re: GMC/Chevy 3.0 Duramax Diesel feedback

Ditto what everyone has said.

Fantastic truck/powertrain. Unbelievable mileage towing or not, especially if you keep your foot out of it somewhat.
Average 24 town/ 29-30 hwy.
18 -19mpg towing a 20’ Basscat/tandem axle trailer set-up.

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The whole not wanting to start thing is weird and super frustrating though

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This has been my only issue as well. Seems to do it about every 5K miles. My understanding is the cam/timing chain are a c-hair off of the starting timing mark and thus the engine tries to crank but won’t turnover. Starter automatically stops trying after 10 secs and has cranked on first try immediately every time afterwards.

Have 33K on mine and wouldn’t dream of buying a truck with any other package unless you need to tow 8,000 lbs plus often.

Diesel prices suck as others have mentioned but hopefully that doesn’t last forever.