Design Flaw Fixed! GMC Chevy Oil Pan! L5P Duramax @bankspower

45 thoughts on “Design Flaw Fixed! GMC Chevy Oil Pan! L5P Duramax @bankspower”

1. Great video sir! Thanks for sharing the process

2. I bought the fake Allison and upgraded the tranny pan to the Banks that holds 13 qts and I noticed a difference for the better especially when towing our fifth wheel

3. The OE oil pan is designed to keep a small amount of oil during oil changes.
   That small amount in just enough to keep the pick-up tube mouth submerged and prime so the oil pump don't suck air on the first start after the oil change.
   That's also the reason for the small bump in the oil pan right where the pick-up tube meets the button of the oil pan.
   If you follow your maintenance schedule, that small amount of oil remaining is not in such an awful condition that it will contaminate the new oil.
   It's funny how there is companies selling products that rely on people ignorance.
   Not trying to offend anyone but there is a difference between what "you" think is better for your engine and what it is actually better front an engineering point of view.
   Everything in this life is a balance between gaining and loosing and the engineers that build the engine decided that leaving that small amount of oil was less harmful than starving the oil pump for longer at first start after the oil change.

4. How long did it take to install this?

5. I wish Banks would have sold me a cold air intake that didn't set codes on my RAM diesel within 5 miles. After looking up issues with the CAI I found they have been coming out with a fix for the problem "next month" since 2022.

6. Damn, I should apply for a job at GM as an engineer I think Id knock it out of the park on oil pans.. My kid could have spotted that design flaw in the oil pan.

7. PLASTIC skid plates?!? Wow way to go GM 🙄
   Nothing say TOUGH like Tupperware LMAO my TRD-Pro has 1/4 aluminum full belly skid plates. GM says “nah plastic Mickey Mouse toy skids are fiiiine” 🤦🏻‍♂️

8. How about just drain the oil with the truck on an incline like the owners manual says🤷🏻‍♂️

9. I bought the Banks oil pan and transmission pan. I was going to do the oil pan myself but my truck a 2024 silverado 3500HD duramax dually high country will not fit into my garage. I don't have a flat place to do it. None of the shops around here Dayton Ohio area and I even called a few diesel repair shops in surrounding states, but none will install customer supplied parts. So if you know if any shops that would do the install near me let me know

10. What is the installation fee ?

11. Stupid design

12. Him: "I'm just trying to get a nut off". Her: "Keep trying, you'll get it". Tough life!!

13. I have a 2021 L5P that got rear main seal replaced for the same reason. Took it in and was replaced free of charge.

14. Faulty OEM engineering keeps the aftermarket alive and kicking. Great video — I felt your pain entire time.

15. Hey Ray, I'll bet you were sore the next couple days after that! Good job! You won't do another one without a lift. I got tired of jack stands and working on the ground. 🙂

16. Stupid pickup cracks and shouldn't

17. This must be the worst install you’ve ever done and why you did not wait for a lift to do this. This was crazy.

18. Designer flaw or dealer job security? Hummm Great job Ray!

19. Had you watched the Banks installation video before starting, you'd have seen all the pitfalls in advance of lowering the front axle. Plus the inclusion of the tool to start the pan separation. I've installed the Banks diff cover and the Banks transmission pan so far on my 2023 3500 Duramax/fake Allison when I installed the Project Carbon valve body upgrade kit. . I did it all on my back too. But, I had my truck up on my homemade 3" ramps under all the tires. Just the right height for working on the ground jobs.

20. that kind of visual "flare effect" or halos are signs of cataracts, not astigmatism.

    Ironically was in Florida visiting relatives and friends – one night out, doing the driving and boom!

    halos every time with headlights – got cataract surgery shortly after that

21. All this inter locking electronic crap are wobders to play with, YET when one function crashes, the entire mess has to be gone through and spend high dhop hours and repllaecrment parts are almost as bad as modern diesel rebuilds from modern engineering.
    No thanks, will keep my 6.9/7.3/7.3 turbo diesels from Ford that I can work on without electronic degree.

22. We need another puppy update.

23. Nice video! Plan on doing mine next weekend. Looking forward to it but not looking forward to it too lol

24. After watching this video and how much a professional mechanic had to really work at getting this installed (I've installed the Banks intake horn and down pipes… both a PITA doing it solo) I really don't know if I want to be mucking around with the oil pan. It looks like a full half to 3/4 day job without a full vehicle lift. Yikes. Knowing me, I probably still will because I'm a glutton for pain, but again, Yikes!

25. I am in love with that truck! And those wheels are soooo nice! Great work Ray, I am so sorry Im still far behind. Im trying my best to catch up

26. This is one of the things I'm looking on doing on my b duramax, is is hard to do and can you do this in your driveway?

27. I don't know why these manufacturers cant use actual gaskets on oil pans anymore? It would solve a lot of issues.

28. You would not be allowed to do any modifications or replace any manufacturers parts while it is under warranty if you do your warranty is void

29. I thought I had OCD. There is no way I would spend that kind of money for a 1/2 qt of residual oil left during an oil change.

30. Must have been an idatalink maestro in the RAM… put one with a Kenwood head unit in my wife's 300C

31. She said it was a FORD!! Get a rope!!

32. I want to see the bypass go on!!!

33. I want to see the bypass go on!!!

34. Ray what happened to the lift I pick mine up all of the time ? Stop laying around on the Job !!! lol Good man Ray and wife unit

35. Ray, as a retired heavy duty mechanic I have to ask. Why didn't you put those front wheels up on blocks, a ramp or something to give yourself some room. I have to say I couldn't or wouldn't have done that job with that truck in that position.
    Well I'm not really a Chevy guy I would take your truck before this one any day of the week. Your truck will still be running when this one's in the tow yard because it's too expensive to fix. Give it 10 years 15 at the max. I've got a 1991 Ford F-150 lightning still rolling and looking primo

36. I never took all that shit off,and were is you cheaper wow

37. I never took all that shit off

38. Track mode lvl 10!? 😆😂

39. That pry tool doesn’t help at all. Don’t beat yourself up.

40. I just replaced my oil pan with the same banks pan. It was a lot harder than I was expecting. The removal of the pan was the really hard. Had to go buy a couple different size pry bars. The worst part was. I pulled the front tires up on ramps. With that angle, more oil drained out. After I had the pan out. I only had a 1/4 of a quart left in the pan. Not at all worth all the work.

41. High dollar truck. All kinds of "goodies" that can go wrong and cost a bunch to fix.
    GM engineering at it's finest, again.
    Banks: You pay for all those "little details".
    Ray, you should be on our side, watching your face, putting that pan on. LMAO! 🤣🤣🤣
    "Sooooooooooo"?????
    Always nice to see Lauren.

42. In 3 years that truck will be a nightmare. To many bells and whistles. In 5 years it won't be worth 10K. It's a BOW-TIE!!!

43. I felt suicidal watching this 😊

44. I did this a month ago. I absolutely empathize with how truly awful getting that thing out was. More frustration than I was ever expecting.

45. It's not a fake Allison. They designed it, they test it. GM just manufactures and assembles it. You understand that GM owned Allison for 80 years. You think they don't know how to build them after all that time? Fun fact, the Allison Transmission in your truck was built by GM in a GM factory (Baltimore).

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