Moved all the posts on this topic to its own thread.
Yes and it was getting hot again, spokee too a guy whom wondered if my el. fan was working. So was going to test it, tracing the harness, found a connection was off of it. Attached took it for a ride, fine while cool , clutch start making a familiar noise squeaking.So you had bad oil pressure and running hot before? Then replaced all that stuff, had good oil pressure for 2 miles, then got low oil pressure?
agreed, probably worth a tech thread for sure. The oil pressure after warmup seems very low. What does it sounds like when it is getting hot? do you have pictures of the metal you found in it?
the engine is if I remember correctly from a 2003 chevy express van. I don't think the oil type would have caused any issues. Weird filters maybe, but that doesn't seem like the culprit. Stick a PH46E in it and double check.
One thing that does happen is the o ring for the oil pickup tube can get messed up. Did you remove and replace the oil pickup tube and check the o ring?
Not looking for more power, did 104 mph at 3900 rpm 1 time. Never had any issues towing (grossly 2800 lbs) up grades. Would like to use the same harnesses installed (plug n play type) solution. As I am fairly certain it's shot by now. Forgot to mention at the SAS7, per OBD2 running lean bank 1 for 4 days then resolved itself.Sorry. At least 5.3s are very easy to get ahold of. Good time to upgrade to a 6.0 if you want more power. Although the 5.3 scoots pretty good.
Send you a message.I know a guy that specializes in LS swaps. He helped me with my LQ4 swap in my now sold 68 Camaro and current 87 FJ60. He recently built a harness for my upcoming C10 6.0 swap. Anyway, the guy is awesome and knows his stuff. He runs his business out of his home shop and lives on the south side of Colorado Springs. Reach out if you want his digits.
I do not have the know how, space and tools.If you wanted the cheapest route possible a used short block and swapping it yourself would be the ticket. I bet you could do it all for less than a grand