The person that showed me is family who works for a dealer. Their attitude is they need to see if the car was maintained. I do a lot of oil changes and minor repairs. If I don't produce receipts then the maintenance never happened.
I knew car fax collected info on vehicle crashes. What I didn't know was that many dealers are now putting all maintenance records of your vehicle on carfax. From changing windshield wipers to oil changes to major repairs.
It was explained to me that since my engine was replaced and will show...
Glad your giving this truck a try. Have had mine almost two years. I have been impressed from day one. I towed approximate 10000 lbs. No problem. Drove to Florida with light load in bed. 75 mph average speed. 27 mile to gallon.
Wife refuses to drive it or she would have one also.
Just talked to mechanic. Brand new engine arrived and being installed.
Old engine blew number 1 and number 2 cylinders. Cause still unknown other than he said he found loose bolts on the piston rods. I asked about oil cooler being plugged and he said he checked and was good.
So far the service...
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In December I noticed idle a little lower, oil pressure about 18. Didn't think anything of it.
Middle of December I replaced the washer fluid sensor. Sensor got drowned when I pulled from bottle. I then pulled fuel filter and double checked to make sure I had...
So far mechanic stated that he didn't know. He replaced the oil pressure sending unit, pressure showed good, and took for a test drive. Engine started knocking and by time he got off interstate it had blown.
I truly love this truck......impressed with power and mpg from day one.......
But oil pressure dropped to 0 at idle yesterday. Mechanic put new oil pressure sending unit on it this morning and took it for test drive and motor blew up.