How many miles you got?

[93GASE3300]

Just curious as to how many miles you 3300 owners have gotten on your motors and trans? Im up to 177000 and would like to know how many miles is ordinary.

[scott9050]

1993 skykark with 186,000, just got rid of my twice wrecked ciera wagon 3.3 with 204,000 and still running strong.

[schultzie93GT]

i got 103,000 on my gt

[pre_16365]

only got 96,000 on mine.

[mitty807]

Almost at 160,000

[93GASE3300]

well thats good news. Ill be rebuilding my engine and trans anyways but I figured I would see how long everyone else has been running.

[pre_16365]

engine runs fine...but cant say the same thing for the tranny:(

[93GASE3300]

well generally the 3t40 transmission doesnt hold the test of time (not the strongest gm tranny) I have been lucky with mine so far however my pump is making noise so my luck may run out eventually. Either way 177000 miles on my tranny without rebuild is pretty amazing.

[Alex 47]

I GOT 85,000

[bluez]

124,000 miles rebulit the tranny at 110,000..

[Dan]

The trans is acting up reverse is going out Going to the shop this monday for a rebuild.

[nvgase]

160,000 as of today
Trans went at 150,000 and got rebuilt
Engine has only needed normal maintenance:)

[bertiespeed]

umm dunno what this is in miles but 253,000 km and tranny is going :???:

[Dan]

Originally posted by Dan
The trans is acting up reverse is going out Going to the shop this monday for a rebuild.

$1,675 for the rebuild drives fine now. The engine seems strong hope i get another 100,00.:)

[GRANDAMV6]

i`ve got 160, 000

[93gagt3300]

114,000 on mine.

when i received this car after paying 900 bucks for it. the body was in good shape, the interior was flawless, but the engine had oil pan leaks and valve cover leaks. it also was a crank on start car.

after further investigation, the timing chain was broken, i decided to pull the motor. when i did that, i comtemplated rebuilding or swapping. swapping was easier. i got one with 67000 miles from a old ciera. i couldn't believe how clean the motor was. needless to say i cleaned it up some more. swapped my oil pans and put in a timing chain set.

i think with proper maintenance, that's all theose motors will ever need. a timing chain set. if you're a fanatic, add a timing chain tensioner.

[graden]

yah .. trannys on our cars kinda suck,, i have burned a few out now...lol but i pritty much ask for it. when i pull trannys for my car, i get 1's from 4 cyl's for the higher stall speeds from the troque converter,, and i think the gears are a bit smaller too. helps contend with imports off the line. engine was rebuilt over the winter but stupid me .. i forgot about the timming chain when i rubuit it :(

[93gagt3300]

what you state about the 4 banger trans is true. i've been researching the gears on the v6 vs the 4 bangers. i think i may eventually swap in a 4 banger trans for more grunt, but it'll wait till i finish the cold air induction. i want to see how well it responds first. most imports are dogs off the line. then they come on at top end. i like to have my breathing up top. yet, for such a large v6, it should have some torque. i'll see if any of my tricks work on this motor. i still have another intake manifold i can massage, and possibly work the heads a bit.......

[graden]

if you change out your tranny for a 4 banger tranny.... be prepared for some new front end tires.. lol ,,, they burn quickly

[93gagt3300]

now you're talking my language......

[2suiten2krazi4u]

i got 69,000

[superTAN]

just hit 95 000 kms on my GT which is about 59 000 miles if I convert correctly :)

['93BlackGT]

358,917 km ..beat that lol :D engine and tranny are still strong.

Dunno how many that would be in miles ???

[93 Achieva 3300]

107,000 on my 93... i beat the shit out of it since i got it as my first car at 100,500 miles. So far no problems besides blown motor/tranny mounts, creaks and banges all the time lol, but it goes ok... one thing i like about the 3 speed over the 3100 4's is at 40 mph i floor my car and it downs to 1st and 4k+ and im off, while my friends 96 GA shifts to second at 2.5k rpms and bairly moves...see ya later!!! but off the line it sux....

[93GT]

90,240 on my 93 GT

[Eldaron]

My cousin's Century Coustom with the 3.3 has like 240,000 miles on it, although it just recently started to knock. That's pretty good; probably helps that he uses synthetic oil.

[jamisonfitz]

Running at 123k... doing great.

[Violator]

114,000 om my 93 GAGT though see knocks a bit when cold out(Runs rough Idle seems low)

23,000 on my 93 Skylark (car has 182,000) engine dropped at 152,000 had an engine built from GMHP for the price tag of 3316.00- get this it is the 2nd, since the first one they put in was orig equipment and had a torn PVC boot causing the trans not to shift at highway speeds. I got it to about 73mph before I spun the mains out of the crank(In highway traffic heading to Lansing, Mich). GM had to replace it again free of charge.

