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Have pretty much the same problem. BUT the the olde lady wants me to get rid of it to buy something else. Some thing that she likes. The something is not a truck.
already posted this but it's most likely the o-ring on the line that wore out. Dropping the tank on these isn't necessary, you can also remove the bed but really it's not a big deal. I've done dozens of these
@akjohnny The old envoy is going to be in the driveway until can't be fixed any more. It is not a truck but I use it like one. For sand and gravel just use a trailer. Sheets of plywood no problem. 200,000 + miles of use. If she want a new purse hauler she can go buy one. That won't happen because she likes her shoes and new outfits to match. She pretty much still lives like a teenager at daddy's house with her own job. My sister could not handle taking on a man's place either. She only made partial house payments for 4 years. Then she found Mr. bill payer, just like many single moms.
Before you drop a fuel tank on a pickup, consider unbolting then lifting the bed. It can give you access to the pump without the hassle of dropping the tank. You normally don't even have to remove the bed, just jack it up a foot or two on one side to give yourself room to work on the pump.
@Biggest Richard Cranium I'll have to check one out, Just bought the Chevy Trax & it's just how it's put together that's interesting to me, how high it sits but the motors in them are very very LOW, it's a 4cyl with a turbo too.. it's a 2016 saves on gas pretty good.. Im just looking for some input & some options lol, I appreciate your advice 🤘
I have 297000 miles on my 04 accord! Original 2.4 k24a engine with the original transmission plus clutch! No engine lights and I’m hoping to hit 500 thousand with very few repairs
@@GO-cz7cl most vehicles in the last 20 years have a small led light built into the instrument cluster for ABS. The same with annoying seatbelt, turn signal, and door buzzers. All built into the cluster. The days of changing out flasher units and bulbs in the clusters are long gone.
I've owned since brand new a 2009 Colorado equipped with a 4-cylinder engine and an automatic transmission. It now has 90,000 miles on it. Other than the rear shock absorbers and a sun visor, the vehicle has never required any repairs--Only routine maintainence. It runs perfectly, no rattles, and the air conditioning blows mounds of cold air, which is very important here in the hot state of Florida. It has been well over a year since the truck has even been in the repair shop. I change the oil myself. No complaints whatsoever!
@@Chino2k3 well my 04 has 165,000 miles and I know I've needed to do two front wheel bearings and an alternator since I've owned it. I've owned it since 124,000 so there's a good idea of what parts you'd expect to fail. It's been a good truck but the frame rust up here in New York has absolutely destroyed it really I mean I've patched it up as I'm a welder but I'm going to be honest they rust out. If you could find a nice two-wheel drive extended cab or something with a stick shift for under three grand that will pass inspection I think that would make you happy. As long as you take care of it and don't buy an absolute pile of junk from the get-go you should be good
Love your videos! I have an 06 chevy colorado extended cab and a slightly different code (P0446) popped up one day. I had to replace the fuel pressure sensor on the gas tank. Was a relatively simple and cheap fix for $15 and 20 minutes. The fuel tank pressure sensor is mounted on the top of the pump module on the top side of the gas tank. It can be accessed, without dropping the tank, on a Std Cab or Ext Cab. You have to take the back driver side tire off and remove the wheel well skirting then you can see the top of the tank and the pump module and might have shown exactly where the leak is.
*15 year old GM vehicle that still runs perfectly fine but has a small evac leak* Scotty - "This thing is a piece of crap!!" *1 year old Tacoma with failing torque converters* Scotty - "Quality baby!"
Plus it only has 194,026 miles on it, what a piece of crap, lol, still runs fine, what in the world do expect, it's still been a pretty good truck, if you ask me.
@@wantedformoney12 I know, but, I don't want the top bolts cracking loose my liner after the nuts are off. When you lifting the bed on/off those bolts are going to bump the frame which might crack the liner around the bolts on the top.
Lmao my brother is autistic. He loves Christmas lights. Some of the biggest laughs he has are when his staff tell him their car has had trouble, the check engine light came on and the dashboard lit up like a Christmas tree 😆
I recently bought that scan tool. And FYI everyone Innova makes the scan tools for Harbor Freight for the same money as their ZR-15 $299.00 you can get this 5610 with more features. Just a hint not knocking HF just some food for thought.
