chev s10 truck

[diver57]

Hi new member here. I am thinking of buying a s10 pick-up and wanted to know if the 4.3 vortec is a good engine, what sort of gas mpg can i expect.If answering is your answer us gal or canadian gal Also would i lose alot of mpg if i went with a 4x4 thanks for ur time Diver

[jveik]

well, i just bought a 95 k1500 truck, so its alittle bigger than yours and has four wheel drive. it has the vortec 4.3 (262 or something cubic inches i believe) and a 5 speed manual. so far, it hasn't been too bad on the gas, about 15 or so i would say because i have put 10 gallons in every time and always get just over 150 miles before it hits the same spot on the fuel guage as before. i have been driving it alittle fast too, so i would bet that if you had a manual trans in the s-10 with 2 wheel drive and a 4.3, you should get somewhere over 15 mpg... oh yeah thats in U.S. mpg

[bigd7315]

around 15-17 city and 19-24 hwy

[sickcallawayc12]

Originally Posted by diver57

Hi new member here. I am thinking of buying a s10 pick-up and wanted to know if the 4.3 vortec is a good engine, what sort of gas mpg can i expect.If answering is your answer us gal or canadian gal Also would i lose alot of mpg if i went with a 4x4 thanks for ur time Diver

Decent engine. Notorious for intake manifold gasket leaks. I'm told its because of the DEXCOOL that they recommend. What pisses me off is that it practically gets the same mileage as the bigger full size counterparts (it shouldn't). For city, 15 mpg american is the average. I get about 13, highest i've gotten is 17. On highway, the best i've done is 23, i now ususally get around 18-20, depending on speed. I drive a 98 Blazer LT 4x4.

[BlazerBoyLT98]

Originally Posted by sickcallawayc12

Decent engine. Notorious for intake manifold gasket leaks. I'm told its because of the DEXCOOL that they recommend. What pisses me off is that it practically gets the same mileage as the bigger full size counterparts (it shouldn't). For city, 15 mpg american is the average. I get about 13, highest i've gotten is 17. On highway, the best i've done is 23, i now ususally get around 18-20, depending on speed. I drive a 98 Blazer LT 4x4.

Sounds about right, oh yea and they eat wheel bearings and front ends for breakfast Oh and the notorious steering slop is just a hug bonus!!!

[sickcallawayc12]

Originally Posted by BlazerBoyLT98

Sounds about right, oh yea and they eat wheel bearings and front ends for breakfast Oh and the notorious steering slop is just a hug bonus!!!

yeah front end stuff was the first repair i had to do (bearings, ball joints). around 600 bucks give or take.