Warning: A customer in Phoenix taught me a trick with a zip tie and a stuck bleeder valve.

He said 'try it before you round it off' and it worked on a 2008 Silverado. Anyone got a better method for seized valves?

4 comments

4 Comments

jake_patel1mo ago

Secret cheat code" is right, but that heat trick is even better.

mark_green1mo ago

Try it before you round it off" is genius. I can't believe that actually worked on an 08.

colethomas1mo ago

Right? That trick feels like finding a secret cheat code. It saved me a ton of time on a stubborn sensor last month. The old stuff really does have its own weird logic sometimes.

simonk9818d ago

Remember when we used to just hit things? I tried the heat trick once and ended up melting a connector. Sometimes the old logic is smarter than the guy holding the heat gun.