[iCoN]

56,000 no lie...some old ass lady owned mine be4 me, and she hardly went any where

[goredsox]

i have 138,700 on mine. she still runs like new never had anything engine or tranny rebuilt, had a new radiator at aroun 100,000 but i'm still runin the original water pump at 138,700!! and i still get 30mpg!!! Hooray for the tree huggers!

[93WhiteGT]

My car has 320,000 kms. I'm not sure how many miles that is

[MantaGreen97]

Originally posted by 93WhiteGT
My car has 320,000 kms. I'm not sure how many miles that is

Divide by 1.6 ;) 200,000 miles. Heck of a lot!

[mrjoecanadian]

230,000 Km on mine or 143,750Miles if Rolamd was correct

[thecourtd50]

164000 miles with metal in the oil (it gets changed weekly), a tranny that cant make up its mind (it gets flushed monthly), a rough idle, blown struts and shocks. but it runs and gets 27 mpg, so i guess ill limp it along as long as possible. oh yeah its a gross polluter too. but i love this car so much its too bad the guy before me didnt love it half as much. i guess he went 60,000 without an oil change. its a shame

[goredsox]

that really sucks about your 3300, just the opposite of mine, she runs like she is brand new, and i still get 30mpg.i only have about 141,000 on mine now, most of the miles are on the highway.

[rrryan]

109,xxx miles

[pokesmot]

210,000 KM on my 93 SE,

replaced headgasket, crankshaft & bearings.

right now it has a knock problem :(

[93GAseV6]

well Milage wise this is what i got

Body-137,xxx
Engine-20,xxx

yes i was lucky enough to find a GA with less miles on the motor than my current DD

[jamisonfitz]

127,000

[mikekavan]

just hit 140000 and loving it. tranny went once and looking to overhaul eventually probly after i buy a newer ga and can start making this thing the machine i know it is.

[PontiacGA]

Engine=166,000
car=166,000
Tranny=16,000

[gerald]

140,000 give or take a couple hundred, tranny shifts strong, engine runs like a tank. However it has a wierd rev in park, it oscillates between 500-1K until i shift into neutral or any drive gear. Add to that a lazy HVAC fan motor, a "thump" when i brake going in reverse, a bum power door lock, and a slight exhaust leak. but hey, it was free.

[Prospeeder]

Oh oh my mom had a bad power door lock only on the Passenger front door on her 92! And my friends 92 Achiva 3300 has an exhaust leak out of the rear exhaust bank

[goredsox]

I have an exhaust leak but its at the back of my muffler, so maybe thats a muffler leak :lol:

[ddturboz]

231,000 miles on my '93 SE

Runs well, does not burn oil, 27MPG, Daily Driver

Transmission shifts well but slips a little from time to time when shifting from 1st to 2nd.


If you have a bad power door lock on a '93 or like model look at the switch itself. I popped the driver side switch after it quite working (passenger still worked) expecting to find a dirty contact. What I found was that the contact was so corroded that upon trying to clean it, it crumbled away. I repaired it very easily with a piece of solid core wire and a dab of super glue. It has worked like a charm ever since for almost 4 years.

[cobra2049]

Originally posted by gerald
140,000 give or take a couple hundred, tranny shifts strong, engine runs like a tank. However it has a wierd rev in park, it oscillates between 500-1K until i shift into neutral or any drive gear.

100k Miles and the EXACT same problem. Really weird.

[Prospeeder]

Friends 3300 Achiva, New shortblock, same problem...

[goredsox]

it could be a bad IAC, check to see if the wires in the plug are good.

[cobra2049]

I must confess that I have absolutely no guess as to what these abreviations stand for, like IAC, OEM and the many others. Think ur all so smart EH! lol :)

[Prospeeder]

IAC = Idle air control valve, it controls the air entering the engine durning idle via a pintle on the side of the throttle body.

OEM is Original Equipment Manufacturer or somthing along those lines, just stock stuff

[Eden]

My '92 se has 140,368, the tranny had to have a solenoid replaced at 132,000, because it would expand after heating up and stall the engine.

[rrryan]

i posted in this thread a while back, and since doing a transmission a month ago on this car, i figure i should update

93SE has 118,000 miles. i put a rebuilt trans in, and i was suprised to see that the one i took out was also a rebuild! so that's atleast 3 transmissions in 118k miles. yikes!

i guess that's why the guy who sold it to us slipped and said "yeah we had the tranny flushed a few times so it didnt blow up" haha

[goredsox]

Originally posted by rrryan
i posted in this thread a while back, and since doing a transmission a month ago on this car, i figure i should update

93SE has 118,000 miles. i put a rebuilt trans in, and i was suprised to see that the one i took out was also a rebuild! so that's atleast 3 transmissions in 118k miles. yikes!

i guess that's why the guy who sold it to us slipped and said "yeah we had the tranny flushed a few times so it didnt blow up" haha

wowee that sux, i have 153,600 miles now and i still have the original engine, and the original tranny in her... paint still shines great as well...

