4-wheel-drive S-10's

[slims]

He said the only problem was the abs light was on. Hell! The AC didn't work. The driver door panel almost fell off. The back bumper was fucked up. The front bumper was crooked like the truck just got pulled out of a ditch. The third door took two people to open and when it did, the rubber came off with it and wasp flew out at us. The ignition took 5 minutes of wiggling to get it to turn to crank it and when it cranked, it didn't idle good.

 

[PJB4x4]

QUOTE]The 4.3l is a good engine and never had one spin a bearing. Only the spider injectors and the intake gasket is the common problem I have encountered.

Mine blew the intake gasket at 117k.

I had a hard time finding a motor around here when mine spun a bearing because most of them had spun bearings.

The motor I ended up with burned oil but the original one never did.

 

[slims]

QUOTE]The 4.3l is a good engine and never had one spin a bearing. Only the spider injectors and the intake gasket is the common problem I have encountered.

Mine blew the intake gasket at 117k.

I had a hard time finding a motor around here when mine spun a bearing because most of them had spun bearings.

The motor I ended up with burned oil but the original one never did.

If it sucked that bad Gm wouldn't be bring another version of it back. Everyone's had bad luck with something. Doesn't mean they all suck.

 

[PenguinLTZ]

Yeah, I have never heard of any issues of "spun bearings" with a 4.3. Prior shit ownership would likely be that cause. The ones we had at work went well over 250K with 15+ drivers beating the hell out of them in S10s and half ton 1500s. We were solid on maintenance, though. One of GMs best engines for that range, IMO. They do not do well on gas consumption, but are tough.

 

[PJB4x4]

The TBI motors were better and got better gas mileage too. My brother's '95 was tbi and it was faster and got 20 mpg while my Blazer got 15.

The new 4.3 shares nothing with the old one besides displacement.

That Blazer was the worst vehicle I owned besides my '92 Mustang.

 

[slims]

The TBI motors were better and got better gas mileage too. My brother's '95 was tbi and it was faster and got 20 mpg while my Blazer got 15.

The new 4.3 shares nothing with the old one besides displacement.

That Blazer was the worst vehicle I owned besides my '92 Mustang.

The general population is stupid. Look at ford. Their new 5.0 shares nothing with the old one. But people hear 5.0 and the reputation of the old one sells alot of the new 5.0's. you will never hear dodge selling another 4.7 or 3.7. Redesigned or not. People see dodge 4.7 and think junk. I owned three 4.3 v6's and loved em all.

 

[drperry]

The TBI motors were better and got better gas mileage too. My brother's '95 was tbi and it was faster and got 20 mpg while my Blazer got 15.

The new 4.3 shares nothing with the old one besides displacement.

That Blazer was the worst vehicle I owned besides my '92 Mustang.

If by "new" you mean the 2014 and up, then yes, they're different.

Before that, it's pretty much the same, minus some cam balancer changes, and intake/fuel delivery changes...

The big change in the old 4.3 was when they got rid of the distributor.... in 2009, I think.

The only real issues with the 4x4 in those things was the actuator, and the arm... The actuator moves a slide to put 1/2 - 3/4" of a fork over the CV axle...
Some people would break that slide.
Easy fix is to grab a passenger front axle from a Bravada with AWD, and remove the actuator.

The 3 button shift can also be converted to manual shift if the TCCM burns out.