coolant sprayed all over the back of the engine from those damn plastic (not so) quick disconnects for the heater hoses to the firewall for the heater core. About the same mileage as this Suburban.
As I recall on the older Chevy's those oil sensors were right on the side of the block easily accessible good job engineers! We are getting ready for the caine too prayers for all!
Helps to release as much line pressure as possible. They clip on, but are held on firmly by the pressure behind them. That's why they use them for fuel lines, the more pressure they are under, the more secure they are.
If you know the hurricane is coming.....bring the chickens into the house. I'm sure you must have a back porch or a room you can put tarps down with bedding and set cages on it with the chickens in the cages. Fresh water/food for them. They are worth a little mess.
Ray.. in regards to your coffee comment. Years back a friend of mine told me this quote because I drive a diesel.. "Who needs coffee when you got torque?"
Great video as always Ray!! Fingers crossed you don't get too much from the storm; current models have it mostly hugging the west coast heading up to the panhandle, but having lived in Houston a long time I've seen how those things can change direction and get stronger. One of the reasons I'm fine with living up north even if the salt makes fixing cars more of a hassle.
I had same Chevy, rear knock sensor faulty!!! Took one look at what it took-to remove intake, fuel rails and coils, said NOPE!!! Wired rear knock sensor with front sensor, Happy Motoring!!! Chevrolet had their issues, even more now. Oh, no Ray back then.
Great repair, Ray. My only critique would be losing like 20 bucks in fuel when you unhooked the fuel line. Not really your fault though that gas prices are ridiculous.
Way back in the dim dawn of time, I had a customer with a 65 Ford with a 289. His oil pressure relief valve stuck closed. You could rev the engine up and watch the oil filter bulge outward. I was surprised that it didn't blow up the filter or gasket.
All these sensors going bad in weird ways makes you wonder how it would go down if the sensor was fine and something was really happening that caused 80psi of oil pressure, that would definitely make a more interesting video, good luck with Ian, stay safe
Not as difficult as you would think. Most everything will lay back in plqce where it goes and electrical connections will only plug into it's mating connector.
Back in the seventies I had a Landrover . Everything on that engine was visable/ within reach from over the fender. what a contrast to what a mechanic has to go through now.
I put an alternator in my car last week and I dropped my 12 mm socket hunted for it with a flashlight and a magnet could not find it drove the car was running great but and two days later I said I got to find that socket I opened the hood look down and there it was sitting at the bottom of the engine cover that protective thing under my motor that does I don't know what and hey I must live right cuz I got my socket back and I hate breaking up sets have a good day
I almost lifted the 5.3 in my 2012 burban to chase an O ring that the internet told me was bad, causing low oil pressure. I changed the oil filter and bam, the pressure returned to normal. Clean oil and only 2500 miles on the filter. Now I go with higher priced oil filter not the 5 qt sale ones.
Good morning Ray, thanks for the video. It went smooth as butter. I'll be busy getting ready for the hurricane 🌀 today. I don't have a generator so if the power goes out it will be bad 😞. Stay safe and have a good day 🇺🇸💪💯
I myself Wired my house for generator so I can plug it in the side of the house and back feed into the service main disconnect thing if you do that disconnect your breaker box on your meter if you don't backfeed the power lines and electrocute the workers have a great day
@@michaelpressman7203 I have a suicide cable to connect my generator. Procedure is the same as you said. Shut off the main breaker, plug in both ends of the cable, start the generator. My setup has a breaker in the box just for the generator and the generator has it's own breaker. Double protection. Disclaimer: Don't do this. CYA and all of that stuff.
I was a mechanic for many years until My career ended due to life-altering issues. I just wanted to let you know, that your videos bring me joy and comfort! Thank you!!
I did it with a deep well socket, 3 in long extension, universal joint, and ratchet. All half inch drive. A 6-in extension is too long but a 3 in extension and universal is just right. The ratchet handle will swing over top of everything but the ratchet will still fit under the bump out of the firewall. The only thing I removed other than the sending unit is the plastic cover on top of the engine. Fuel rails stayed in place.
Ray, you made my life very easy with this video. Had a 5.3l Chevrolet Savanna come into the shop, probably the only one in Europe. We had already replaced the transfer case and did the TSB fill procedure. Then I noticed the oil pressure gauge doing the same as in this video. Fortunately I was able to pull the rear engine cover inside the car to get at the sensor since US car parts in Europe are scarce (took six months to get the transfer case from the US). We made a special socket and got the sensor swapped out without any issues. Pressure gauge now reads as it should. Thank you for this video as it made it a very easy job seeing where it is and what’s needed.
