So I bought a 99 GMC Suburban 5.7 with a blown engine for under scrap price $500 usd, still ran new rear tires, but it has them fancy adjustable rods, Aside from that the truck is in pretty good shape, body does have 230k miles on it, has a noisy transfer case.
Anyway I also have a 97 k1500 pickup truck with a bad frame runs and shifts fine, 130k miles on it, 5.7, I got lucky and it has the transfer case I need for the suburban, so I pulled the engine out of the 97 and I installed into the suburban, no issues what so ever, I got it to fire and it moves under its own power, had plenty of oil pressure on cold start, idled down to around 30psi, which is better than most 5.7s form that era. Anyway, I installed the transfer case from the 97 and it works fine, 4x4 works, typical ABS light.
After some playing around and make sure everything is still tight, I noticed at idle I had 0 oil pressure, and the top end clacking to go with it so the gauge wasn't lying, give it a little gas and the oil pressure would rise, So I thought it needed a pick up and or oil pump, but after draining the clean oil and spinning the hot oil filter off, its a Wix and I noticed it was heavier than normal, so being curious I cut it open and noticed one of the filter layers collapsed on its self and jammed up the bypass valve in the filter. This filter wasn't old, I mean it did sit on the shelf in the garage for a few weeks.
So I put new oil in it and I had a cheap Fram filter I put on the truck, and all is well, I drove it yesterday and today to the tile office, drove to my dads 2 hours away, its been perfect aside from the slight piston slap on cold starts, I put almost 300 miles on it in the last couple of days.. And filling a 41 gallon fuel tank, ouch!!
Anyone ever experience something like this, Its a Wix filter, I thought they were quality and its an engine with 250 horse, nothing special, I was close to dropping the front diff and pulling the oil pan and it probably wouldn't have done anything as I would of probably kept the filter on as it was a new one.
I still don't know if I want to keep the truck or sell it, I have a whole days work into it and maybe $150 bucks in oil and some gaskets, but its clean for an NorthEast Ohio truck and I'm starting to like it more and more over my 92 Silverado, I just need to fix some other issues like A/C the ABS light, stupid things.
Anyway I also have a 97 k1500 pickup truck with a bad frame runs and shifts fine, 130k miles on it, 5.7, I got lucky and it has the transfer case I need for the suburban, so I pulled the engine out of the 97 and I installed into the suburban, no issues what so ever, I got it to fire and it moves under its own power, had plenty of oil pressure on cold start, idled down to around 30psi, which is better than most 5.7s form that era. Anyway, I installed the transfer case from the 97 and it works fine, 4x4 works, typical ABS light.
After some playing around and make sure everything is still tight, I noticed at idle I had 0 oil pressure, and the top end clacking to go with it so the gauge wasn't lying, give it a little gas and the oil pressure would rise, So I thought it needed a pick up and or oil pump, but after draining the clean oil and spinning the hot oil filter off, its a Wix and I noticed it was heavier than normal, so being curious I cut it open and noticed one of the filter layers collapsed on its self and jammed up the bypass valve in the filter. This filter wasn't old, I mean it did sit on the shelf in the garage for a few weeks.
So I put new oil in it and I had a cheap Fram filter I put on the truck, and all is well, I drove it yesterday and today to the tile office, drove to my dads 2 hours away, its been perfect aside from the slight piston slap on cold starts, I put almost 300 miles on it in the last couple of days.. And filling a 41 gallon fuel tank, ouch!!
Anyone ever experience something like this, Its a Wix filter, I thought they were quality and its an engine with 250 horse, nothing special, I was close to dropping the front diff and pulling the oil pan and it probably wouldn't have done anything as I would of probably kept the filter on as it was a new one.
I still don't know if I want to keep the truck or sell it, I have a whole days work into it and maybe $150 bucks in oil and some gaskets, but its clean for an NorthEast Ohio truck and I'm starting to like it more and more over my 92 Silverado, I just need to fix some other issues like A/C the ABS light, stupid things.