I had a 1994 GMC Z71 6.2 diesel, 5 speed. I took it to the GMC dealership because it had the strange vibration and the guy at the service desk asked me if I was sure that it had a manual transmission 😂 It was a one owner and I ended up driving it until It had 319,000 miles and the harmonic balancer came apart and it was unobtainable. Turns out that was the strange vibration that nobody could diagnose.
Oh, man! Of all the shit to kill a truck. That's worse than totalling a 7.4 vortec because of the EGR pipe! Do you still have her? A small block (or big block) will bolt right in. If she's not rusty, that is..
Balancers are easy to get. And it’s a well known issue on the 6.2/6.5. Great engines. The internet just wants them to be something they aren’t…..junk and fast. I’ve had many and they have never let me down.
I’ve never heard of not being able to get a balancer for a 6.2/6.5….Besides the OE style replacements the aftermarket has had for a long time, “Fluidampr” has been making excellent heavy duty hydraulic dampers for the 6.2 and 6.5 since the 1990’s. That said I suppose the staff at a less than honest dealership might not want to tell you about aftermarket parts that they don’t sell and won’t install for you. Now what I have heard of is the crankshaft breaking because of a bad / separated balancer and the 6.2/6.5’s inherently weak bottom end.
@@deltafreshrelics1660I love mine too. 98 6.5TD K3500 with a 5 speed. Fluidampr has been building basically a “lifetime” balancer pulley for the 6.2/6.5 since the days when you could still buy a new one, and my truck got one as (relatively) cheap insurance against a broken crankshaft long ago. I bought mine having driven them at work for years and going in with the expectation it’ll pull about as well as a good running Vortec 5.7 but get twice the fuel mileage I’ve never been disappointed. The guys who expect them to run like a chipped Duramax are the ones ragging on them all the time. I don’t think there’s a better engine out there in a 3/4 or 1 ton pickup as far as fuel mileage goes.
This was around 17 years ago before internet parts were as prevalent. I don’t listen to peoples internet opinions much on reliability, I usually like to have my own experience. The truck was gutless, but it would get 24 miles to the gallon, which was General Motors intention the entire time (fuel economy). I think the 6.2 was more reliable than 6.5 due to not having a turbo to blow head gaskets and having a less complex fuel system. Regardless if you don’t hot rod either of them and just drive them to get fuel economy they’ll both last 200k-300k miles. I sold it for $2,000 like 10 years ago and the guy 350 swapped it.
I worked in the Arctic for over 30 years and when it was below -30F diesels always sounded like the engine was going to come apart when starting it. Also we always let the motor warm up at idle because reving it up while cold can do things like blow power steering pump hoses. The coldest I ever started an engine was when the thermometer was at -67F. When I drove it the shocks felt like they were welded. We never used ether, WD40 works great.
That 6.2 ext cab short bed 4 speed is friggin awesome. I need that. Even the rims are cool. My older brother had a 3 on the tree 300 straight 6. We'd go do burnouts on a wooden bridge until it started rapping, put a quart of oil in it and it would quiet right down haha
The 6.5 td made heat too. Also a bear to start. Thing ran and ran and ran though. Odo stopped at 480,000 miles. I personally put many many more miles on it before an injector line rotted.
I drug an old 87 suburban ¾ ton 4 wheel drive out of the woods, did a little tinkering and I'm driving it every day just to see if i could. It's the best starting 6.2 I've ever seen in the cold and not being plugged in.
The 2 stroke valve-uni-flow is the greatest diesel engine in world history, along with the Cleveland Diesel engines and the biggest ones, the EMD’s! And don’t forget the rare Day cycle valveless loop scavenged 2-51 and 4-51! I have 2 of the 4-51’s! Impossible to find parts for but super loyal! The uni-flow Detroits with exhaust valves and intake ports are Clark cycle and much more efficient than stupid 4 strokes. The 300-6 is loyal but so were the Mopar slant 6’s and the Chevy 6’s! MERRY CHRISTMAS from Schaghticoke NY!! Glad ya love 2 stroke Detroits because for me, my love of them gets deeper with every passing day! They are National Treasures! 👍🏻😋
People need to not worry diesels like revs after a cold start! Little detroits love it. 😂 . Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 you filthy animal! I like how you northerners say it's not that cold at -10c 😂😂.
