Tow Vehicle Brokedown In Longmont Colorado
Currently stuck in Longmont CO since Saturday. My 2008 Chevy 3500HD went into limp mode with a P0087 code 10 miles out of Estes Park heading to Denver. Vehicle was towed to Longmont CO, and 5th whee...
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I had an extensive run with the P0087 code on my truck in sig. Mine is 07 Classic, yours is the newer style, but much of the same components.
My P0087 code started the first time on a very hot day, pulling the TT uphill in the mountains. Went into limp mode, wouldn't rev over 2000.
I was hundreds of miles from home but I managed to limp it home. On the flat it wasn't too bad. The key was to get it to upshift to have acceleration power under 2000 RPM. As soon as it hit 2000 it was like throwing an anchor out.
I bought a code reader as soon as I got home. With that I was able to clear the code and drive normally. I changed the fuel filter to no avail too. It ran fine until the next time I towed up a hill in hot weather. But this time I had my code reader and could pull over to clear it. I learned to take it easy up the hills, keep my foot out of it and drop a couple gears to avoid this happening. Winter or cool weather driving, no problem, even when towing.
No trailer, no problem. I went a couple years like this, but it progressively got worse to the point where it would happen if I was going uphill without the TT.
We were planning a long trip, so 2 summers ago I took it back in to the dealership for an extensive analysis. Cost me a couple hundred for that but they did exhaustive testing on all components.
Primary issue was a weak injector pump starting to fail. My heart skipped a beat but I told them to fix it. They replaced the injector pump, one injector and a couple other little things.
The truck ran like a champ after that, and we headed out through the Rockies, 32 foot 9000 pound TT in tow. It was really nice to drive normally, without the code reader plugged in and laying there ready to erase the code every 2 minutes going up hills.
The truck has, however thrown the same code twice since the repair, both times during a very long hot haul up a steep grade. Once on the first trip out and the 2nd about a year later. Only 2 times.
Truck had 303,692 Kilometers on it at the time of the repair. 374K now
Total cost of the repair, with taxes etc was 31 cents under $7700. But this bill was including 6 new Michelins mounted and balanced, so safely say the cost of the new injector pump and related stuff was about 6 grand. This is all Canadian pricing. US is likely cheaper. We seem to pay more here for everything.
I recommend everyone with an older tow vehicle gets a code reader. You never know when something's going to put you in limp mode a long ways from home. They are simple to use and could avoid a ruined trip and expensive tow bill.
My P0087 code started the first time on a very hot day, pulling the TT uphill in the mountains. Went into limp mode, wouldn't rev over 2000.
I was hundreds of miles from home but I managed to limp it home. On the flat it wasn't too bad. The key was to get it to upshift to have acceleration power under 2000 RPM. As soon as it hit 2000 it was like throwing an anchor out.
I bought a code reader as soon as I got home. With that I was able to clear the code and drive normally. I changed the fuel filter to no avail too. It ran fine until the next time I towed up a hill in hot weather. But this time I had my code reader and could pull over to clear it. I learned to take it easy up the hills, keep my foot out of it and drop a couple gears to avoid this happening. Winter or cool weather driving, no problem, even when towing.
No trailer, no problem. I went a couple years like this, but it progressively got worse to the point where it would happen if I was going uphill without the TT.
We were planning a long trip, so 2 summers ago I took it back in to the dealership for an extensive analysis. Cost me a couple hundred for that but they did exhaustive testing on all components.
Primary issue was a weak injector pump starting to fail. My heart skipped a beat but I told them to fix it. They replaced the injector pump, one injector and a couple other little things.
The truck ran like a champ after that, and we headed out through the Rockies, 32 foot 9000 pound TT in tow. It was really nice to drive normally, without the code reader plugged in and laying there ready to erase the code every 2 minutes going up hills.
The truck has, however thrown the same code twice since the repair, both times during a very long hot haul up a steep grade. Once on the first trip out and the 2nd about a year later. Only 2 times.
Truck had 303,692 Kilometers on it at the time of the repair. 374K now
Total cost of the repair, with taxes etc was 31 cents under $7700. But this bill was including 6 new Michelins mounted and balanced, so safely say the cost of the new injector pump and related stuff was about 6 grand. This is all Canadian pricing. US is likely cheaper. We seem to pay more here for everything.
I recommend everyone with an older tow vehicle gets a code reader. You never know when something's going to put you in limp mode a long ways from home. They are simple to use and could avoid a ruined trip and expensive tow bill.