First step: Remove fuel pump fuse, crank starter for a few seconds to remove fuel and pressure from fuel line in order to release the grips on the line. Second step, have engine engineers put in jail for stupidity for putting the sensor in a position that required the removal of 1/3rd of the engine to access sensor.
After putting the engineer in jail, give the manager and accountant a bonus for the 3 cents per unit cost savings by making the engineer put the sensor in the worst location possible.
I call that Stupid buy design as it was designed by Stupids!
I have a friend that is an engineer, It is not the engineers so much as the accountants and marketing.
It's easy to get to in my Chevy van
If they are still using the popit type fuel injection, turning the engine over with the fuse out won't release the pressure.. they'll still be around 50 psi or so.
I didn’t realize you had so many critics of your work. Anyone can armchair mechanic. I appreciate you Ray!!! Keep up the great videos
In battle, it is always easier to lead troops from the rear than from the front.
At least those armchair guys have an opinion or a view. What's next, spelling and punctuation complaints?
@@billtmarchi4320 I did hear Ray say “their” when he should’ve said “there” at one point
@@buttfingerblaster LOL
The guy did a good job of explaining why he took maybe 15 minutes to remove the top portion of the engine. About 8 years ago I had the same problem... So I did a poke & pray on the sensor exchange myself & still have the same, exact problem. If this guys new sensor didn't work, he would know he was sold a bad part.. no backtracking, no BS. .. I would guess I've driven my 05 4.8 v8 silverado a minimum of 50k miles since. Now has 300k miles but besides this oil pressure gauge always being maxed out.. I take good care of it. I was hoping the cause of the problem would be anything but the oil pressure sensor
Couple years back when I was in my teens, my dad replaced the sending unit on a Tahoe but told the customer to order OEM parts and they bought the cheapest one off ebay and insisted on it being installed, needless to say they eventually listened when the issue came back and he told them this would happen lol it was not even two months and it broke again, put a OEM part and it's still working now
I am only a few minutes in, and I have got to say that the Suburban you are working on appears to be exceptionally well cared for. The 1999-2007 full size GM chassis trucks are really hard to beat. BEST of luck and safety to you and your family with the possible approaching storms.
Yes indeed , I have a 02 Tahoe. With 275k miles since new. I have put some money into it. Like a head gasket, replaced exhaust valves while there. It didn’t have the defective castech heads that GM encountered in these years. Thankfully… rebuilt trans with corvette servos…And normal wear and tear parts etc etc Since then i can’t break this truck. Just do faithful maintenance.
They are tanks! About 7 years ago I was hit by a drunk driver who was in an early 2000 suburban. She went the two traffic lights and the traffic control box before slamming into my rear fender. Needless to say everything bent to will of the suburban and it didn’t have a scratch on it other than a small dent in its chrome bumper. My Nissan Sentra on the other hand did not fair too well.
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I had a Nissan Xterra rear end me and totaled their SUV I suffered a dented tailgate repair and bumper replacement. I even tried to move away from the collision in the lane next to me anticipating his collision. He still found me. 😂 anti lock brakes I guess locked anyway in the rain.
I need to ask (hopefully Ray see's this), is this the same truck you did the knock sensors on?
@@Marineio yes, he said that at the beginning of the video
Just letting you know I enjoyed the video Ray. I do hope that if the hurricane arrives that first and foremost no one was injured, and secondly that property damage was minimal. I grew up in the tropics of Australia and went through more than a few cyclones. I understand what you guys go through in hurricane season. Stay safe!
I have had a replacement sender for my 02 for several years. It has a fluttery reading at idle but reads fine under power. A common problem. Looking at this vid ... and procrastination has served me well on this one... what a pita for something so simple.
Removed that with the intake on, with a wrench, in my vett... Dropped the old sensor, still stuck back there somewhere... Stay safe!!!!
Yeah I dropped my screwsdriver trying to get my distributor cap off ... That area seems to be a black hole.
Chevrolet has the worst presser sending units ever. Had to do the one in my wife's 2010 Impala this spring. 10 minute job.
I would be heading north west..this could get ugly. You get to my age and just waking up makes it a good day.
Just wanted to put a comment here. I did one of these sensors on my 05 suburban and I did it without removing the upper intake. It took like 15 minutes and the job was done. I understand why mechanics in shops would do this, because the book more than likely says to remove intake, but with the right socket and extensions it can be done. I am simply sharing my own experience, no hate towards Rainman.