Good video. People do not realize a two-stroke Detroit. is made to run wide-open otherwise they do not run properly and will use oil they have to run wide open
Merry Christmas buddy. O and don’t fallow peg around.!! Hell you wold be walking in cycles haha . And checking out duds ass’s hahahah jkjk good stuff man keep jamming!
Hey Kevin, thanks for all the videos buddy - they all rock and I appreciate the uploads. Question for you: I have an opportunity to buy a 2016 6.7 power stroke but… needs an egr delete and turbo work. What are your thoughts on an egr delete and tune kit? Merry Christmas and cheers
First 3 years of 6.2 and the high altitude models had 133 anything after 85 had 160 horse and 265 torque and you could tune it n/a to a whopping 170 horse and 305 torque if it felt like it was the right temp outside. Best part about a 6.2 you blow it up another runner is only a hundo bucks
I just took my 6.5 suburban on a 2,500 mile trip. Got 18 mpg doing 70 mph with 4.10s. 6.2/6.5 is a fine setup. Cheap and reliable. If you know how to turn a wrench and do a short list of things as soon as you find one they will run forever.
I had a chevy van with the 6.2 diesel, never failed me in the winter. God i miss that thing.
While the rest of them complained, That old Detroit said "ok boss! What we doing?"
Damn, they're loyal..
The 88 chevy fired right up
Two strokes truck 4 strokes suck😅
@carlachambers3771 I gotta admit that ole Detroit was impressive, I'm a Chevy guy so #Bowtietillidie
Had a 6.5 with a 6.2 inj3ction pump and it wouldn't start if it was 50 °
IDI loyalty is only a can spray away😊
Never seen someone with more good batteries
Pretty cool collection of trucks, Frenchman. You and your family have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks for the videos.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you as well!
"How much Cosby sauce should we give the old Ferd IDI?" ALL OF IT!
I had a 1994 GMC Z71 6.2 diesel, 5 speed. I took it to the GMC dealership because it had the strange vibration and the guy at the service desk asked me if I was sure that it had a manual transmission 😂
It was a one owner and I ended up driving it until It had 319,000 miles and the harmonic balancer came apart and it was unobtainable. Turns out that was the strange vibration that nobody could diagnose.
Oh, man!
Of all the shit to kill a truck. That's worse than totalling a 7.4 vortec because of the EGR pipe!
Do you still have her?
A small block (or big block) will bolt right in.
If she's not rusty, that is..
Balancers are easy to get. And it’s a well known issue on the 6.2/6.5. Great engines. The internet just wants them to be something they aren’t…..junk and fast. I’ve had many and they have never let me down.
I’ve never heard of not being able to get a balancer for a 6.2/6.5….Besides the OE style replacements the aftermarket has had for a long time, “Fluidampr” has been making excellent heavy duty hydraulic dampers for the 6.2 and 6.5 since the 1990’s. That said I suppose the staff at a less than honest dealership might not want to tell you about aftermarket parts that they don’t sell and won’t install for you. Now what I have heard of is the crankshaft breaking because of a bad / separated balancer and the 6.2/6.5’s inherently weak bottom end.
@@deltafreshrelics1660I love mine too. 98 6.5TD K3500 with a 5 speed. Fluidampr has been building basically a “lifetime” balancer pulley for the 6.2/6.5 since the days when you could still buy a new one, and my truck got one as (relatively) cheap insurance against a broken crankshaft long ago. I bought mine having driven them at work for years and going in with the expectation it’ll pull about as well as a good running Vortec 5.7 but get twice the fuel mileage I’ve never been disappointed. The guys who expect them to run like a chipped Duramax are the ones ragging on them all the time. I don’t think there’s a better engine out there in a 3/4 or 1 ton pickup as far as fuel mileage goes.
This was around 17 years ago before internet parts were as prevalent.
I don’t listen to peoples internet opinions much on reliability, I usually like to have my own experience. The truck was gutless, but it would get 24 miles to the gallon, which was General Motors intention the entire time (fuel economy). I think the 6.2 was more reliable than 6.5 due to not having a turbo to blow head gaskets and having a less complex fuel system. Regardless if you don’t hot rod either of them and just drive them to get fuel economy they’ll both last 200k-300k miles.
I sold it for $2,000 like 10 years ago and the guy 350 swapped it.
Thanks for this. So cool. That 2 stroke detriot was icing on the diesel cake. Awesome. 😊
Those Cummins are good starters in the cold even without any type of grid heater.
