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Originally Posted by dave1251 Save $4000 repairs and keep your Burb nearly the same fuel economy and you know all the warts. It's better than spending $6000 and not knowing what will fail first. Thanks to everyone, I walked! Too many outright lies! Keeping the Burb. Maybe look for 2.2 subie for...

Originally Posted by e55amgbenz007 Here in California, you can find rust free 04-05 4WD Sequoias with comparable mileage for 5K with a bit of searching and patience. Heck, 02-03's in good condition can be found for under 4K. If you are set on a Sequoia, I can help you find a solid one. Of...

Originally Posted by dogememe Keep your Suburban. GMT400s are the best! after all the looking for a new suv for over two weeks maybe I will just put a couple grand in the suburban fix the air, and a few other things. I mean it has a rebuilt trans which is the the weakest link in these GM trucks...

Originally Posted by dblshock if he has all those OCI records wouldn't sweat varnish, we'll deal with that later,,think drives line...see if it stumbles, clunks ect. if not and the body id clean we have a workable item. I drove it for close to an hour today, 1 real simi panic stop in a...

OMG! thanks to BTOG,s intelligent posters I just looked on youtube for a 4.7 starter replacement vid. OMG! what were they thinking! What a bi**h! $1000 @ the stealer! I don't about these cars what other hidden gems will I find. Why is nothing ever easy! I miss my 74 chevy PU! 400 small block...

Originally Posted by Linctex Can you see inside the valve cover through the oil fill hole? ...that usually tells the whole story I couldn't today but before he gets any cash, I'll take my step ladder and a flashlight to check, should it be totally clean or is a little varnish oh? I know the...

Originally Posted by Samrsnow 6500? I wouldn't pay more than 4500 with that mileage. If you find two 05's @ 4500 I'd probably buy both. here in the Midwest there bringing 9k-10k with more miles especially @ dealers/stealers! most of them with no documentation @ all.

My suburban has 195k has a 2k trans rebuild @ about 160-170k, intake manifold & fuel tank and pump last year, + a few other things. no working ac and its NO cream puff!

I need to make up my mind by tomorrow.

Thanks for all the quick reply's If I was keeping score looks like about 10-2 against! I have to say most of u all are telling me what I already know but didn't want to hear.

I don't know the guy but its mine for 6500 if I want it. That's the question.

Hello all it's been a wile. Want to see if you guys have an opinion about this. I'm looking at buying an 05 Toyota Sequoia sr5 awd 4.7 with 188k original owner, he says always ran mobil one with an M1 filter. then he hands me a Carfax with about 20 O.C.,s @ V.I.O.C. and a couple of random...

Well I made a decision finally I'm going to use Rotella 10w30 with 2k oci's change the filter @ 1k for starters. just to see how it looks inside. this old accord pretty tight' no sign of oil burning I ran it pretty hard today no smoke or oil where it shouldn't be. I'm going to have to do an oil...

Originally Posted By: Triple_Se7en Don;t worry about color. My buddy used Valvoline conventional in his Chrysler Mini-Van 3.3 engine for a 15 years, 300K run and the dipstick never turned black nor even real dark, during his many-many 4K OCIs. Pennzoil Platinum is similar, in-that it takes a...

Thanks to all for the reply's. this brings up another question, in my experience there are two types of dirty oil, some turns black like in my 7.3 ford but it still feels good (no grit) and oil that looks fairly clean but you can feel grit between your fingers off the stick that is the case with...

wow that is nasty! so how does everyone feel about a cheap oil filter like the ones on rock auto ecogard $1.45 ea. and short oci's say 2000 miles. also I'm a big fan of seafom in my fuel a couple oz's in the crank case?

Originally Posted By: bullwinkle My brother actually picked up an '01 Civic super cheap from a relative with 196K-once he gets the numerous oil leaks fixed, it's getting a regimen of PYB or Maxlife Red and frequent oil f filter changes (including cut open inspections)-it'll be a good test for...

hi all its been a wile.I picked up an old accord for my son it runs great 155k but the valve train is pretty dirty I'm not a fan of additives but would like some recommendations on a reasonable priced oil and filter to slowly clean it up. All thoughts and ideas greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted By: dnewton3 Originally Posted By: bullwinkle And I also have no real "bias" against dino HDEO-I use it in the 3 older IDI diesels ('82 300D, '93 GMC 6.2, and the '89 F-450) and in the boat (Mercruiser 5.7)-I just don't mind spending a few extra $$$ to make sure the 6.0 and...