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Sp3edR4cer
09-09-2005, 12:36 PM
Ok i am a GM fanatic. The only cars i have never had any problems out of any GM truck or car i have every owned. I just traded in my sweet looking Z71 truck on a 2003 Grand AM GT and when i got to work every one was busting my chops about getting a grand am because they said that their engines dont hold up. (is this rumor true) do is there something i should be looking for on this thing. The only reason i went this way is because my Z was getting 8mpg and the GT gets 20 in town. Any input would be nice. Thx guys and gals
rabidpanda69
09-09-2005, 12:43 PM
there is a tendency to blow intake gakets, but if you dont beat the hell out of it, it'll be alright. All cars have some sort of problem, dont think about how many gaskets have failed, think about how many have failed compared to how many that havent.
kickarsgrdam01
09-09-2005, 04:28 PM
they all will fail at some point, it is the way the engine is made and the gasket can;t take the strain forever. and the coolent system will probably be the #2 thing ghrt
thegeswho3
09-09-2005, 04:39 PM
The eco wouldve been the reliable choice in a 2000 model, but i cant forsee big problems early????
jayhawk
09-09-2005, 05:44 PM
They hold up quite wel...I have yet to hear of anyone on this board say they blew an engine.
Prospeeder
09-10-2005, 09:24 PM
Originally posted by thegeswho3
The eco wouldve been the reliable choice in a 2000 model, but i cant forsee big problems early????

eco wasnt till mid 2002, but the 2.4 wasnt all to reliable in compareison, and work on it costs a fortune for some things, but the Lower intake manifold gaskets are a problem, and the gaskets themeslves are relitvily cheap, but labor for them can get it in to 500+$
30thAnnGAGT
09-10-2005, 10:21 PM
2003 was the gasket change over. I haven't heard of many if any 03's on up having the gasket trouble that the earlier models did. As far as the engines. I've only known of 3 that have blown off the top of my head, and that's when they have been under extreme strain.
Prospeeder
09-10-2005, 11:38 PM
well, the new 05 3400's are vortecs, in the equaox and torrent, and they have 185hp, and they dont have the gasket problem