I worked in the Arctic for over 30 years and when it was below -30F diesels always sounded like the engine was going to come apart when starting it. Also we always let the motor warm up at idle because reving it up while cold can do things like blow power steering pump hoses. The coldest I ever started an engine was when the thermometer was at -67F. When I drove it the shocks felt like they were welded. We never used ether, WD40 works great.
‘‘I hate chevs’’ fires right up, proceeds to have to use ether to start the ford and not the chev😂
It happens to the best of us...
@ They’re all shit boxes in their own special ways
I needed this, merry Christmas buddy!
The 7.3 idi sounds so grumpy to start😂 its like I dont wanna run.
They don't run lol gota force em to run like a junkie to detox haha
Mine doesn't want to run at all I've tried pegs 2 cans ffs
Best engine ford ever borrowed 😅
@carlachambers3771 yeah😭
That 6.2 ext cab short bed 4 speed is friggin awesome. I need that. Even the rims are cool. My older brother had a 3 on the tree 300 straight 6. We'd go do burnouts on a wooden bridge until it started rapping, put a quart of oil in it and it would quiet right down haha
Willard was soooo stunned.....he even said how dare you.....😅
You're returning the dinosaurs to the snow!!!
🙂👍🇨🇦
The 6.5 td made heat too. Also a bear to start. Thing ran and ran and ran though. Odo stopped at 480,000 miles. I personally put many many more miles on it before an injector line rotted.
I'm at 400,000 on mine loves life on the mn Canadian border
Most of the world do cold start you and peg it's just going to work on Tuesday 😅😂
Ugh I can smell the French thru the screen 😂😂
I drug an old 87 suburban ¾ ton 4 wheel drive out of the woods, did a little tinkering and I'm driving it every day just to see if i could. It's the best starting 6.2 I've ever seen in the cold and not being plugged in.
Its the Temu Pegleg!
We have a term here in Fairbanks Alaska. COLD SOAKED 🥶
Where's the peg leg? How dare you🤣
Mint 👌🏻
Merry Fucking Christmas, Kevin! Cheers! Would have been awesome to smell the 80W90 burning through the screen on the ole Catalina Wine mixer...😅
The 2 stroke valve-uni-flow is the greatest diesel engine in world history, along with the Cleveland Diesel engines and the biggest ones, the EMD’s! And don’t forget the rare Day cycle valveless loop scavenged 2-51 and 4-51! I have 2 of the 4-51’s! Impossible to find parts for but super loyal! The uni-flow Detroits with exhaust valves and intake ports are Clark cycle and much more efficient than stupid 4 strokes. The 300-6 is loyal but so were the Mopar slant 6’s and the Chevy 6’s! MERRY CHRISTMAS from Schaghticoke NY!! Glad ya love 2 stroke Detroits because for me, my love of them gets deeper with every passing day! They are National Treasures! 👍🏻😋
How dare you!!!!!😁
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year brother 👌👍🔥🔥
Tis the season for cold starts! 😂
Frig ya cold start season!
even the video is sawed off got damn went hard on the black space 😂😂😂
6.2/6.5s seem to fire better in the cold than 6.9/7.3s as long as either isn't involved. Lol. It was just that time of the month for the zoomie C10
They fire better in summer heat too😂 seen many a 6.9 need a snort at 80 degrees out.
I gotta say, you at least have some hearty battrees in those things.
dirty cold starts and cyndi lauper, cant get much better
People need to not worry diesels like revs after a cold start! Little detroits love it. 😂 . Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄 you filthy animal! I like how you northerners say it's not that cold at -10c 😂😂.
Merry Christmas man, cheers
🤘😎🤘🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺
Diesel hydrolock is just more compression for easier cold starts😅
The only way to start a IDI is a half a can of the sniff sniff juice.
Good video. People do not realize a two-stroke Detroit. is made to run wide-open otherwise they do not run properly and will use oil they have to run wide open
That's true.
Detroit 2-smoke motors are made to go from ice cold to wide open without a hiccup.
That's why they're on the best EPUs ever made.
12 cold starts by Christmas
Makes me miss Alaska
Merry Christmas to you too 🎅
That wagon is fkn mint
fuck i want that gmc diesel
what a treat.
Detroit is tough as hell
The best engine is the Detroit ❤
Merry Christmas buddy. O and don’t fallow peg around.!! Hell you wold be walking in cycles haha . And checking out duds ass’s hahahah jkjk good stuff man keep jamming!
