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Old 12-25-2003, 06:00 PM   #1
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Life expectancy for a 91 3.8L V6? need to find out what kind of life she's got left

I'd like to find out what kind of life I can expect out of my 91 Sable GS witht he 3.8L V6. It has been fairly well maintained, only problems I've seen so far, Power steering pump leaks and is on its last leg, the Transmission is a Pain in the ... and it runs a quart low after 2 months of mostly normal driving, (I tend to get a little bit of spirited at times since I havent had a chance to drive my RX7 in a few months)

Looking at carfax history I may have just rounded the 210K mile mark but not sure if that is possible with original engine or not.

Any info, advice, or comments welcome.

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Old 03-20-2004, 03:24 PM   #2
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ive got a 1992 sable 3.8L and shes runnin pretty great its my first car and even as a speed hungry teenager i love it its fast and reliable even tho it has a tranny prob and fan prob and some grinding in the wheel when i turn it still runs beautifully.

sry for the life story
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Old 05-01-2004, 06:19 AM   #3
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Re: Life expectancy for a 91 3.8L V6? need to find out what kind of life she's got left

The 3.8 was famous for head gaskets blowing, that repair only cost me $1200 after the car had 110K miles on it, and then the $2400 tranny rebuild at 120K miles, I later sold the car for $2K, should have junked it at 109K
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Old 05-16-2004, 10:40 AM   #4
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Our 91 Sable had the same problems. Head gasket went, and very soon after, the tranny went. I did some research on the net and found that the 91' AXODE tranny was the most unreliable in it's class. They make rebuild kits that fix some of the major problems with the tranny, something about an aluminum piston being replaced with steel ect... Anyway, I did my own work and the repairs have cost me about $500 in parts.
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Old 05-18-2004, 10:28 PM   #5
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Re: Life expectancy for a 91 3.8L V6? need to find out what kind of life she's got left

The grinding while turning thing sounds like a wheel bearing. That is no fun to fix, but is less fun to have sieze up on you while driving.
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