Is it true?

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My brothers old truck leaked like a sive...........if you could keep oil it ran great.


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[RenoF250]

Yeah, the S-10 I had was a keeper, I traded it on a 99 Dakota and THAT was a mistake, the Dakota was a good runner but I had absolutely terrible dealer support. I also owned an 88 4x4 Suburban and it too was a rock solid vehicle. 5.7L TBI and it would knock down 18+ mpg all day long, combine that with a 44 gallon fuel tank and I could drive longer than anybodies bladers could hold out.

I can honestly say I have never owned a bad GM product. I bought my PSD soley for the engine and 4 doors, when I was in the market for a different truck (the 79 step side hadda go) I wanted crew cab and I wanted turbo diesel. In my price range that only left ONE vehilce.

I am in the same boat as Stroker, I have always been around GM and bought this truck for the engine, doors, and looks. I have worked on plenty of Fords and they do plenty of stupid things as well so it really comes down to the vehicle. You can get a good one or a lemon with either.

 

[superf350]

crumm
i had a brand new 84 s-10 blazer, a year or so after i graduated
2.8 v6
rear main seals every 18k miles, liked the insides but the drivetrain was terrible

I had one of those and what a P.O.S. I couldn't leave the base without breaking down. Needless to say that left such a bad taste in my mouth that I won't go back to gm.

 

[Hoss 350]

My Dad had an '85 S-10 Blazer. Bought it new. Drove it 165,000 miles without any trouble whatsoever. 2.8L with a 5-spd. One of the best rigs he claims to have ever owned.

He also had a '91 K1500 that went 205,000 miles on one waterpump and a starter motor. He overloaded it regularly, and drove the crap out of it.

He is a devout Chevy man. And I don't blame him, he's had great luck with them.

Every manufacturer has their problems, and every person stands the chance of getting a problem rig. I usually don't stand for a bunch of Ford is better or GM is better BS for very long.

Everybody knows that with the GM 2.8L V-6, you were rolling the dice on whether you got a lemon or a stalwart, great little rig. It was so with the Ford 2.8L, also, as it is also true with the 6-liter diesels. I've never seen anyone have trouble with the GM 2.8L V-6, personally. I did have LOTS of trouble with my Ford 2.8L in my old Ranger. That didn't sour me to Ford. I was smart enough to see that I just got unlucky.

That said, GM replaced the 2.8L with what is, IMHO, the best mini-truck V-6 to ever hit the road, the 4.3L. Those things are powerful, reliable, and they run forever. Ford, on the other hand, replaced their 2.8/2.9 series with the 4.0 V-6, with aluminum heads that warped off the block ever 20 miles or so. My wife's old Ranger was a nightmare. She got it a little hot, one time, (towtruck driver said it was on the high end of normal, he was following her on the freeway and pulled off behind her when she pulled over, so it was not THAT hot) and we had nothing but trouble from that point on, to where after 3 headgaskets, and 3 head shavings, I just replaced the heads all together, to the tune of 1,200 bucks. Guess what? Next trip, on the way home from Texas, the headgaskets popped again. Coolant in the oil. I was sleeping in the passenger seat. I woke up to a horrible knocking sound. The rest, as they say, is history....

As far as getting them hot, my buddy drove his 4.3 GM in the red for 25 miles to make it home one time. Let it cool off, and it was none the worse for wear.

But, i still drive a Ford. Do you think maybe that is because I'm not silly enough to condemn an entire manufacturer simply because of one lemon? They all make 'em, you just have to be lucky enough not to get one...

 

[powerboatr]

hoss
i had a 4.3 v6 in my boat of over 15 years, two blocks, but it would run all day at 5200 rpm screamin tq monster
big rochester 4bbl carb and straight thru hull exhaust
talk about a rumble at the docks....
zero engine troubles its entire life, cept the block split just below the heads
but gm stepped up and offered a new one at cost, and my boat manufac. picked up the cost and install tab

 

[ranger boy]

From little experience it seems like you could put a pebble in the back of a Chebby and watch the bed go down.

 

[oi8228oi]

i had a 96 s-10 4 cylinder with a 5 speed and the tranny went two times in less then 3 months at 97k and 115k, and the truck its self sucked, slow, not good on gas for a 2.2L (16 mpg if lucky, interior sucked.... after i sell my 87 monte carlo ill never buy another chevy...

 

[Hoss 350]

From little experience it seems like you could put a pebble in the back of a Chebby and watch the bed go down.

This is exactly what I am talking about. My Dad's half ton Chevy hauled a ton and a quarter (about 30 bales) in the bed, and had a trailer with another 50 bales (2 tons of payload alone) and it did it just fine.

The manufacturer has little to do with it. A leaf spring is a leaf spring. There are differences, but to say Chevy's can't haul as much as a Ford is just ignorant.

 

[95_stroker]

Hell, I'll say it;

I'd buy another GM product in a "heartbeat". Funny story here to add to this.

My dad (as were most kids of the 60's) was a bowtie maniac. Small block Chevy's were the rule of the day, easy to rod and mod, cheap to fix when they broke them. They all ran at the local drag strip every weekend and most of them street raced every night. Again, it was the 60's. So, he was a dyed in the wool Chevy man. In the mid 70's he landed in a Ford 3/4 ton PU that was used for camper duty and boat towing. He had that rig for (heck, still has it) 20 some odd years on the road. Then in the mid 80's he bought a Dodge with a gutless 318 in it. It was a good rig and he had to get another, then another and another and now he moved away from the gassers and is in a CTD. Loves it to pieces.

Go figger huh?

 

[zr1pete]

Has anyone ever owned a Pinto?

Don't ask me..... Whatever you do don't ask me