I have a 1992 C1500 4.3 with 232,000 miles. Just smokes a little on start-up,which I'm sure is the valve seals. The new UPS trucks have a GM 6.0 & Allison 4 or 5 speed transmissions.
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Originally Posted By: tgw323
I have a 1992 C1500 4.3 with 232,000 miles. Just smokes a little on start-up,which I'm sure is the valve seals. The new UPS trucks have a GM 6.0 & Allison 4 or 5 speed transmissions.
Nice truck! Had a 89 C1500 4.3 5 spd manual for over 10 years. Truck died saving my life at 243k. Head on crash going 50. I walked away.
I have a 1992 C1500 4.3 with 232,000 miles. Just smokes a little on start-up,which I'm sure is the valve seals. The new UPS trucks have a GM 6.0 & Allison 4 or 5 speed transmissions.
Nice truck! Had a 89 C1500 4.3 5 spd manual for over 10 years. Truck died saving my life at 243k. Head on crash going 50. I walked away.
I am glad to see people with some common sense in here. You hear people talking about how bad gm is and they are terrible, unreliable yada yada yada when in reality they are talking out of there [censored]. No car company is perfect I hate to break it to foreign car lovers. The 4.3 is a 5.7 with 2 missing cylinders. The 5.7 is quite possibly the best most used engine in automotive history. It has been around for how long now? How many foxbody mustangs and old ford coupes are running a gm small block? There is a reason for that. They worked so well and built so many and were such a good engine that people turn to them to make good reliable power at a reasonable cost. Heck even my wife (makes goooood 6 digit money and drives a G35X) said the other day she still wishes she had her old pontiac from years ago. That was her favorite car and she couldn't kill it.
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I've got a 94 intrepid with 263k on it... Original everything (even the alternator)
Varying oil changes but she still pers like a kitten.
Also I can think of a lot of vehicles I've owned that have went over 200k
Mine
01 suburban 5.3 - 214k / Still use
96 blazer 4.3 - 230k / Still use
94 intrepid 3.3 - 263k / Still use
06 Mazda 2.0 -126k / Still use
Dad's cars
04 impala 3.8 - 85k / obviously still uses
97 lumina 3.1 - 225k / Still uses
88 park avenue 3.8 - 238k / hit a deer, didn't want to replace radiator...
86 ranger 2.9 - 196k / engine was great, electrical gremlins
There have been many others but I'm sick of typing
Varying oil changes but she still pers like a kitten.
Also I can think of a lot of vehicles I've owned that have went over 200k
Mine
01 suburban 5.3 - 214k / Still use
96 blazer 4.3 - 230k / Still use
94 intrepid 3.3 - 263k / Still use
06 Mazda 2.0 -126k / Still use
Dad's cars
04 impala 3.8 - 85k / obviously still uses
97 lumina 3.1 - 225k / Still uses
88 park avenue 3.8 - 238k / hit a deer, didn't want to replace radiator...
86 ranger 2.9 - 196k / engine was great, electrical gremlins
There have been many others but I'm sick of typing
Originally Posted By: Paulson
I've got a 94 intrepid with 263k on it... Original everything (even the alternator)
Varying oil changes but she still pers like a kitten.
Also I can think of a lot of vehicles I've owned that have went over 200k
Mine
01 suburban 5.3 - 214k / Still use
96 blazer 4.3 - 230k / Still use
94 intrepid 3.3 - 263k / Still use
06 Mazda 2.0 -126k / Still use
Dad's cars
04 impala 3.8 - 85k / obviously still uses
97 lumina 3.1 - 225k / Still uses
88 park avenue 3.8 - 238k / hit a deer, didn't want to replace radiator...
86 ranger 2.9 - 196k / engine was great, electrical gremlins
There have been many others but I'm sick of typing
What oil are you using in the blazer and suburban, i have an 04 silverado with the 5.3 and a 97 blazer with a 4.3
I've got a 94 intrepid with 263k on it... Original everything (even the alternator)
Varying oil changes but she still pers like a kitten.
Also I can think of a lot of vehicles I've owned that have went over 200k
Mine
01 suburban 5.3 - 214k / Still use
96 blazer 4.3 - 230k / Still use
94 intrepid 3.3 - 263k / Still use
06 Mazda 2.0 -126k / Still use
Dad's cars
04 impala 3.8 - 85k / obviously still uses
97 lumina 3.1 - 225k / Still uses
88 park avenue 3.8 - 238k / hit a deer, didn't want to replace radiator...
86 ranger 2.9 - 196k / engine was great, electrical gremlins
There have been many others but I'm sick of typing
What oil are you using in the blazer and suburban, i have an 04 silverado with the 5.3 and a 97 blazer with a 4.3
As much as there are people preaching that the 3k rule no longer applies, it seems the owners that have kept up with that rule have the engines that last the longest.
Or is it me?
Or is it me?
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As much as there are people preaching that the 3k rule no longer applies, it seems the owners that have kept up with that rule have the engines that last the longest.
Or is it me?
It is you.
Plenty of cars following manufacturers higher OCI recommendations are going the distance also.
My 96 Accord with 7.5K OCI is over 200K and going strong.
The only anecdotal evidence I can say about a shorter 3K OCI is that it gets people under their car more often and spotting minor other leaks or problems that can be taken care of quicker.
As much as there are people preaching that the 3k rule no longer applies, it seems the owners that have kept up with that rule have the engines that last the longest.
Or is it me?
It is you.
Plenty of cars following manufacturers higher OCI recommendations are going the distance also.
My 96 Accord with 7.5K OCI is over 200K and going strong.
The only anecdotal evidence I can say about a shorter 3K OCI is that it gets people under their car more often and spotting minor other leaks or problems that can be taken care of quicker.
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low-stress motors used by regular people is not very impressive when they get to high miles imo.
A close friend of mine has a Infiniti G35 with 252k miles, he drifts that car everywhere he goes and starts flooring it without warming it up, he's not careful with maintenance either, and it has been wrecked before a couple times. The engine doesn't even burn oil yet, THAT is impressive to me.
A close friend of mine has a Infiniti G35 with 252k miles, he drifts that car everywhere he goes and starts flooring it without warming it up, he's not careful with maintenance either, and it has been wrecked before a couple times. The engine doesn't even burn oil yet, THAT is impressive to me.
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