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Old 06-27-2019, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by camerjeff View Post
The old Buick 3.8 V6 was kinda a turd, but the 3800 V6 is a great engine, and the series II N/A version in that Bonneville was probably the best engine GM had ever built durability wise. Some of the newer engines may be better, but only time will tell.

N/A 3800's routinely would last over 250,000 miles. but by then the rest of the car was usually shot. And the transaxle they were bolted to had been rebuilt at least once.

The supercharged versions were good engines also, just not as long lived.
This. The 3800 V6 is one of GMs best engines ever.

The 4.3s are good engines, also. Routinely go well over 200K with no issues.

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