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Naw, it just needs some stuff
Posted by Noel (more from Noel) on Sun, 5 Dec 2004 06:22:04
In Reply to: My new(to me) 9000 is a lemon!!!, Frustrated, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:01:31
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It is a 155K mile car. It's gonna need things even if you'd had it since new. I know my ultra-reliable C900 needed a couple infusions of cash around that mileage.
As others note, the 9000 is not cheap to maintain, but they make up for it in being able to run for a long time. If you go to Quasimotors.com he says "if you get a 9000 and spend some money to put into good or top condition--and keep it that way--it will be so reliable you'll wonder what the fuss is all about."
Very true.
My '96 CSE was very well maintained, and it has still needed a few things in the past 15 months (90,600 to 105,600 miles):
> A/C compressor (did serp belt, 2 pulleys while there)
> Hooter valve
> Rear washer switch
> Heater core (did blower motor while there)
> A few feet of vacuum hose
> Normal maintenance: oil, plugs, fliters, coolant and brake fluid flush
> Exhaust from cat back
> A crank position sensor is possibly on its way south at the moment.
But the stuff replaced was amostly orginal (except for regular maintenance stuff), so now those things are good for a long time.
A '93 is not a good year, but get it right and it should be a decent car. several here have '93 9Ks and are happy with them.
N
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Posts in this Thread:
- My new(to me) 9000 is a lemon!!!, Frustrated, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:01:31
- if maintained, 9000 will go "forever"?, Mickey Finn, Mon, 6 Dec 2004 09:46:20
- Naw, it just needs some stuff, Noel, Sun, 5 Dec 2004 06:22:04 <-- Viewing This Message
- you know, we have to remember, 150K plus miles..., aaron, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:27:41
- Re: My new(to me) 9000 is a lemon!!!, Adrian, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:32:37
- Everything (except the gas tank) there is normal..., turrbo
, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 19:28:13 - Re: My new(to me) 9000 is a lemon!!!, RupertG, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 18:19:14
- Sorry to hear about your 93 problems; as Daanimal wrote, TonyJ
, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:50:00 - Re: My new(to me) 9000 is a lemon!!!, Daanimal900, Sat, 4 Dec 2004 17:17:21
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