This has nothing to do with this video, but our 2012 Highlander is at the body shop for repairs after a collision (other person's fault!) and the rental we got is a 2021 Ford Edge SUV with all the bells and whistles. After driving a Ford for 3 days I'd much rather have an 8 year old Toyota Highlander than a brand new Ford anything. This vehicle will be in the junk yard while our Highlander will be giving us great service for years to come. Just an observation.
I have a 2007 chevy colorado with 209,000 miles. That should be an easy fix. I think I even took it out by accedent to replace the evap canister purge valve which I didn't have to do. Good little truck.
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Scotty, Thank you very much for this one Sir. This really hit home for me as an unfortunate owner that has little by little found all of this out myself. You cannot speak enough about the piss poor GM quality. Thank you.
@@johnwilkins6871 what do you think about the Triton V-8 from Ford? I have a 2012 Expedition EL that I bought straight from the factory that now has 103,000 on it. So far no problems.
Make the time and fix it now before other problems are created. Especially the ABS issues. They could just need to be cleaned. Fix it right the first time. Scotty, did you bring the cat with you to Tennessee? Really like those tuxedo cats. Bring back the cat!
The ABS system could be the difference between close call or bad day. I agree Glen 💯 it should be repaired. Great name by the way and spelled correctly with one N. 😉
15 years old and has 194k miles on it and Scotty says it is poor quality. Any vehicle that lasts 200k and is 15 years old or older is pretty damn good IMO:P
Take the bed off instead of pulling the gas tank it's 6 bolts I'm only going off of my s10 which is probably different but worked fine for me when I had a full tank of gas when my fuel pump went
It has nearly 200k miles, small things are going to happen and thats fact, id say its doing pretty good for the mileage and probably has alot more miles left.
I was able to get my ABS working on my '03 Buick by splicing the cables to the wheel sensors with replacement I found online. The flexing section gets brittle and cracks.
I own a 2012 Colorado z71 ( my work baby) with 150k and she runs great no mechanical problems. A lot of you guys commenting on this vehicle don’t use your “trucks”. I use and abuse mine and haul a lot more than it’s tolerated for. You Toyota people just haul pounds of rice and cardboard boxes. Older general motor trucks are the bees knees for work vehicle.
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The headline says "can't" but in reality he and the customer chose not to go through the expense of fixing it, I'm sure he could fix it if he wanted to.
Same thing would happen in my ‘03 Silverado. Once I figured out what you explained about the gas tank I just ignored it and ran it before I parked it after nearly 300,000 miles on the odometer.
if u cant fix a GM product i think its time to hang up the wrench... easiest vehicles to fix every mechanic knows that, i wouldnt be surprised if youre some 10 year old “car expert” lmfao
@@dommartelli5529 Uh, I wasn't agreeing with Scotty. I drive a GMC truck for just that reason. "I wouldn't be surprised if you're some" jackoff looking for trouble everywhere you go.
@@dommartelli5529 Uh, I wasn't talking about me, was I? I was talking about Scotty. I know more about cars and engineering than you ever will, child. I was a machinist mate in the US Navy, a mechanic (non-auto) and an electronics technician for decades. My cousin and uncle had a garage for forty years and I spent a lot of time there. Scotty is just another RU-vid blowhard with his own opinions. He amuses you so you think he's great. He knows how to fix cars but he exaggerates the differences between the best and the worst brands. I drive a 2000 GMC pickup precisely because it is cheap and easy to fix. Go back to your cartoons, sonny.
An old trick I learned from my dad, when you want to test drive the car, trade keys. In my case my keys included my vehicle and a nice big comfy house. That usually calms the owners nerves. As a viewer from California. Be extremely grateful when you don’t have to get your car inspected. I’ve had to let go of perfectly good cars for stupid inspection failures.
