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| My 2000 GMC Savana with a 7.4L motor has delayed starting that is intermitting. It happens sometimes at first starting or after its warm it is verry inconsistant. It also starts at the first turn over. It has 145000 miles, I have just tuned it up including a new ign coil, cap, rotor, wires, plugs, Is there something that will delay the starting if there is low oil pressure or what. It has great oil pressure. I have replaced the fuel pump, filter and just about anything that I can. Can you help. | |
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Replying to: jmichalik (Aug 01, 2000 6:56 pm) mechanic, with mega experience as an automobile enthusiest to the highest degree. I eat, sleep and live cars. I just recently bought a 1999 Express Van conversion vehicle by the now defunked Gaval Conversion Company. As much as I like Chevys and GM vehicles, I must say that I'm NOT impressed by the Express Van nor the work done by Gaval. I still can't believe that after GM got it's A$$ handed to them by the foreign auto makers, that they still don't get it,...and still don't know how to make a good car. I agree that Chevy has the most dependable, long lasting motors, but let me just say that GM nickels and dimes you to death with all this poorly thought-out stuff. Like for example: The covering on the steering wheel is peeling! Don't they realize that people HAVE to touch that part alot? Just touching, is making the top coating come off! How lame is that? The black paint on the wipers is peeling! Why? Poor finishing technics. Don't they realize that that part is going to face strong winds? Sure they do! It should have been finished better. The stupid door handle/ armrest thing. Why are all the Express armrest coming off of the darn doors? Not much thought put into the how much strength the material used there would need to be. A door handle has to be able to endure alot of use. It should not fail so quickly. Nearly everyone has complained that the radio clock does NOT keep the proper time. Why? Is it that hard to get these thing straight? They sometimes have ten years of the exact same model carried over and all the stupid defects get carried along too! My Gas gage seems to do this funky vibration thing ONLY when the fuel pump motor is spinning. In ACC it doesn't vibrate. This vehicle and it's counterpart the Savanna are reminicent of the poor quality vehicles that GM was producing in the late 70s thru to the 80s! The same poor quality that made it so easy for the Japanese car makers to take the lead. Either GM still does not understand the basics, or this is just another example of built-in obsolesence. I must be just too bias to buy other vehicles, because even with all these faults I still buy GM. Maybe I shouldn't enable them any longer? Neanderthal |
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| I have both a 2003 and a 2005 GMC Savanah in my business. The 2003 has about 37,000 miles on it now. They are both the 2500 series with the 6L engine and are rock solid so far. No repairs no complaints. Maybe that will change with age, but I will most likely be buying another van next year and so far I don't see anything out there that better meets my needs. I did look at the Sprinter van briefly, but it's hard to justify the additional $10k for my application. | |
| we own multiple 3500 long wheelbase work vans and have found them to be extremely efficient and reliable. Our favorite one is a 2000 Savana with 101,000 all city miles and over 4000 hours of stationary operation at 1700 rpm (equivalent to 50 mph!). This vehicle has original engine with ALL accessories, orig. trans, etc. It's repair history is a fuel pump and periodic brake work. These vans all weigh out at 8800 to 9200 lbs. every single day and are absolutely the hardest working trucks imaginable. I cannot see us buying anything else as we have never had any other brand do as well. I have been repairing cars/trucks for over 35 years and generally find that all brands have some poor examples out there that get all the attention while the majority are probably ok. | |
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Replying to: kpruski (Aug 09, 2005 10:42 am) |
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Replying to: teresabutler (Sep 03, 2005 11:23 am) |
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What things can I change myself to keep my Savana running properly.. I've changed spark plugs wires, airfilter.. are there sensors or anything else that i can do myself at the 60,000 mile mark? I've done the rear end and the transmission fluid. I'm going to try to do the power steering fluid. Also.. when braking hard.. something is wrong.. the steering wheel starts shaking from left to right.. I'm not sure where to start.. if it's ABS or something else.. thanks Dwight
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