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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [tsjay]
by bpbmint
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Mar 10, 2007 (9:57 am)
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Replying to: tsjay (Oct 31, 2006 4:07 pm)
My 98 model with it's 2.2 liter has just hit 500,000 miles on 03-07-07. This truck has been used for my delivery service here in Louisiana. I bought the truck brand new. This engine has never been into. I have changed about 6 fuel pumps, 3 water pumps belts and the usual things. I still have the original starter and believe it or not I still have the original daytime running lights. I still use this truck on a daily basis. I average about 3000 miles every 3 weeks. I use 10W40 Castrol oil. This has been the best truck I have ever owned. It could be a record.
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- #23 of 61
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How many miles have you logged on your S10?
by the_dj_hitman
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Mar 12, 2007 (4:49 am)
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my 1993 4.3L just hit 180k
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- #24 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [bpbmint]
by hoodlatch
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Mar 12, 2007 (8:33 am)
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Replying to: bpbmint (Mar 10, 2007 9:57 am)
How often did you change the oil? What type of filters do you use? I think after about the third fuel pump, I would have made a removable access panel in the bed of the truck.
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- #25 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [hoodlatch]
by bpbmint
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Mar 13, 2007 (2:31 pm)
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Replying to: hoodlatch (Mar 12, 2007 8:33 am)
I CHANGE THE OIL ABOUT EVERY 21/2 TO 3 WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE WORK LOAD. I USE FRAM OIL FILTERS. I AM SERIOUSLY THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A HINGED DOOR OVER MY FUEL PUMP AND THEN PUTTING THE BED LINER BACK OVER IT.
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- #26 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [bpbmint]
by hoodlatch
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Mar 13, 2007 (5:23 pm)
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Replying to: bpbmint (Mar 13, 2007 2:31 pm)
I change mine every 5k with TropArtic and use Fram gray. Detroit could have been putting access panels on their trucks all along. But then we wouldn't be forking out $600. a pop to have the fuel pumps change out. Remember how back in the day they had access panels in the floorboard to get to the battery and another one to get to the brake master cylinder? If they could do it then they could do it now. 
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- #27 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [hoodlatch]
by infinitecain
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Mar 14, 2007 (5:46 am)
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Replying to: hoodlatch (Mar 13, 2007 5:23 pm)
Hello fellow s-10 owners. It's me, infinitecain from reply #5. My s-10 had over 211xxx miles on it and drove like a champ. I would take it any and everywhere without hesitation. I loved that truck and drove it for 9 years. I had plans to keep it for life......maybe something to pass down to the kids. I always wondered in what form its final demise would take shape. Well 3-9-07 I found out. I hit a telephone pole head-on at about 35mph. Her last gift to me was saving my life. I had no seat belt on, but was able to walk away with only a few bruises.
I'm afraid i can no longer be a part of this thread. She's gone to the big highway in the sky. God rest her throttle body.
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- #28 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [hoodlatch]
by barky
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Apr 06, 2007 (8:03 pm)
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Replying to: hoodlatch (Mar 13, 2007 5:23 pm)
Is TropArtic available at most any auto parts store? I've never seen it here in Colorado.
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- #29 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [infinitecain]
by hoodlatch
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Apr 07, 2007 (11:27 am)
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Replying to: infinitecain (Mar 14, 2007 5:46 am)
After looking at your pics, I would say your very fortunate to walk away from that one. 
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- #30 of 61
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [barky]
by hoodlatch
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Apr 07, 2007 (11:30 am)
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Replying to: barky (Apr 06, 2007 8:03 pm)
Its marketed by Phillips 66 and been around for a long, long time. Here in the mid-west, its sold by Wal-mart and Sam's Club.
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Re: How many miles have you logged on your S10? [tsjay]
by tomcat63
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Apr 18, 2007 (2:06 am)
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Replying to: tsjay (Oct 31, 2006 4:07 pm)
Hi, I run a small auto-repair shop in Düsseldorf / Germany and bought my ī95 S-10 Pickup about 3 years ago with 105,000 mls on the meter. Needed a workhorse for towing cars and hauling bulky and heavy spareparts. Itīs a 4.3L TBI V6 2WD Regular Cab with manual 5-speed transmission (not easy to find among all those useless auto-trannys) and did cost me 2,500 Euros (approx. 3,200 USD), which was far cheaper than a Nissan or Mitsubishi PU which I took into consideration first. Meanwhile I can read over 150,000 mls on the clock and I donīt regret this purchase. Apart from normal maintenance work I had to replace the waterpump, front brake discs and pads, muffler and a set of tires. Frame and suspension components show massive surface corrosion due to poor factory protective coating, but this truck simply has to work and I donīt care too much about optical details. The engine works great, no problems with this old iron. I change oil every 10.000 mls (Calypsol 10-W40 semi-synthetic) and use Bosch Longlife filters. For me as a mechanic itīs kind of a relief to have a simple and easy to fix company-truck like my Chevy S-10 !!
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