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My engine died! Ford say's I need a new one.
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Rogers" data-source="post: 559002" data-attributes="member: 60724"><p>Caymen, yes the Vortec I had was the 4.3l.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Also, it sounds like your family puts a lot of miles on cars. I would expect that for certain reiability issues age is a bigger factor than mileage, and for other issues mileage to be a bigger factor than age.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>My mom had a Subaru with less than 10K miles on it when it was 4 years old, and she had tons of mechanical problems. My S-15 had 55K miles when the gaskets went, yet it was 8 years old (low mileage)...so I expect the age and the number of heat-up, cool-downs on the engine had more to do with that problem than the mileage.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree with all that you said. BUT if you are saying that Ford and GM "long term reliability" over the past two decades has matched that of most of the Japanese imports (Toyota, Honda), than I would have to disagree humbly....yes, maybe it is perception, but perception is everything.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh, and I think VWs have always had quality problems.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And, the only car I ever drove over 100K miles without issue was a 1991 Mitsu Galant that my wife put 120K miles on. BEST CAR WE EVER OWNED!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>TJR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Rogers, post: 559002, member: 60724"] Caymen, yes the Vortec I had was the 4.3l. Also, it sounds like your family puts a lot of miles on cars. I would expect that for certain reiability issues age is a bigger factor than mileage, and for other issues mileage to be a bigger factor than age. My mom had a Subaru with less than 10K miles on it when it was 4 years old, and she had tons of mechanical problems. My S-15 had 55K miles when the gaskets went, yet it was 8 years old (low mileage)...so I expect the age and the number of heat-up, cool-downs on the engine had more to do with that problem than the mileage. I agree with all that you said. BUT if you are saying that Ford and GM "long term reliability" over the past two decades has matched that of most of the Japanese imports (Toyota, Honda), than I would have to disagree humbly....yes, maybe it is perception, but perception is everything. Oh, and I think VWs have always had quality problems. And, the only car I ever drove over 100K miles without issue was a 1991 Mitsu Galant that my wife put 120K miles on. BEST CAR WE EVER OWNED! TJR [/QUOTE]
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