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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Malibu / December 2003(Repost) FS: '99 Malibu LS must sell!
Must sell: 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS 146K, highway kilometers (3.1 litre V-6). Loaded: Air, Cruise, Tilt, Power sunroof/windows/locks/mirrors/seat, alloys, AM/FM/CD - every available Malibu option except leather and spoiler. Bronzemist (metallic taupe) in colour. Immaculate. Undercoated by Diamond Kote. All service records available. Reason for selling: no longer need second vehicle. Needs minor work to engine (lifters - a $350-500 job according to mechanic), priced accordingly. Reduced from $6995 - now asking $5500 negotiable. Chester area. 902-228-2694 renee_eileen@NOSPAMhotmail.com Picture may be seen at: http://community.webshots.com/photo/89332119/89332517jXzFZY > Must sell: > 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS > 146K, highway kilometers (3.1 litre V-6). > Reason for selling: no longer need second vehicle. Reasons for not buying it: Got one I know how bad this car is. | > Must sell: | > 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS | > 146K, highway kilometers (3.1 litre V-6). | > Reason for selling: no longer need second vehicle. | | Reasons for not buying it: Got one I know how bad this car is. My guess is that is true for most all of us in the newsgroup. This newsgroup is probably far from being the best place to try and sell a Malibu...everyone already has one (or used to have one they got rid of...like me!)!! Lots of luck, Any one who buys it would be an idiot. Just the piston slap alone makes it a bad deal. > Must sell: > 1999 Chevrolet Malibu LS > 146K, highway kilometers (3.1 litre V-6). > Reason for selling: no longer need second vehicle. Reasons for not buying it: Got one I know how bad this car is. It's too bad GM had to mess with their trusty old 3.1L engine. I had the old 90-94 MultiPort Fuel Injection 3.1L V6 in my 93 Lumina Euro, which was pretty much identical to the old 2.8L MPFI V6 from the 80s. I just sold the car a couple weeks ago with almost 300,000kms on it, and the engine / transmission had never been touched, and still worked like new, and ran perfectly smooth and quiet, even at idle. In 95 GM took the same basic engine, "improved it" and switch to Sequential Fuel Injection (whatever that means) and aluminum heads, and have had nothing but problems with them. I think they retired it this year though. Too bad the last few years of such a great engine had to be so marred. I would have bought a Malibu, but because of their numerous problems, I bought a new Impala with the 3.8L V6 instead. 30 year old engine design, but still rated as one of the top 10 engines in the world for over 10 years now. -/\/\ike > Lots of luck, Any one who buys it would be an idiot. Just the piston slap > alone makes it a bad deal. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Reasons for not buying it: Got one I know how bad this car is. | It's too bad GM had to mess with their trusty old 3.1L engine. I had the | old 90-94 MultiPort Fuel Injection 3.1L V6 in my 93 Lumina Euro, which was [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] | a new Impala with the 3.8L V6 instead. 30 year old engine design, but still | rated as one of the top 10 engines in the world for over 10 years now. Except the plastic intake manifold on the new 3.8 engines (so I've read) are causing similar gasket leak problems because the plastic is warping and cracking from the heat. So, I believe that the 3.8 is having similar problems now. In fact GM has a "campaign" calling owners of 3.8's in Buicks to add a coolant sealant additive to help fix the coolant leaks. Makes one wonder where GM is getting it's engine designers from. What ever college that is, I would not go back there for engineering talent in the future in I were them! I guess the problem lies not so much in the engine or gasket itself, but the DexCool "orange" coolant they are using now. The dealers know by now to tell people to ignore GM's advertising of long-life coolant, and still change it ever 50,000 clicks or so. If you leave it in too long, it reacts with the aluminum engine parts. Anyone who doesn't change their coolant at least every 50K is a damn fool, and anyone with any aluminum in their engine should always drop some of those disolving tabs into their rad once in a while anyways. Same thing with GM's advertising of "lubed for life transmissions". The dealers still recomend that you do a full fluid flush ever 80k, and it makes a huge difference. There is a lot more to maintaining an engine today than just changing the oil every 5K. Look at all the problems Toyota has had with their V6's over the last decade with their "sludge" build-up problem. With a little bit of extra care and maintenace, any well-made vehicle today should go at least 300k before the powertrain needs any work. I chose to buy the Impala for more reasons than the 3.8L engine (which gets amazing mileage btw.. almost 40mpg highway, and 30mpg around the city). The LS/SS models are built almost identical to cop cars, so they are built with a heavy-duty maintenance cycle in mind. Heavy duty alternator, suspension, brakes, aluminum rad, stainless steel everything underneath, transmission cooler, etc. > | It's too bad GM had to mess with their trusty old 3.1L engine. I had the > | old 90-94 MultiPort Fuel Injection 3.1L V6 in my 93 Lumina Euro, which was [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > GM is getting it's engine designers from. What ever college that is, I would > not go back there for engineering talent in the future in I were them! |
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