[DeDster]

1992 Grand AM SE with the 3300 V6 and 4 speed auto transmission.

Bought it in 2002 from an old lady who bought it new and used it only for groceries. I'm pretty sure the back seat wasn't used at all.
It had everything original and only 68,000km(42,000mi).

Since then we put 114,000km(72,000mi) on it. Changed the starter twice, the alternator twice, the lower radiator hose once, the front shocks once(they're almost due again), changed the exhaust and patched the muffler once, changed the front rotors twice. Now the windshield washer pump is not working, the power locks work when they feel like it, the front and rear shocks are due again, the engine gets crusty really fast when it's not being used and it idles funny every once in a while.

I love the fact that I don't have to bring it higher than 2500 RPM to have a good acceleration and once in last gear I can stay there all day even at low speeds. I hate the fact that it revs as high as 2500 RPM when I'm on the highway.

I love the fact that all that weight on the front tires act as an anchor and requires very little course adjustments if you start skidding. I hate the fact that all that weight over the front tires means I go through shocks and rotors once every two years, and brakes and tires every year.

I think this car was a huge bargain because of all the miles we've put on it for the amount we paid(4000$CAN). However now the amount of repair and maintenance required to keep it running is quickly annoying me and I'm thinking everyday of buying an old Toyota Tercel Standard.

I know you guys are looking for a 4speed Auto so if you're interested let me know. I'll see if we can arrange something.

[goredsox]

Originally posted by goredsox
wowee that sux, i have 153,600 miles now and i still have the original engine, and the original tranny in her... paint still shines great as well...

ha ha... Now i have 154,084 miles...

[pcprophet]

happy with my 94 GA SE 3100, have around 280,500 km and for miles is like close to 175,000miles. had the rad replace a month ago. still have original tran/engine. havent had major problems with her yet.
and for the shine, still got it:lol: even through the harsh edmonton winter with salt/rocks every where:roll2:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/andrewl/car026.jpg

[goredsox]

sweet!!! I never knew white could shine soo much!!! are those the same rims i have on my car???

[pcprophet]

yes!, have you had anyproblems with the rims like well i call it aluminum rust but aluminum doesnt rust, looks green and nasty, yours looks like there in great shape!!

[goredsox]

no mine are ok, all they suffer from is a little bit of peeling and some excessive brake dust buildup in some of the fine lines and crevices... I am missing 2 of the center round hubcap thingys so i just removed them all...

[pcprophet]

Originally posted by goredsox
no mine are ok, all they suffer from is a little bit of peeling and some excessive brake dust buildup in some of the fine lines and crevices... I am missing 2 of the center round hubcap thingys so i just removed them all...


try using some magic eraser from mr clean to take the brakedust off, tried it on my rims and worked like a charm :)

[slick93gt]

I have about 220,050 miles on the engine and body and about 6,000 miles on the rebuilt trans and now I have a sever electrical problem that i can't find out were it is at; the heater doesn't work; the window regulators are shot causing the windows not to roll down; both front suspension and rear suspension gone and the interior needs work and the exterior needs some touch up

[DSMMAN]

As of right now I have 150 k even and its still good. HAd to replace the brakes and the turn signal switch and the heater core behind the dash and thats it thus far.

[goredsox]

i have 154,936 as she sits in the garage now... what sucks though is she got rained on today!!! DARN!!! But hey i filled up yesterday and i got 25mpg in mixed lead foot driving!!! I have put about 55 miles on her since yesterday though!!! I went and did christmas shopping though...

[onebad93gt]

245,000 miles

Original trans and motor runs like it did 145,000 miles ago.

Best car I've owned, and that's why I'm redoing the exterior. If and when the motor goes bad I will look into an L67 swap, or atleast a Series 1 sc swap. I think a nice hood scoop or cowl would be nice anyway.

[97Granny]

My 2.4L Twin Cam has 195, 200 miles

[Too Tall]

Got 179,000+ on mine - engine is still going strong.

[goredsox]

Originally posted by goredsox
i have 154,936 as she sits in the garage now... what sucks though is she got rained on today!!! DARN!!! But hey i filled up yesterday and i got 25mpg in mixed lead foot driving!!! I have put about 55 miles on her since yesterday though!!! I went and did christmas shopping though...

Well i cannot remember the exact milage that she had oin her when we traded her in... Funniest thing though as they were getting ready to drive her away they got out with the car still running and she locked the doors?!! they had to get a coat hanger and break in!!! She didnt wanna go... Anywho i think the mileage was a tad over 159,000...

[jws1701]

My 3300 is pushing almost 200,000... No engine work that I know of, original transmission.