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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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Passin_Thru
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Jul 07, 2013
OP, I'd update to a 07 LBZ like http://www.allthetimeauto.com/6dulbzcolobl.html and get some friends to help you and install it yourselves. The LBZ is the last before the fertlizer engines. None are as good as the 7.3L Ford and you can as I understand, put a Cummins in it too. Tey are Cast Iron with less moving paarts.

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