Looking to buy another Tahoe/ Yukon

[Crowder]

I had a 99 Yukon until about a year ago. Loved that truck just couldn't afford it at the time. I'd really like to find another one, any suggestions on year?

I forget what year vortec was introduced, 96 maybe?

As far as OBS trucks go I'm assuming the vortec's are better?

Thanks!

 

[Gzes]

96 was start for vortecs. Depends on what your goals are with it. I use my Tbi for hauling. My old x cab Silverado was vortec pretty nice but I never towed with it. My other single cab Silverado was tbi and again pretty nice to yank on stuff. Both ore gone tho

 

[Crowder]

I'll be using as I daily drive mostly, reliability is a must. In the 2 years I owned my 99 It never left me on the side of the road once. So I guess I'm partial to the vortec

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[Gzes]

My Tbi never let me down even with a blown engine lol. Those are work horses.but since you'd just use it as a dd get a vortex. Better gas mileage

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

Only real plague with the 90s Vortecs are the Intake gaskets they are prone to fail

 

[Crowder]

I seem to remember getting around 15 mpg before, and that was pretty much all highway. Not too bad for what it is.

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How big of a pain are they to change?

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[Donnie Yukonie]

They are not to bad , you might get lucky and buy one that has already been replaced with the updated part to prevent the issue

 

[Crowder]

Well I hope so, if not it's just another repair I'll have to make. Nothing I'm not accustomed to with my current dd. lol

 

[Gzes]

My 96 had bad intake gaskets lol sold it that way so don't know how hard it is to do

 

[Crowder]

Well I've had the pleasure of replacing every gasket and seal on the engine of the ford truck I've been driving. So I think I can handle an intake gasket lol

 

[Donnie Yukonie]

Yea , IIRC mine went quite smoothly I think I had one problem getting one of the Intake bolts off the back corner but other than that It was pretty straight forward done in a days time easily

 

[Crowder]

I've also the injectors are prone to having issues? The spider injector setup?

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[Donnie Yukonie]

Oops how could I forget the spider , yes the factory ones are prone to melting and becoming inop the new ones are metal

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[Crowder]

I'll have to check all that out once I find a truck. Thanks!

I'll probably end up with a 96-99. Like I said before I had a 99 before and for the 2 years I owned never really had an issue with it

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