This factory service and repair manual for the 2009 Chevrolet W5500HD Tiltmaster gives a technician the numbers a medium-duty diesel job depends on. The engine is an inline-four of 5.2 liters and 317 cubic inches, turbocharged, and the truck is cataloged as W5S042. Because the engine bay holds one configuration, the diagnostic trees do not open with a question about which unit is fitted — they open on the symptom and work through the fuel, air, cooling and electrical systems attached to it.
Engines covered
- 5.2L inline-four (317 cu in) — turbocharged, diesel
Trims covered
- W5S042
Known issues on the 2009 W5500HD Tiltmaster. No recall has been issued against the 2009 truck, and no owner has complained to NHTSA about it, which leaves a clean federal record and a book to be read on its own terms. Those terms are procedures, specifications, torque values, wiring diagrams and diagnostics: for the turbocharged 317-cubic-inch four, for the driveline that carries its output, and for the brake, steering and suspension hardware underneath. It is reference material for the work, not a summary of somebody else's complaints.