All chevys gmcs have faulty wiring to the oil pressure gage, my Tahoe registered zero, went to replace sending unit and moved wire to it ! Surprise gage works!!
Fel-pro really are the best gaskets. I had a tour of their factory many years ago. Those folks care about quality!
Busted a gut when he was showing off his wobbly and dropped it. Always here for a laugh thanks ray!!
Finally some oem parts. Many aftermarket parts suck.
I don't know why, but the 8mm wibbly-wobbly "fling to freedom" made me smile. Thanks!
Wow! You're STILL spamming this guy! WTF! Get a life, dude!
You pulled that manifold in 15 minutes. When I did my knock sensors almost 10 years ago on my 02 silverado... that took me hours!
You know Ray, for a guy on his first day on the job, you have the makings of a great mechanic. Keep up the great work
LOL
Pretty sure that's a scam message.
After you do a few of those senders with the intake on and get the hand motions down they're really not that bad. Stubby ratchet and wobble extension. Just removing the fuel lines makes it much easier too.
Yeah I’ve never removed the intake
Yup, I've done 2 or 2 without removing the intake.
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I read through some of these comments and I ask myself how many of these guys who KNOW that they can do this in ten minutes without removing all the crap in the way are Professional Mechanics / technicians?
Ray is a consummate professional who worked for GM dealerships he knows what needs to be done and how.
I am a professional engineer with a master's degree and an associates degree in two engineering disciplines. I constantly have to teach the younger guys that cutting corners and doing things haphazardly may get them out of the door quicker but the job will come back with other issues alongside the original problem.
If you are not a pro in the automotive field then you do you and let Ray do Ray, he knows what he is doing his troubleshooting skills are top drawer his overall understanding of the problem allows him to flex his skills accordingly.
If you are going to comment then that's good for feedback but being a negative know it all does absolutely nothing for anyone apart from your own ego! If your ego needs stroking go look in a mirror and whisper self platitudes to yourself it will make you feel so much better and your ego will stroked and you can walk around with your head held high telling yourself you know more than a seasoned professional in his chosen field.
Ray the thing that I like about you is your awesome sense of humor. Also your are one of the most meticulous mechanics. This makes you very enjoyable to watch. ❤🔥
good luck with Ian, I left Fla. at the end of 2004 after the 4 hit Seminole Co.
Had the same issue on a 2003 Trailblazer, but the oil pressure issue was the little stepper motors on the dash. Replaced that and everything was good. Stay safe in the hurricane. Great video as always.
Had an 04 Yukon XL, half the stepper motors went out. Speedometer would still go up when slowing down until it pegged out. Replaced all and everything was good. It is a common problem in those model years. So much so that GM warranties them up to 70K miles if I remember right.
Ray your last vid you said that diagnostic tool you use was 3000 bucks i nearly fell over and had a wee dram of scotch whisky to get over it lol
"Supposed to be a hurricane coming" says Ray as he ceaselessly continues to film for us
just another rainy day
Until the water starts coming into your house. Two inches is all it takes to have a totaled house. You have to gut it then. Worse is two feet - cause you watch all your stuff float off and it leaves two inches of mud in its place. Been there done that.
I thought he was going to run around saying the sky is falling the sky is falling the sky is falling but he just manned up and kept on going have a great day
@@michaelpressman7203 nah most people who grew up in florida arent worried about them. general rule of thumb is be worried about a cat 3, get the hell out of the way for a cat 4 or 5. 1 and 2 are just a rainy day. trees down in Florida mean nothing because roots only to down like 3 or 4 feet even if the tree is 100 feet tall the water table just isnt that far down
What a pro! !
Seeing those towels in the intakes brought back a situation I saw in my youth. A friend had a 58 Chevy with a 348, it broke the distributor drive and when he pulled the intake so he could get the broken piece out he stfeed shop rags like that. To make it short he was in the drives seat and wanted the radio on and turned the key to far. A week later with new head gaskets and distributor on it lived again.
I had to replace the sending unit on my 05 Sierra a while back and managed to do it with just the over off. Mind you it was a total pain and I planned to do it before driving so no heat to deal with.
Proper way to diagnose if your oil pressure sending unit is bad is to check the grille for a Chevy or GMC badge. If it has one and the gauge is at 80, it's the sending unit.
