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elhigh · 10-13-2013, 04:57 PM

I heard some horror stories about the late 90s vans with the 3.8 and the four-speed auto. IIRC the problem wasn't the engine so much, but the trannies tend to be trouble prone.

Breaking 25 is pretty good; I had a '92 with the 2.6 four-cyl, 25 is as good as it ever did.

Then it ate its own brain, that's a horror story for a different day.

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