Circle’s ….
Weather controlling criminals and their pyrotechnics anyhow. Just going for it
Damn that is a sweet 88 chevy
Merry Jeetmas!
Rock it barb!!
Slower barb, slower
Happy Christmas back. Good video matey
5/30W synthetic oil always in Canada!...❤👍🇨🇦. Man, that fuggin old GMC.
Cold starts man love em
Because you asked, 88 to 98 Chevy/GMC pickup Trucks are called OBS... Original Body Style.
I love the Chevy diesels
Merry Christmas bud!
That 12 valve diesel knock sounds like injector spraying like shit and slowly wrecking things lol
All injectors are rebuilt and bench tested, probably injection pump
wish i could fly out there and crack a beer with ya
Merry Xmas to you and fam bud
Nice.
Have a good Christmas.
Merry Christmas
Peg would be telling you to whack some chains on it so whack some chains on it fer fox creek 👀👀
You ain't kidding about those GM 6.2 getting hot I had a 5.7 in an 81 Buick and you could cook a meatloaf on it driving from deer river to duluth.
Merry Christmas sawed off!
She loves it
French man doing French things
Merry Christmas yah Greasy Sawedoff Frenchman
Hey Kevin, thanks for all the videos buddy - they all rock and I appreciate the uploads. Question for you: I have an opportunity to buy a 2016 6.7 power stroke but… needs an egr delete and turbo work. What are your thoughts on an egr delete and tune kit? Merry Christmas and cheers
Im no expert on newer stuff, but the 6.7 was pretty good...
Peg leg would say to give it a little red line
How much?How dare you, all of it
2:11 forbidden crushed and very blended oreos
Love that chevy
wanna see the tail pipes chooch
perhaps a second camera in 2025?
Those old chevys, sometimes you have to back em up a little to get the 4x4 to mesh in.
You'd think the chevy was a gas. It's so quiet.
Merry Christmas dude
First 3 years of 6.2 and the high altitude models had 133 anything after 85 had 160 horse and 265 torque and you could tune it n/a to a whopping 170 horse and 305 torque if it felt like it was the right temp outside. Best part about a 6.2 you blow it up another runner is only a hundo bucks
I like them too but most people dont
Sounds like the idi got some air intrusion
Might be the return lines from the injectors...
The 6.5 detroits will pop your fingers if you use ether. They don't like it!
Are u from Newfoundland?
Sawed off Frenchmen and Florida cold starts
I only had 5 beers too
Merry Christmas!
That chev was pissed
That 12v glow plug switch must be to a grid heater no ?
Yes
Put it in the danger zone post haste
Those 6.5, 6.2 are gutless as hell but as reliable as the Cummins loooool
That’s why there are still a bunch of them still on the roa… oh wait 😂
I just took my 6.5 suburban on a 2,500 mile trip. Got 18 mpg doing 70 mph with 4.10s. 6.2/6.5 is a fine setup. Cheap and reliable. If you know how to turn a wrench and do a short list of things as soon as you find one they will run forever.
You Don't need to worry about canc3r
88-98 chevys are 90 models , Say what you want about chevy but they are some of the most reliable trucks out there
Ca va? Merry Christmas!!
thanks for the vid!
I'd take that 6.2 over any one of those 13 letter shit spreaders. Good vid.
No p-pump is a “good cold starter” 😊
Glow plugs on a cummins? Grid heater.
Hang on do Cummings have glowplugs
No
Grid heaters
There's no G in cummins.
Pre chamber ignition
Cummins have grid heaters
Is this you sawed off?
Are 6.5 detroits any better?
Slightly more power, better cold starting, so a little better
Cummins glow plugs?
High idle doesn't work since you "fixed" the carburetor?
Grid heater is on the glow plug circuit...carb idles now but high idle no longer works, havent looked into it....
Happy Holidays to you and yours an thanks fer da smoke eh 😂😂😂
I seriously thiughts this was a zip ties video
How do you have the high idle setup on that first truck??
Just a cable throttle lock
@@captaindipchit I went to junior high/high school with you. Glad to see you’re putting your skills to use. Merry Christmas bud! 🍻🍻🍻
@cozmo8625 i need more info...josh?
@@captaindipchit Paul lol
@cozmo8625 merry xmas paul, tell brenda shes sexy