I took my wife’s car in for inspection. (She was in Air Force, car still registered in her home state). I found out why there is a solid glass barrier between you, your car they are abusing. I didn’t believe how they abused the cars. Manual transmission. While I don’t know the rpm of course. I have never heard that high a rpm. In lower gear as it bounced off the end of the roller repeatedly. The home state was changed before next inspection. MN they did random to prove we needed inspection. It was discovered they falsified failure data to prove it was needed. But every 4-6 yrs they try to sneak it in.
I am still driving my 2006 Colorado 3.5 Inline 5 w/260k miles . Have been changing the oil about every 5k miles, no major problems. I have changed the alternator, batteries, spark plugs, one coil, planning on changing the remaining 4 coils, changed out the head gasket not that it needed it but one of the value stem gaskets went bad but that was after 200k miles so I replaced the whole set, other than that still running, great little truck IMO. Nothing last forever but they sure don’t build them like they use tool
TN doesnt have vehicle inspections. But as soon as they drive out of state, they get pulled over. Ive been amazed of the vehicles running on the road held together with nothing but duct tape.
Back in the 70's I drove nothing but G.M. I owned 3 Z-28's . loved driving them and it was only in summer months but every year I had to replace the fuel pump and on top of that, fuel injectors kept going out. Every time I had it fixed, the bill was over $400. I know Scotty doesn't like Chrysler but since I've owned 3 grand Cherokees. The first one was a 1999. I put over 250000 miles on it and was still running good when I sold it. 2nd was a 2005. Same thing, over 250000 and still ran good when I sold it. I'm now driving a 2016 with 6700 on it and will see how many miles I can go.
I have to say, I have a 2006 colorado crew cab. Pretty sure I have this same issue, but the bigger issue really is that it’s a piece of junk. I had to fix stupid little things multiple times. I still have the truck, but it doesn’t run (blown head gasket), and I won’t ever buy another GM product. Sadly, I bought the truck brand new. I may not like the looks of the Tacomas/Tundras much, but you can’t beat Toyota reliability. When I get another truck, it will be a Toyota.
My dad had a 2005 4 cylinder Colorado and he bought it with 20k miles and when he sold it, it had close to 300k miles. All he ever did was basic maintenance
I am 76 year old lady from Mn añd I bought a 2004 5 cylinder Chevy Colorado and I absolutely love it.Been back to Mesa 3 times with it and it runs perfect and still looks like new.I put nubby tires on and throw 6 sand bags in the back and never got stuck once in the snow .Love it!
I've found that with the colorado, it is actually easier to remove the truck bed instead of dropping gas tank. Then, you can access all the connections to the tank and the fuel pump. Some people cut a hatch in the truck bed for access. 6 bolts hold the bed on.
Easer to take the bed off. I found the metal overflow tube had a hole in it. fixed with JB Weld. 2004, 3.5 ex cab with 178,000 miles, fantastic engine with mods. Spent it's whole life in New England and by the ocean. Sold it to a mechanic for 350 dollars rusted frame. He fixed frame and sold it for 1,000.
@@deborahchesser7375 I work at CDJR dealer as a tech, we have brand new 2500 coming in with transmission failures and oil leaks at less than 1000 miles
A 15 year old truck that has 194,000 miles and runs perfectly fine with the only issue being a small emissions leak. Only Scotty could spin this to call GM unreliable. I’m not saying they are as reliable as a Toyota, but this is just pure bias.
There is rust between the metal pipe of the fuel pump and plastic exit hose. The leak of fuel vapor becomes the problem. In many vehicles, metal pipes are not used so as to avoid corrosion.
I have an 05 here in 23 and it's been one of the more reliable rigs I've ever owned. it has begrudgingly earned my respect, I never wanted to like , but I do. It's a 2wd crew cab I5 and it serves me faithfully. It doesn't do that well at the gas pump but does everything else pretty well. 115k and zero rust. I got three c compliments on it just this week. Shrug, with prices the way they are I'll be driving this awhile before I can afford a newer Tacoma SR 4x4
Been a while that it's been cold enough to cause you a Scotty snotty bubble? Lol. Plus is you get to finally get to wear your 1985 jean jacket, I have 3 of them too. Lol
I bought my Colorado from an old guy in Columbia TN for 3 grand. 2007 model with only 40k miles on it (I bought it in 2016) the only thing wrong with it was it was sitting on cracked tires and the spare tire was done for. I still drive it today.
