'96 Suburban 6.5 Turbo Diesel
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'96 Suburban 6.5 Turbo Diesel
Hey guys... been lurking a bit and see a lot of good info here. I just picked up a '96 6.5 Suburban 2500 4WD and am pretty happy with it. I did a little research (mostly on here as well as YouTube), put in a new PMD and relocated it with a aluminum heat sink. I changed the oil (nasty) to synthetic, been keeping an eye on fluids, so far so good. Oil pressue seemed to drop a tad with the new oil.. but at hot idle, it's about 25, 40 at cruise speeds. Blowby is minimal, when it's hot, there's a little steam coming from the oil filler, but not much. So is there anything I should be keeping an eye on with these things? I don't want to do any real mods, just want to keep it reliable. I may throw some new DieselRX glow plugs in it before winter hits (alaska). I'm curious what i'm going to get as far as mileage goes, so far i've used 1/4 tank and have gone quite a ways.. It runs and sounds normal (like the other 6.5 I have at work), other than a weird pump sound somewhere from the engine. I guess these have a vacuum pump, maybe it's that, no idea. It's not a tick, knock or metallic sound, but the sound of a pump and seems to have gotten louder over the week. Anyhow i'll continue lurking and look forward to learning more.
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