Chevrolet Trailblazer Maintenance...

**Archerfish** · August 5th, 2018 02:36 PM

Originally Posted by Gumusut_Amige

part of chev "silent recall" for the affected tbz units.

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May I know what model is affected? My good neighbor here has a trailblazer and he may not be aware of it.

**Gumusut_Amige** · August 5th, 2018 02:54 PM

^^^ mine is tbz 2014 model. let him check with casa to confirm.

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**StockEngine** · August 5th, 2018 06:03 PM

they are already expecting the oil consumption...

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**shadyanderson09** · August 6th, 2018 07:10 AM

Just to verify some stuff mates, so we can give credit where credit is due as well as treat the case fairly.

I have the same dipstick that you have in the picture bro, the one of the left side, the shorter one. Was it changed for the one on the right side, the longer one?

1- If the dipstick was shorter and it required a change, does that mean you were over filling your engine with oil?

2- If, supposedly, we are over filling our engine with oil, then why on earth when checking with that same dipstick there is no oil decrease? Hitting always the same mark as full, never went down?

3- Picture for the oil cap is blurred mate, it was changed for what? From 5W-30 to 5W-40?

Monitor it man with the longer dipstick, the one that the CASA recommended, and check your marks so you can monitor if it burns oil. That's the only way you can make sure.

Thanks for the feedback bros.

**Gumusut_Amige** · August 6th, 2018 08:18 AM

evidently, both dipstick are of the same full level mark (photo doesn't show its laid total length ) .

consequently, the big difference is their low level mark (approximately 12mm).
thus we are not overfilling it but it's giving me the wrong oil low level mark from the very start i got my unit.

the oil cap was replaced from 5-w30 to 5-w40.

usually after a long and spirited drive, my oil level is showing lower level and that's the time i top up (but not the critical low level).👍

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**shadyanderson09** · August 6th, 2018 08:34 AM

Originally Posted by Gumusut_Amige

evidently, both dipstick are of the same full level mark (photo doesn't show its laid total length ) .

consequently, the big difference is their low level mark (approximately 12mm).
thus we are not overfilling it but it's giving me the wrong oil low level mark from the very start i got my unit.

the oil cap was replaced from 5-w30 to 5-w40.

usually after a long and spirited drive, my oil level is showing lower level and that's the time i top up (but not the critical low level).��

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Got it mate, so the difference is only in the low level mark, full mark is the same and that's where normal level should goes and monitor it from there.

The weird thing is, I have tried my best to spot that oil consumption issue, been 2 years now, no single attempt was successful. Baguio, Tagaytay, SLEX, NLEX, TPLEX and far more attempts. 3,700 to 4000RMPs with no mercy, pedal to the metal, in different weather, slippery, rains, typhoons and insane hot temperature during the year.

No single attempt showed even one drop decrease been over 2 years now. I check my oil level almost everyday in different occasions and places. Leveled surfaces with hot, warm, cold engine and it's always on Full Mark.

Something that caught my attention heavily on it, since all my former Fortuners and Monteros was oil burners, especially my Fortuners.

**Gumusut_Amige** · August 6th, 2018 09:16 AM

Originally Posted by shadyanderson09

Got it mate, so the difference is only in the low level mark, full mark is the same and that's where normal level should goes and monitor it from there.

The weird thing is, I have tried my best to spot that oil consumption issue, been 2 years now, no single attempt was successful. Baguio, Tagaytay, SLEX, NLEX, TPLEX and far more attempts. 3,700 to 4000RMPs with no mercy, pedal to the metal, in different weather, slippery, rains, typhoons and insane hot temperature during the year.

No single attempt showed even one drop decrease been over 2 years now. I check my oil level almost everyday in different occasions and places. Leveled surfaces with hot, warm, cold engine and it's always on Full Mark.

Something that caught my attention heavily on it, since all my former Fortuners and Monteros was oil burners, especially my Fortuners.

am assuming your tbz model is 2016. were you putting the dexos 2 5-w40 oil grade?
most of the time i'm using the less viscous 5-w30 dexos2 oil grade prior to my last pms.

currently, no level change is noted after logging almost 2k kms this time with the 5-w40 dexos2 oil grade.

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**shadyanderson09** · August 6th, 2018 09:25 AM

Originally Posted by Gumusut_Amige

am assuming your tbz model is 2016. were you putting the dexos 2 5-w40 oil grade?
most of the time i'm using the less viscous 5-w30 dexos2 oil grade prior to my last pms.

currently, no level change is noted after logging almost 2k kms this time with the 5-w40 dexos2 oil grade.

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Not at all bro. Mine is a 2014 LTZ. Using Dexos2 5W-30, that's what it has on the oil cap too and owner manual.

Second owner, not the first one.

**Gumusut_Amige** · August 6th, 2018 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by shadyanderson09

Not at all bro. Mine is a 2014 LTZ. Using Dexos2 5W-30, that's what it has on the oil cap too and owner manual.

Second owner, not the first one.

so i guess we have the same engine batch. there's a high probability that yours is also affected with the short dipstick issue.
what's your ODO reading now?

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**shadyanderson09** · August 6th, 2018 02:31 PM

Originally Posted by Gumusut_Amige

so i guess we have the same engine batch. there's a high probability that yours is also affected with the short dipstick issue.
what's your ODO reading now?

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Yup same engine. Would go for it mate but no drop of oil gets consumed at all, whatever I have tried to do.

34K plus now on Odo.