MARK VANDERBENT wrote:
does it start clean every start ?? or does it spin fast and not always pop off right away?? My 95 suburban 6.5 that I put a new starter on cranks fast but has a bit of a sloppy start at times. I do have new glow plugs. Truck runs awesome though.
Yes, pops off right away, no smoke, smooth idle. I hope it's good for a couple hundred thousand more miles. These old 6.5 diesels were the underdog of the big three, but aside from the injection pump issues, they are well built engines. I used to work that truck pretty hard, hauling a camper and towing a four horse trailer. All the Powerstroke, Cummins, and Duramax would pass me on the hills, but my 215hp never missed a beat and always got me home. I did remote my PCM on a heat sink to the front bumper and ever since that I've never had an injector pump issue. It's a good truck for my son, it gets him back and forth to college every day.