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Originally Posted by VBOD
Just found a $400 4.3L Olds V6 diesel in an '83 celeb., 90K on it. Anyone here have hands-on experience with these? I've read they're basically a 5.7L olds diesel with 2 cyl's cut off. Could be a cheap way for me to get into a diesel and not get too beat up if'n I don't like it.
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Good engines, the 4.3 had many of the bugs worked out from the older 5.7 V8. They had 5 bolts around each cylinder vs the 5.7s 4 bolts.
Very hard to find, and Im told 40 mpg.
They were even supposed to be moderately peppy for an old diesel.
I'd grab it !