Both dash and sending unit are common on this truck to go bad 😂
Just did my knock sensors in my 02 silvarodo seen you also did the rtv around the boots like the service bulletin called for back in the day...2nd round did it myself since it wasn't done right the first repair although they did last almost 10 yrs without the rtv. Anyways keep up the great content and you helped me get motivated to do more repairs myself
The servos in early 2000's Chevys are known to go bad. My 05 Silverado had bad servos. Nice thing is that there are cheap after market servos available that are really easy to replace without having to replace the whole cluster. Changing mine start to finish took about an hour.
Side note: I do have a great picture of a police car in front of me and a red light in front of him with my speedometer pegged.
Even though we were stopped, the pegged speedometer in the photo made it look like me and the cop blew the light doing 120mph.
Stepper motors.
I liked how you popped the hood and started class. Had me feeling like a student. Your personality seems well suited for teaching. 🍻🖖
He does. I was an instructor in college, and had to painfully acquire the teaching methods and skills that seem so natural for him.
I installed a new sensor when I changed out my Knox sensors. It blew out on the highway two weeks later. Literally the oil was blowing out the top where the connector was and lost all the oil. Had it towed in and changed it. A week later it stopped working. Those two were from Oriely’s. Bought one from Auto Zone. No more problems since. That happened last year.
A similar situation happen with my jeep Wrangler. Bought two from Oriely’s and went out right a way back to back. Bought a new one from AZ. Still working three years later.
The oil pressure gauge on my 2004 GMC Sierra 1500 5.3L with 200k+ miles has been pegged above 80 psi for, I don't know, probably 6 or 7 years now. It has no relationship to the actual oil pressure, fortunately, but also no relationship to the sending unit--just a stepper motor issue. It also never throws any codes.
I love the whole knock sensor job, with the RTV Dam TSB... lol what a fix. Been there done that 10yrs ago.. bought all new connectors and oem sensors and the metal gaskets. Packed full of mud under there... and really fun when they break off and you have to pull the lifter galley cover and use extractors to fight that...
I had a 2003 avalanche same issue and my friend a mechanic replaced it within 15 min. Like you, he knew where it was and tools to remove. Just realized you Ray, love taking things apart. Lol, and awesome at it! Great video as well. I too am impacted with theses hurricanes. Stay safe and to all us Floridians. Have a great day!
OK most of the time the channel is great. This one doesn't need to pull the intake to deal with the oil pressure sending unit.
I wish you and your family the best during this hurricane. Stay safe and protect your family as I know you will. P.S. GREAT video!
“The best part of waking up, is Folgers in your cup.”
That was so 80’s Mr. Ray. That was when Folgers used to sell coffee bricks (coffee bags with all the atmosphere sucked out for guaranteed freshness). Those were the days!!!!
Oh btw; thanks for the throwback Sir.
I replaced the oil pump on my ’05 Silverado. 250K miles. It was clattering at idle and less than 20PSI when running. New oil pump came with 2 springs, regular and high performance. I put the high-performance spring in, had 100PSI+ oil pressure. Bad ideal, blew apart the oil pressure sender. Yea I got to do the oil pump twice with right spring and replace oil pressure sender. Was able to replace the sender w/o taking off the intake. Had the right socket, but man it was a lot of contorting, almost worth it.
Good morning Ray
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Howdy, 1 1/16 in my world is a 5/8 course thread nut.
all the mini worlds that live around us closer than you think
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Working in the equipment service industry, one of the first things suggested was to remove the watch and ring. I saw someone burn their watch band off when they reached behind an alternator, not a pleasant outcome.
Great content, like the commentary.😎👍
Met a fellow who should have known better but managed to get between a ni-cad battery on a helicopter with his wrist watch. No pretty and the watch wasn't working too well either.
We can learn alot, just by watching you, thank you Ray.
Back in the 70’s and probably later, GM used to mount the oil sending switch on the front of the engine. It was literally a 2 minute job to replace it.
Alright so by the book you have to take off the intake... Which you dont. Get an OEM Tools oil pressure socket from autozone. Then have a half inch swivel and a short extension. Maybe 3 inch. And thats all. The hardest part is to feel for the sensor. Once you have it disconnected its easy. The socket just falls in. Of course you can test your socket on the new part before finding you may have bought the wrong one. The sensor at autozone is $35.... With a lifetime warranty.. yes "well im special which makes the car special and it needs an original" fine spend the extra dollars at the dealership. No warranty by the way since its an electrical item with a 20% restocking fee.Either way... When doing a diagnostic sometimes it just better to replace a $35 part instead of wasting an hour time extra and etc.... Also its like $250-$350 job cause of the intake. I just be humble for like $200 plus the part and make that in 15 min. If the changing the sensor didnt work then you can say its a circuit issue. But for $20 which is what your shop bought for and charged the customer probably $120 its isnt worth all that headache. Nay sayer out!!
