06 Duramax Block Heater Replacement

Located underneath the valve covers there is nothing cheap about replacing an injector on an lb7.

06 duramax block heater replacement.

Some optional tasks and tricks to do on your own 1 if you do not have a coolant drain plug this woul. Think about how hot that heater element has to get to warm the engine block up to 170 when it is less than 40 outside. I had heard the updated block heater plug from the dealer wont supply power until it s really cold. Lb7 injector replacement performed at an independent shop typically calls for 10 12 hours worth of labor and roughly 3 500.

Block heater replacement duramax hard parts. Replacing a block heater on a 2005 lly duramax engine. Duramax lb7 injector failure explained. Not a big deal just annoying.

I was told the heater had been disabled. For this reason most shops recommend you replace all eight injectors as opposed to doing them one at a time. Repair parts are slow in coming strike problems. 02 silverado duramax lb7 block heater replacement duration.

Zerostart 3100130 engine block heater for chevrolet and gmc 2001 2008 v8 6 6l diesel duramax 2007 2015 v8 6 6l diesel duramax 40mm diameter csa approved 120 volts 1000 watts 4 3 out of 5 stars 40. The recalled trucks have a duramax diesel 6 6 liter eight cylinder engine and an optional engine block heater. The cord can short circuit damage engine components and start a fire in the engine. Gm is probably working on a fix.

Apparently some of the early production models have faulty engine block heaters. This plugged right into my lbz duramax and worked great all winter long. When you have big turbos and big injectors that isn t an option. Afaik the 06 lbz s are the only ones affected by this problem.

If you plug it in for a short time the area right around the heater will be very warm but the rest of the block will be cold. Duramax diesels forum duramax diesel technical duramax hard parts.