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    Figured it out broken valve spring #3 intake going to swap it out and see what happens. I did bore scope the hole and it doesn't appear to have hit the piston
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    Quote Originally Posted by DFBrews View Post
    Figured it out broken valve spring #3 intake going to swap it out and see what happens. I did bore scope the hole and it doesn't appear to have hit the piston
    Good catch. I used to replace a lot of broken valve springs on the 3.8 V-6 engines back in the early to mid 1990's. I haven't heard of the 5.3 breaking valve springs. Is this a fairly common problem or did you just happen to have one fail?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ray1970 View Post
    Good catch. I used to replace a lot of broken valve springs on the 3.8 V-6 engines back in the early to mid 1990's. I haven't heard of the 5.3 breaking valve springs. Is this a fairly common problem or did you just happen to have one fail?
    On AFM engines, yes. Not on the others.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DFBrews View Post
    Figured it out broken valve spring #3 intake going to swap it out and see what happens. I did bore scope the hole and it doesn't appear to have hit the piston
    Soooo, I can have my parking spot back meow?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Graves View Post
    Soooo, I can have my parking spot back meow?
    No.
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    Ray I dont know I have not had a chance to do any research on it I found it after work. ( the tahoe is sitting in my working parking I have been working on it as I have had time.

    My last 3 vehicles have been 2 Subies and now a tacoma with a 1991 GMC being the last amercian car i owned. so I am out of the loop on the american engine side.
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