When troubled by wind... Head down, arse up and think good thoughts. Take care.
Just seen the weather forecast. I wish all the best for Ray, his colleagues and families for the upcoming nightmare. Stay safe everyone
That mini pry bar appears to be invaluable
I had that same symptom on my 83 mustang years ago. Turns out that the oil pressure sending unit got sheared off from a frayed serpentine belt. New belt and sensor, back to normal.
That's convenient. I own an older 5.3, and I replaced the oil sending unit last year. I never got to remove the intake, so your video helps, especially the way you identify parts as you go in. It sounds like later models are harder to reach. Along the way, I found the sending unit is a simple resistor, so you can mimic it with a simple resistor led to ground. In the dealers manual they tell you what the gauge should read with, for example, a 100 ohm resistor fed to ground.
You can do it with a regular socket, the issue is the socket walls are too thick to fit around the sender without contacting the engine therefore it will not fit. Taking the appropriate size socket and grind the walls thinner about 1 inch up the socket it will work fine and will save you money on buying a special socket
Considering the age of the vehicle, I would have done the same as Ray and pulled the intake and check connectors and wiring also. I have been bitten several times on older vehicles where the wiring or connectors have became brittle and had issues. Great job Ray!
Same, my plow trucks come to mind, thats a handful of 6.0 gassers with a variety of electrical issues I need to be very careful about when making repairs.
I checked all of mine broke the brittle casing and old tape off and re wrapped most of the wires going to the engine
Ray, I hope you and your family/friends are safe and didn't suffer too much damage. I am in the Tampa area, and as your neighbor, I wish you the best!
Great video Ray. Hope you and your family stay safe with the hurricane coming. Be safe.
I’m so glad I have bolts on my fuel lines. The way this one is set up looks like a nightmare!
Morning Ray, thanks for the video! They are my favorite companion to my morning coffee 🫡
All I wanted was for you to reach up & grab the ever loving leaf!!!
My wife was coming back from New Orleans to Arkansas when she got to Jackson MS the oil sending unit cracked evacuating the oil. She check the oil and refilled but too late. She trashed an overhead cam bearing. I drove to Jackson and put the car on a dolly returning it to my Mazda dealer. They installed a new head $5100 then found a knocking crank bearing. I bought a a 10,000 mile pullout engine and installed. All over a plastic cracked oil sending unit.
Hope yall stay safe with these storms coming yalls way Ray!
i got that problem too. i got special socket too. I'm climbing on top of engine with wooden board disconnect wire git er out be done everyone has there own way that's fine.
Thank you Ray that is helpful video I have 88 suburban with the same issue not sure how to tackle The issue
Always Rainman Ray's Repairs Water and Coffee each morning. Thank you. Damn Knox sensors and Oil Pressure sensor! This home Mechanic has tackled this one. What I found is the three failed somewhat together because when it gets hot, coolant sprayed all over the back of the engine from those damn plastic (not so) quick disconnects for the heater hoses to the firewall for the heater core. About the same mileage as this Suburban.
As I recall on the older Chevy's those oil sensors were right on the side of the block easily accessible good job engineers! We are getting ready for the caine too prayers for all!
You don’t know how happy I am seeing you struggle with that fuel tool … I thought it was just me !!
I guess I'm here to watch Ray struggle. His resilience to adversity makes his videos worth the watch. You know I love you Ray, keep up the good work.
Helps to release as much line pressure as possible. They clip on, but are held on firmly by the pressure behind them. That's why they use them for fuel lines, the more pressure they are under, the more secure they are.
If you know the hurricane is coming.....bring the chickens into the house. I'm sure you must have a back porch or a room you can put tarps down with bedding and set cages on it with the chickens in the cages. Fresh water/food for them. They are worth a little mess.
I have this same issue with my 07 Silverado.... Now I know thanks. ( I have 350,000 miles on it so I won't worry so much it still is trusty)
Ray.. in regards to your coffee comment. Years back a friend of mine told me this quote because I drive a diesel.. "Who needs coffee when you got torque?"
Great video as always Ray!! Fingers crossed you don't get too much from the storm; current models have it mostly hugging the west coast heading up to the panhandle, but having lived in Houston a long time I've seen how those things can change direction and get stronger. One of the reasons I'm fine with living up north even if the salt makes fixing cars more of a hassle.
