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Do AFM Disablers Drain Your Battery? The Fix

Do AFM Disablers Drain Your Battery? The Fix

Will an AFM disabler drain my battery?" — the single most-asked question on every GM truck forum about OBD-II devices. The honest answer with the Gadon™ AFM/DFM Disabler: it draws...

Do AFM Disablers Drain Your Battery? The Fix

Will an AFM disabler drain my battery?" — the single most-asked question on every GM truck forum about OBD-II devices. The honest answer with the Gadon™ AFM/DFM Disabler: it draws...

Cadillac Escalade Engine Failure: The 6.2L Crisis

Cadillac Escalade Engine Failure: The 6.2L Crisis

Your Cadillac Escalade's 6.2L L87 V8 is the same engine architecture found in the Yukon Denali and Silverado HD — but when an AFM lifter collapses inside that engine, the...

Cadillac Escalade Engine Failure: The 6.2L Crisis

Your Cadillac Escalade's 6.2L L87 V8 is the same engine architecture found in the Yukon Denali and Silverado HD — but when an AFM lifter collapses inside that engine, the...

Chevy Silverado Reliability: Best and Worst Years

Chevy Silverado Reliability: Best and Worst Years

Not all Silverado years are created equal. The 1999–2006 GMT800 generation is one of the most bulletproof trucks GM ever built. The 2014–2018 K2XX generation, in contrast, is widely regarded...

Chevy Silverado Reliability: Best and Worst Years

Not all Silverado years are created equal. The 1999–2006 GMT800 generation is one of the most bulletproof trucks GM ever built. The 2014–2018 K2XX generation, in contrast, is widely regarded...

How to Disable DOD on a 5.3 Vortec Engine Easily

How to Disable DOD on a 5.3 Vortec Engine Easily

If your owner's manual says "DOD," your forum buddies say "AFM," and the dealership says "DFM" — they're all talking about the same thing, and it's all the same failure...

How to Disable DOD on a 5.3 Vortec Engine Easily

If your owner's manual says "DOD," your forum buddies say "AFM," and the dealership says "DFM" — they're all talking about the same thing, and it's all the same failure...

GMC Yukon Lifter Tick: Causes and How to Fix It

GMC Yukon Lifter Tick: Causes and How to Fix It

A faint tick in your GMC Yukon's engine bay isn't a quirk — it's a $10,000 mistake in slow motion. The locking pin inside one of your AFM lifters is...

GMC Yukon Lifter Tick: Causes and How to Fix It

A faint tick in your GMC Yukon's engine bay isn't a quirk — it's a $10,000 mistake in slow motion. The locking pin inside one of your AFM lifters is...

Chevy Tahoe & GMC Yukon AFM Problems: Symptoms and the Fix

Chevy Tahoe & GMC Yukon AFM Problems: Symptoms ...

Your Chevy Tahoe wasn't bought to lurch at 50 mph with your kids in the back, burn a quart of oil every other tank, or wait for a lifter to...

Chevy Tahoe & GMC Yukon AFM Problems: Symptoms ...

Your Chevy Tahoe wasn't bought to lurch at 50 mph with your kids in the back, burn a quart of oil every other tank, or wait for a lifter to...