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Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Tue Jan 04, 2022 6:16 pm
by GammaFlat
I am so glad to hear there are folks getting good drive-ability. That's good news for all of us. :D

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Wed Jan 05, 2022 6:34 pm
by osubeaver
Thanks for all the input.

I am going to try this stuck lifter fix before I go any further. It's cheap and if it works, it buys me a little time to research a full delete:
https://youtu.be/pP7I5tbXsfw

As far as tuning, I've been wanting to learn it so I'm picking up a HP Tuner and start with disabling the DOD myself. I feel like I should be able to tune for a cam or exhaust or whatever is in this car's future using all the help that's available here and in other forums.

I'll let you know how it works out!

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 11:47 am
by osubeaver
Here are a few pics:
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Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 5:36 pm
by Mooseman
There's just something about that grey on this car that makes it look noice!

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2022 9:32 pm
by osubeaver
I agree! And although I don't love the steelies, I think when I do replace the wheels I'm sticking with something black because I like that combo.

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2022 7:28 pm
by osubeaver
The fix I posted worked on my collapsed lifter. She's running on all 8 again! That took care of the check engine light and stabilitrack errors.

The DOD is physically disabled so I just need to disable it in the tune.

Next on the list is the parasitic battery drain and the bad TPMS sensor. I think the first upgrades will be exhaust and differential. Once I get into that, I'll start a build thread.

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2022 7:58 pm
by osubeaver
I've driven it a couple hundred miles since the lifter repair with no issues. The only thing I noticed was that after a few start cycles, the check engine light did come back on but once I disabled DOD in the tune, that is resolved. It even passed Oregon's emission test!

Re: New Owner 2011 Caprice 6.0 in Oregon

Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:15 pm
by osubeaver
Here's a couple of pics with wheels from a 2015 Camaro. Picked them up on Craigslist. I had originally planned on powder coating or plastidipping them for a gunmetal finish but these wheels are in really nice shape so I decided to leave them alone and see how I like them. Running the Eagle 235-50-18 tires that came on it.