6.2 or the minimax? What to get?

[Tchetek]

Wife needs a new suburban, we have the 6.2 now.

Who has experience with the little Duramax? How’s reliability of these?

 

[MK4TDI]

Timing belt needs a service around 200,000km, have to drop the trans and get at it from the back. Hope you get a good one for emissions if not, the 22 ish and older can still be deleted.

 

[2kDoo]

minimax hands down

 

[maxwell]

i have the minimax so far so good awesome truck. Like mentioned off warranty might be some hefty bills on it down the road im only at 60,000. But i feel like those big bills apply to pretty much any new vehicle nowadays

 

[NoBrakes!]

I hear the minimax with the 10 speed gets good mileage

 

[Bnorth]

@tex78 loves working on the minimax

 

[niner]

My wife bought a mini max Tahoe. Unreal mileage. Chevy has a $8500 employee discount on right now.

 

[tex78]

I've changed injector and injector wiring harness below 5000 km on 4 units now , 23 and 24 units

Lots of sensors issues , few dpf filters , few t stats, few oil leaks on front cover plug

I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to buy one lol

But that's my opinion

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[lilduke]

id go 6.2

 

[tex78]

id go 6.2

I've also changed lifters at 5000 km or less lmao

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[maxwell]

I've changed injector and injector wiring harness below 5000 km on 4 units now , 23 and 24 units

Lots of sensors issues , few dpf filters , few t stats, few oil leaks on front cover plug

I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to buy one lol

But that's my opinion

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not saying new vehicles should have any issues period but those dont sound that bad

 

[tex78]

not saying new vehicles should have any issues period but those dont sound that bad

Weeks waiting for parts , for each issue lol


Pretty early for alot of them issues tho

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[niner]

I've changed injector and injector wiring harness below 5000 km on 4 units now , 23 and 24 units

Lots of sensors issues , few dpf filters , few t stats, few oil leaks on front cover plug

I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to buy one lol

But that's my opinion

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That’s crazy. I have 4 of them right now, and there all great.

 

[tex78]

That’s crazy. I have 4 of them right now, and there all great.

Ya , chit even the Tahoe demo not even 2000 km

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[2kDoo]

Buy an 88 - 98 suburban, cummins swap ? My guess be 20k into the whole vehicle including motor swap

 

[Tchetek]

I've also changed lifters at 5000 km or less lmao

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Our 6.2 was good. It never even saw a drop of premium like they say is recommended.

 

[Bnorth]

I'd consider owning a 6.2 off warranty, I wouldn't want to own a minimax off warranty.

 

[Tchetek]

Definitely more concerned about reliability over fuel economy. But No way I wanna be burning premium fuel in a 6.2!

 

[2kDoo]

Definitely more concerned about reliability over fuel economy. But No way I wanna be burning premium fuel in a 6.2!

just add shelbourne fuel enhancer haha

 

[Tchetek]

Buy an 88 - 98 suburban, cummins swap ? My guess be 20k into the whole vehicle including motor swap

Oh ya that would be a tough sell. My wife will totally be looking to step back 35 years of comfort and luxury refinements.