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justALnow
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Jul 06, 2013

Duramax bites the dust - Blown head gasket @ 102K miles

I'm bummed - Been a Chevy man all my life and spent extra money back in '05 for the dependability and reliablity of a diesel. 2500 HD Silverado CrewCab 4x4 barely made it past 100K miles and now i...
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OH48Lt
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Jul 06, 2013
Don't be so fast to trash the engine yet. Pull the injectors and see which cylinder was full of coolant and hydrolocked the engine. Then replace the head gaskets with the updated ones and use some decent ELC (extended life coolant).

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