96 GMC Sonoma, did some research, found this..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzdy5GZQF7g

Same engine it seems, but where the fuck do you put the oil?

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[–] 31 points 7 months ago* (1 child)

It should be around here:

It might be underneath some hoses or similar due to PDO. If push comes to shove, you could always use a skinny funnel and pour it down the dipstick tube...

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Turns out, it was hiding under the duct tape on the air intake the whole time, on the driver's side. Guess the video I found had me thrown off a bit. Like, they're basically the same engine, but the video covered a 98, we got a 96...

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  • [–] 56 points 7 months ago (5 children)

    Just pour it over the engine. Make sure you give it a good thorough coat. It’ll work its way in.

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  • [–] 24 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I generally make sure the entire block is evenly coated in a thin layer (a shop rag helps), then stick it in the oven at 450F for an hour to let the patina cure. After a few coats you should have a nice, even surface.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Is that an oil cap in the right of the picture? Just in front of the duct taped intake. It's a black cap with amber writing on it, so that's what I suspect. If it goes directly to the engine, that's it.

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  • [–] [S] 10 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    That's power steering fluid..

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  • [–] 12 points 7 months ago

    Yes mmhmm, I see, that certainly seems to be a car of some sort.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (1 child)

    Can't find. Should be obvious right? But we can't even find it ☹️

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yes, that's exactly where it should be, but we've been investigating this thing for about a half hour now. We simply can't find it, and the one half obvious thing top side is for power steering fluid, not engine oil..

    It's getting dark right now here, no more investigating tonight.

    The video link I found seems to be the same exact engine though.. 🤷

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago* (2 children)

    Hello! Heed me op, got your fix right here. There's a goofy filler neck that comes off sometimes, a couple people have marked where it's supposed to be with red squares. It's gone though! There will be a hole in the top/side of the valve cover there with lord knows what field expedient solution plugging it. ~Mine~ was a chunk of radiator hose that came up to the original location with the original cap jammed back in it to retain convenient access, but we can't all be the world's greatest shadetree mechanic. Here's a video of some nerd actually fixing it with factory parts like a big dumb loser with way more money than me, just to help you find it:

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FNaJr_PD97g

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago

    You drizzle it like salad dressing.

    Drizzle it!

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  • [–] 8 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Looking at this, you better put the oil in a different car.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    His previous vehicle ran fucking great! It just had an unexpected situation, we highly suspect arson, but no proper evidence as of yet..

    https://lemmy.world/post/45294636

    Anyways, now we got this beater Sonoma, but at least it runs, and pretty smoothly at that for being 30 years old.

    We found where to put the oil, it only needed ~3/4 of a quart. I'm pretty sure this one needs oil more than the last one..

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  • [–] 10 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Just pour it over like olive oil on charcuterie and you'll be good. Trust me

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    You really want to change those intake boots. You can get cheap ones off ebay/aliexpress for <$50. It will ruin the engine sooner than later if you don't.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    If the head gasket is fucked enough you can put it in the same place as the coolant.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    No owners manual in the glovebox? If there is, there might be a diagram in there.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    There's not even a glovebox, that was cut out and replaced with duct tape. It's a wonder the title was still around.

    Previous owner deceased, and the truck runs and all, but it's a headache..

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago

    Simple: try putting it in each hole and if the car doesn't work just take it back out

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    In the engine.

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

    Usually on the top left near that jumble of hoses where the valve cover is, there is a filler neck sticking out. I can’t see it in this picture though.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    And that's the mystery of the day, where do pour oil?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    It's impossible to tell from the picture and I have no experience with it, but have you checked for a cap labeled "engine oil"? 13:10 in the video you posted

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago (8 children)

    I think its on the driver side next to the brake booster, between the booster and the engine near the firewall. Worst case Ontario you can fill it through it's dip stick hole.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    No, what you're seeing in the photo is for the power steering fluid. We found the engine oil filler cap, it's on the passenger side, buried down in there. Its a shame it doesn't have the extended filler cap tube, but we got funnels, so no big deal.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    You can probably buy the extended filler cap. They should just thread in where your current oil cap goes.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    I was actually mistaken on that part, it does actually have a short extended filler cap, it's hiding under the air intake hose, and it's actually on the driver's side. My roommate and a friend found it while I was still sleeping on the couch, I was a little confused how my roommate explained the location to me, until I went downstairs to check for myself. Its definitely in an awkward to get to spot, but we got funnels, and it needed about 3/4 of a quart, topped off now. 👍

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    I wasn't talking about the power steering cap in the pic, I thought it was behind that closer to the firewall. In the drivers side like you said. Between the engine and the brake booster.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    Yep, ultimately that's exactly where I found it. I guess part of the confusion came from the video I found. Sure, dude's video covered everything fairly well, but I think he said the one he was working on was a 98, we got a 96, so I guess GMC shuffled some parts around between those years. 🤷

    At least we found it though 👍

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    I expect the car would have a manual with detailed instructions. Or google the car model.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 7 months ago

    We found it. For whatever reason, ours doesn't have the extended filler neck tube, but at least it does have an oil cap, its just buried down in there.

    As far as the manual, this thing doesn't even have a glove box, half the dashboard itself was just straight up cut out and covered over with duct tape. I'm pretty sure the previous owner did that to make the passenger side into something of a bed for semi comfortable sleeping. 🤷

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago

    In the video, the truck is a different color at the end. Looks like a janky spray paint job. Maybe he ran over a pedestrian and had to go "incognito".

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