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Old 11-07-2013, 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesDean View Post
M103, 3.0L.

Originally it came with a 2.6L, but the head gasket went at ~210K and the transmission was leaking badly. So rather than pull the whole thing out, redo the head and reseal the trans I opted to pull the whole thing, put a 3.0L m103 in and reseal the trans.
The head gasket issue is what concerns me about them too. There's a nice 2.6 one available here for about 3.5k but it's got 150 on it and I'm concerned about how soon it might need head work done.

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