GM faulty piston rings in 5.3V8

[Sheepwheat]

So pre 2010 years? We have an 09 with 430 000 km. Still going strong. Sort of.

[blackpowder]

2013 newest transportation on the place. Still good.

[GALAXIE500]

The $ 2700 compensation will not cover the cost of a replacement engine. That is the bad thing , but its better than no compensation at all.

[WiltonRanch]

Have had a few 5.7l gm’s over the years, and some 350’s and a 427, and pretty much had ford beat for years on simplicity and reliability in my opinion. Had a 5.3 in a 2011 and can’t say I disliked the engine but it wasn’t a 5.7. Far as I’m concerned gm started going to hell pre 2008 and never recovered.

[TOM4CWB]

Have had a few 5.7l gm’s over the years, and some 350’s and a 427, and pretty much had ford beat for years on simplicity and reliability in my opinion. Had a 5.3 in a 2011 and can’t say I disliked the engine but it wasn’t a 5.7. Far as I’m concerned gm started going to hell pre 2008 and never recovered.

It was the 2010-14 5.3L IV Vortex V8 engine that had the oil piston ring issue, decided in this class action… just a heads up if oil consumption problem with small block in that vintage.

Seldom do these legal mechanical issues get this far… noteworthy for that reason Alone… GM spending huge goodwill… Ford seems much more concerned about owner satisfaction.

Deere has normally been very good about fixing mechanical problems… shows up in residual values of their equipment…

Cheers

[blackpowder]

Have had a few 5.7l gm’s over the years, and some 350’s and a 427, and pretty much had ford beat for years on simplicity and reliability in my opinion. Had a 5.3 in a 2011 and can’t say I disliked the engine but it wasn’t a 5.7. Far as I’m concerned gm started going to hell pre 2008 and never recovered.

If you're a fossil like me, you'd know that GM outnumbered all other gas truck engines by at least 10 to 1. And for very good reasons.

No it's not marketing, but neither is it climate, the vid, or politics. And no Chuck.
Refreshing. And informative.

[Partners]

Keeps the GM techs employed..
Not only the 5.3..

[Herc]

GM’s Piston slap, oil consumption, bent pushrods…..sounds like deere has competition for worst engines…..

[TOM4CWB]

GM’s Piston slap, oil consumption, bent pushrods…..sounds like deere has competition for worst engines…..

Humorous how Deere and Detroit 4 cycle engines were jointly designed together… the last engine I would have on this farm is a Detroit … the school of hard knocks was expensive… on an 8v92… we shut down and trailered to a Detroit shop… because we were sure it was piling up …but hadn’t yet…

Detroit put it on their DYNO… blew a rod through the side of the block… in 5 minutes on the DYNO…then gave zero allowance to fix it.

Long memory… I am like an Elephant… forgot forgot about that till …Herc…

New Truck warranty 30 years ago…was completely different (virtually nonexistent) to that Deere Agricultural warranty… perhaps somewhat better now… Cummins was the best engine warranty back then… Cat… a whole other story… not much better on rebuilds… truck engines old and new…are crazy expensive to keep going… post 2008 DEF technology is insane…

Interesting new ethanol conversions are coming… 1.7x the fuel burn… but fuel cost is less… no nox or particulate treatment needed… interesting technology is coming to convert our Diesel engines… without going electric… saw this on RFDTV









Very interesting solutions right around the corner…
Ethanol, NH3, biodiesel, Hydrogen… in combination with hybrid electric combined systems…

Cheers

[blackpowder]

Tom, Series 60 Detroits run forever.
Green leakers were throw away motors in the later configurations.