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lee4019 wrote:
Anybody know about this truck?

1993 or 1995 Chevrolet C/K 2500, 6.5L Turbo Charged Diesel, Automatic transmission, tow package, Maximum towing capacity: 9000 lbs, 100k miles

Thanks

I own a 93 same spec's as above.

I'm in the minority but I really like the truck. I have a 06 Duramax and I like driving my 93 better. :E In fact I towed my trailer to the repair shop the other day and I thought, wow this thing tows nice.

Now all that being said the 6.5 has some problems. One is they only put out about 200 HP. That is a problem if you tow in the mountains a lot. On the flat and little hills it's fine.

Another problem with the 94 on up is the PMD. Much like the CPS on the 7.3's they go out and your engine just dies. The good news is they make a good one and for a little over a few hundred bucks you fix the problem.

Another problem is for some reason GM though pig iron was gold in those days so they did not put much of it in their diesel engines and this caused cracking problems in the heads and block.

And last but not least GM did not put the best quality head gaskets or bolts in their 6.5's. The head gaskets rotted out and their bolts are junk TTY bolts.

There is good and bad with this engine. They pull down great mileage when towing and solo. Mine gets 12 to 13 towing a 7K trailer and around 18 solo with 4:10 gears.

All in all I love my 6.5 but in good consensus I can't really recommend this engine unless you know your way around it and want to mod it up a bit. Mine is mod'ed up and I would not be afraid to tow across the country with it today. :E