"I rebuilt the front end and he drove it another year. Finally it blew a head gasket for the 3 rd. time and I scrapped it at 190K. Really a great engine."


I just scrapped a POS dodge Caravan with a little over 200k. In fact I have worn out about 6 cars in the last 15 years, all with over 200K. None had ever had their heads off. A little Nissan pick up had over 200K before I got it and I put almost that much on it again. The truck was beat to stuff, but the Z24 engine ran like a top and easily passed smog when I unloaded it.

Even a gasoline engine should be worth more than 190K. There are untold numbers of Chevy trucks that have had 5.7 or 6.2 diesls replaced with gassers. I have never heard of a Chevy 350 that needed head gaskets three times with less than 200K.

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69 220D not running
79 240D parts car
80 240D Beater runs everyday
81 300TD temp disabled cooling problem
82 300SD sweet