Having many high mileage trail blazers in the family and my daily currently is a 2007 hummer h3. I have not seen or had any problems with the atlas family of engines the 3.7 in the hummer has 207xxx miles on it and not one engine related issue.
Chevy inline 5 any good?
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Even in the rustiest of rust belt regions like where I live, you will still see GM T360s out and about pretty much every day. I have friends and co-workers who still daily drive them. Very few ~18-20yr/old domestics of any make/model make it that far.
I only assume that the Fleet maintenance contract provides for regular wear items….Why?
I heard that inline5's had TB icing issues, maybe a function of location.
Had an 87 Audi 4000s. It was the original 5cyl and worked well. Would sing nicely at high RPMs.
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The Audi 4000S is overlooked and largely forgotten today. But this is one classic 1980s German sedan I'd gladly have back.
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Eh, some of his complaints are valid but some are extremely common on many modern motors, like having to remove the intake to remove a valve cover or removing engine driven accys to remove timing covers.
You do half that stuff just to change a valve cover gasket on the 4.2 -- which I'm not claiming is a great design but I don't think only GM is at fault here.
Whether he's right or wrong is subjective but I'd say he's a little whiny. He should stop being a tech if this upsets him so....
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Nah I think the Type 43s (Audi 5k) were the first to get the normally aspirated I5 starting in '78 IIRC.Had an 87 Audi 4000s. It was the original 5cyl and worked well. Would sing nicely at high RPMs.
The Audi 4000S is an Underrated 1980s Classic - AudiWorld
The Audi 4000S is overlooked and largely forgotten today. But this is one classic 1980s German sedan I'd gladly have back.www.audiworld.com
Kinda like square bodies (ironically) '78 and '79 got round headlamps and they went to rectangular sealed beams in '80.
My first vehicle ever was an '80 Audi 5k. It was slow but reliable. Fun to drive and extremely stable in the Colorado snow despite being only FWD
I did also later own two Type 85s ('87 4kq). They were a little quicker because they were smaller, and it was nice to have AWD.
Just curious if you noticed a lack in plugs for the number of cylinders.
Had an 04 trailblazer up to 160000 miles then gave it to my Grand daughter who ran it to 194000 when the trans started whining and slipping. To this day wished we had the trans repaired instead of junking it.
Never raised the hood. Not once. An assigned car that came with my job.
