Advice on purchasing a used 2003 with 100k miles

ladorn45 · Aug 27, 2024

Hello I am in the process of looking for a car and found one that looks good and has had alot of work done to it. My question is should i see that as a good thing or bad thing. Below is all the things that have been done. The car has about 100k and is a 2003. Just curious if its something i should consider or move on. Thanks in advance

Things that have been done.
Radiator replaced and clean coolant
New air filter
New crank sensor
All new spark plugs and wires
New rotor cap
Fresh oil and filter
Oil pan gasket replaced
Fresh transmission fluid and filter
Transmission oil pan gasket replaced

also mentioned one issue
After the crank sensor was replaced mechanic showed it taking an extra crank on cold start, believed to be the fuel draining back into the tank slowly by the
check valve

strutaeng · Aug 27, 2024

2003 with a rotor cap?

...it would help to state what specific vehicle (a car, you say?) this is...you posted in the 2000-2006 sub-forum, but none of those have a distributor... GMT 800 SUVs, I mean.

ladorn45 · Aug 27, 2024

I think thats a typo from the ad. Its a 2003 chevy tahoe.

Doubeleive · Aug 27, 2024

ladorn45 said:
Hello I am in the process of looking for a car and found one that looks good and has had alot of work done to it. My question is should i see that as a good thing or bad thing. Below is all the things that have been done. The car has about 100k and is a 2003. Just curious if its something i should consider or move on. Thanks in advance

Things that have been done.
Radiator replaced and clean coolant
New air filter
New crank sensor
All new spark plugs and wires
New rotor cap
Fresh oil and filter
Oil pan gasket replaced
Fresh transmission fluid and filter
Transmission oil pan gasket replaced

also mentioned one issue
After the crank sensor was replaced mechanic showed it taking an extra crank on cold start, believed to be the fuel draining back into the tank slowly by the
check valve

? sumting wong hear

Doubeleive · Aug 27, 2024

ladorn45 said:
I think thats a typo from the ad. Its a 2003 chevy tahoe.

that's more than a typo

Doubeleive · Aug 27, 2024

at any rate 100k for a 03 is low mileage, for gmt800 anyway should have plenty of life left, unless it's from the rust bucket zone

strutaeng · Aug 27, 2024

ladorn45 said:
I think thats a typo from the ad. Its a 2003 chevy tahoe.

Ok, gotcha.

I mean, a lot of those items are regular maintenance items. Since the oil pan was replaced, I'd look closely at the rear main seal. Those tend to leak with high mileage and age and replacement is time consuming. Usually the oil pan gets replaced as first suspect.

But that mileage is very low, in my opinion. Plenty of GMT800s are now in the 200k-300k+ range and still driving.

My general assumption is: if the body/interior looks clean, the vehicle was more likely serviced. SUVs usually live a better life and get serviced better (family haulers) vs trucks, which a lot wind up as work trucks. Usually.

Bigburb3500 · Aug 27, 2024

Also, how much are they asking for it? If it’s $2000 and runs & drives that’s a steal! Especially if it is 4x4… but if they are asking $25k then I would say you have a lot more options at that price.

ladorn45 · Aug 27, 2024

Price is 3800 it has rocker panel rust but frame is solid. I also i guess my question is more of a survey lol. From what i am getting from the responses its worth a look

homesick · Aug 27, 2024

Doubeleive said:
that's more than a typo

LOL, it certainly is.

joe

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