I would check the purge solenoid it's really common on gm vehicles. And on evap system's with out test ports I usually save fuel line male quick disconnect fittings to hook up to the vehicle. Scotty didn't mention anything about sealling they vent solenoid with the scan tool . That's probably why it was leaking so much above the tank .
I used to have a Chevy Colorado and had so many problems. From actually fan only working on 4, the driver's side didn't work and it took at least 3 battery resets to get it just over 60 miles to go to the inspection and pray the check engine light didn't come back on even though they couldn't find anything wrong there lol. Sadly, a black charger pulled out in front of me but, the air bags DID work!
If you have to get access to a gas tank on a truck, its 10 times easier to just pull the bed off. Loosen 6 to 8 bolts from the frame to the bed, take out the screws to the gas nozzle, disconnect the tail lights. You just have to get someone to help lift the bed off the truck, or find a way to hoist it off. That way you dont have to worry about breaking the gas lines, or tearing hoses, or tearing the wires going to the sending unit, from dropping the tank from underneath. Thats the way I`ve always done it, and it`s not near as tedious.
Had a Toyota where you had to unbolt the engine mounts to rock the engine forward just to change spark plugs. Meanwhile my Chevy Colorado has 230000 miles and is still running strong and reliable. Just shows his bias lol
@@unfairsanic5089 I live in El Paso, Texas, where there are a plenty of Toyotas getting crashed completely at all roads. So, Toyotas there are completely disposable.
Literally saw a Toyota truck driving down the road backfiring and piping for miles yesterday. Sorry but GM has its issues but problems occur bin every make and model
I had to change the fuel pump in my Ford Ranger, but I didn't drop the tank. I removed the bolts that hold the bed to the frame, unplugged the wiring to the lights on the bed, and just used a jack to tilt one side of the bed up. I used a couple of 2X3's to prop it up and I changed the pump.
I love how he said the gas cap has been replaced but it shows a non oem style lockable gas cap which our notorious for still not providing the right properties.
@@brensdaman926 I had an S-10 (2000) then a Colorado (2008). The Colorado was a better vehicle, felt more solid and planted on the road and had more power and just felt nicer overall. I can't speak to the the long-term reliability because mine got totalled a few years in. But the S-10 wasn't exactly bulletproof either. Mine had plenty of issues, including a fuel filter that clogged way more than it should have, an electrical problem that caused the right side headlight to blink along with the turn signal. The rearview mirror would pretty regularly fall off the windshield, the dashboard plastic was cracked and disintegrated by the time it was 7-8 years old and the valves rattled pretty much from the time it was almost new. And the bow-tie Chevy logo fell off the grille the first time I washed it. I wouldn't say it was a "bad" vehicle by any means, it lasted me 8 years with pretty low cost of maintenance but I've owned Scion/Toyota/Nissan/Subaru since then and it was the "worst" out of all of them, if I had to pick a last place - and the Colorado would be ahead of it, too.
@@mdd47 see my 2007 CANYON/ 4 CYL/LS problem…..been a good truck, @146,000 , except occasionally no-start with good cranking, generally starts, next crank, in 10 to 60:minutes….
when selling cars here in Australia we generally just take a copy/picture of their licence and if you really dont trust them just hold onto their licence.
My Colorado ran like a clock, my EVAP code was due to a bad Fuel Tank Pressure Sensor, and I had an EVAP port under the hood on mine... also my vent canister took a few seconds to remove it wasn’t over the gas tank.. Colorado with 200k miles does better than my friends 4 runner money pit
Scotty is too lazy to fix this one. The cannister isn't on top of the tank you literally see it right above the spare tire. Abs light is probably just from an abs sensor that is really easy to do on these 2wd colorados.
@@wantedformoney12 Scotty is too rational and too honest to waste the customer's money on a needless repair of this brilliantly designed and impeccably manufactured GM product.