Ray lives right and does right the force is strong within young Ray Walker it shall protect him have a good day
Mechanics. Are. Amazing.
I had same Chevy, rear knock sensor faulty!!! Took one look at what it took-to remove intake, fuel rails and coils, said NOPE!!! Wired rear knock sensor with front sensor, Happy Motoring!!! Chevrolet had their issues, even more now. Oh, no Ray back then.
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Great job Ray! Hope you escape damage from the Hurricane. Fiona did huge damage on the east coast of Canada.
Great repair, Ray. My only critique would be losing like 20 bucks in fuel when you unhooked the fuel line. Not really your fault though that gas prices are ridiculous.
Way back in the dim dawn of time, I had a customer with a 65 Ford with a 289. His oil pressure relief valve stuck closed. You could rev the engine up and watch the oil filter bulge outward. I was surprised that it didn't blow up the filter or gasket.
I had the same problem. Bad sender. A real pain to replace.
Thank you for the showing to pull through intake. That was fast.....😊
Wonder why GM decided a special socket was needed?
School got cansled so I get to watch more Rainman rays repairs
Stay safe this week Ray. We’re shuttered up and hunkering down in Cape Coral. Should be fun.
Take care. 👍
Throwing parts as a diagnostic method can work well under the right circumstances. Depends on many factors.
Time for some 8mm wobbly bits then the socket goes flying. Bro I about lost it. Had me laughing so hard. 🤣
All these sensors going bad in weird ways makes you wonder how it would go down if the sensor was fine and something was really happening that caused 80psi of oil pressure, that would definitely make a more interesting video, good luck with Ian, stay safe
I have some locking extensions from hobo feright. I don't use them daily but after a year I have had no issues with them.
How on earth do you remember. Where everything goes on assembly. Totally amazing ..
Not as difficult as you would think. Most everything will lay back in plqce where it goes and electrical connections will only plug into it's mating connector.
Always enjoy your videos. Stay safe over on the Westside. I'm over on the Eastside below Daytona. Going to be a bit windy soon.
Yeah he's in a shop in Sarosota like half an hour north of me, crazy, stay safe ray
You had me laughing so hard when you said, "Sorry I hit you with my tube." I was thinking don't let your wife hear you say that. LoL
Back in the seventies I had a Landrover . Everything on that engine was visable/ within reach from over the fender. what a contrast to what a mechanic has to go through now.
Love how Rays says "Then I lost 1/2 an hour" when I am thinking I would have lost the entire morning.
Stay safe. Prayers for everyone.
Love your videos, I find them entertaining and educational. Your a good narrator. Keep them coming.
you really had me falling of my seat with laughing when the socket came off , but you sorted it all again well done and thanks for the video
I put an alternator in my car last week and I dropped my 12 mm socket hunted for it with a flashlight and a magnet could not find it drove the car was running great but and two days later I said I got to find that socket I opened the hood look down and there it was sitting at the bottom of the engine cover that protective thing under my motor that does I don't know what and hey I must live right cuz I got my socket back and I hate breaking up sets have a good day
I heard it hit the floor. I was like YESSSSSSS
I was waiting for… socket gravity. lol
Ive had luck with a regular socket
I almost lifted the 5.3 in my 2012 burban to chase an O ring that the internet told me was bad, causing low oil pressure. I changed the oil filter and bam, the pressure returned to normal. Clean oil and only 2500 miles on the filter. Now I go with higher priced oil filter not the 5 qt sale ones.
Batten down the hatches Rain Man! Ian is heading your way. Stay safe!
Good morning Ray, thanks for the video. It went smooth as butter.
I'll be busy getting ready for the hurricane 🌀 today. I don't have a generator so if the power goes out it will be bad 😞. Stay safe and have a good day 🇺🇸💪💯
Make ice and bottle some extra water 💧
We stash ice bags in the fridge and load the freezer with it to hold the cold 🥶
I myself Wired my house for generator so I can plug it in the side of the house and back feed into the service main disconnect thing if you do that disconnect your breaker box on your meter if you don't backfeed the power lines and electrocute the workers have a great day
@@michaelpressman7203 I have a suicide cable to connect my generator. Procedure is the same as you said. Shut off the main breaker, plug in both ends of the cable, start the generator. My setup has a breaker in the box just for the generator and the generator has it's own breaker. Double protection.
Disclaimer: Don't do this. CYA and all of that stuff.
Just over 100k, what a fresh unit
You did say you all. That's what they call a Southern Florida accent. But same difference As a Southerner.