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Replying to: lemko (Apr 14, 2009 4:49 pm) Trust me they are out there. A friend of mine's MIL had an 02 LeSabre burn up and took the garage with it. I believe it was a known manifold issue that caused the fire. car fires
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I guess I just haven't lived right. I had a 3800 with 150K on it and didn't notice any atypical leak. I have one with 165K on it and don't have a leak. I guess it is not. It's a cleaner motor than the Toyota motors a neighbor who curbstones gets. He had one 4-cyl that was a blown head gasket and 10 years old. Bought it from the owner who didn't seem to know they blow heads. That junk doesn't last. Neighbor does have a cleaner motor now but that's because the 4-runner had a blown motor. So the replacement motor is cleaner. I told him it probably blew because of sludge. Those junk things just don't last no matter how the Toyfans try to spread their propaganda. I've got a 3800 with 90K and don't have any leakage around the valve covers. The UAW does a good job with quality parts. If the leaks are a problem it's the fault of the suppliers providing the gaskets that were used. AT least GM does recalls instead of hiding problems as TSBs or telling people they're supposed to run that way!!!
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 14, 2009 4:49 pm) Sorry, but I respectfully disagree. My 2000 Suburban would change your mind, unless you think $4,000 in repairs from 46k-65k miles is normal. Plus the number of people I know that have had multiple trans failures with their 1/2 ton GM products rivals that of the infamous Chrysler transmissions of the late 80's. 2000 must have been a bad year, 'cause my dad inherited a 2000 Park Ave. from my Grandpa that was a complete POS too. Electrical problems, intake manifold failure, head gasket, oil leaks, all well before 100k miles. Now that was 10 years ago, but I do have an 07 Grand Prix in the garage that while reliable is still a POS. It rattles, it looks and feels cheap, drives worse, and IMO represents all that has been wrong with GM. |
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Apr 14, 2009 5:53 pm) |
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Replying to: lemko (Apr 14, 2009 4:32 pm) yeah, I'd think you'd have to have a very hot manifold and a lot of oil spill on it to catch fire. They must have a good reason for the recall, as recalling 1.4 million vehicles is not small potatoes.
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Replying to: rockylee (Apr 14, 2009 2:49 pm) Agreed. Most unions will do that and that is called being a gangster, not a worker. This is probably the biggest reason I hate the labor unions. They simply go for the kill if you cross them. >The company owner would of never paid the rent or mortgage without the people under he/she. It's called a balance of power. Own a business first Rocky and then talk about balance of power.....It is not easy to be a business owner. Machining a job to 10 microns might be easier.
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Replying to: rockylee (Apr 14, 2009 3:03 pm) Hmmm... >The Acura TL was indeed a good car. You had to keep her reved up to have any sort of power but it was a good car and fun to drive. more Hmmmmmm... Does somebody over here feel Rocky somehow is lacking the information that Acura is Honda?
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Replying to: chikoo (Apr 14, 2009 6:30 pm) That was my quote Rock was responding too.
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Replying to: chikoo (Apr 14, 2009 6:27 pm) That's for sure. A friend of mine owns a small machine shop with about 30 employees. He's pretty much crapping bricks right now with slow business and his bank lowering his credit line. The few jobs he's getting are taking a long time to get paid and he's borrowing money to make payroll. He doesn't want to let anyone go. Not all company owners are out to screw their employees. |
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