Hey guys im new to this site and this forum and im making a blazer purchase within this week and i just wanted to see if u fellas could tell me a few questions about the car.


Hows the transmission to these cars hows hte engine any common and known problems.. my brother has a explorer 96 and the transmission sucks on that thing im just worried about the same problem

hows hte car overal and general anything u can assist or tell me id appreciate

 

What year are we talking about and what engine and what transmission for starters. A little more info sure would help.

 

oo sorry slipped my mind to mention

1998 chevy blazer 4.3 liter vortech 130 thousand miles
automatic transmission

dont think im forgetting anything...

 

Tell us more! Tell us more!

 

its green lol

 

alternators are a common thing to go out, fuel pump as well. haven't heard about any big problems with the transmission and the 4.3L goes through anything

 

sounds almost identical to my blazer with the year motor and miles. Mine runs great and the 4.3 is in my opinion one of the best 6 cyl GM ever made. Also the 4l60e transmission is pretty good. GM put it in alot of stuff including V8 camaro's so if it could hold up to that much more HP than the Blazers I figure their pretty tough.

 

Some people seem to have problems with the 4 wheel drive after reading a lot of the posts. It always seems (or most of the time anyway) that they inherited the problem from the last person who owned it. Ya think there's a trend here? Actually the 4 wheel drive system isn't that difficult to understand or work on for that matter. I would certainly check all of the fluids in it including the t-case and the front and rear ends. These seem to get neglected.

 

Guys you have no idea how happy this makes me feel because the explorer my brother has has costed roughly 5 thousand dollars in repairs within 9 months of ownership of the vehicle

ive dont some reading and im already learning about the blazer... sounds like im getting a great truck..

im paying 1800 with 130 thousand miles .. the guy sais its worth 4 grand at dealerships but hes not a dealer lol

1800 takes it home

 

sounds like a good deal.

and the problem with your brothers explorer is on the front circled and highlighted in blue haha