Thinking Of Buying A New Truck

[Shawn-GMC]

Hi i currently own a 02 jimmy 4x4 and it gets horrible gas mileage, im talking 250 kms to a TANK.. So i found this 2000 sierra stepside ext cab z71 with 52000kms on it and a 5.3 asking a pretty decent price. Now what kind of flaws are with this year and style? What kind of mpg should i bet getting? Whats the biggest tire i can fit on it? Can i fit a snowmobile in the box?

 

thanks guys!

[pennzoil29]

This will go along way, in getting replied to.

Oh yeah, welcome to the forum

 

 

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[dietz4ibanez]

I think that you will be happy with it... See if you can check the services records... If its been taking care of and you take care if it Will be a nice truck!!!

 

Honestly I wouldnt expect much maintenance till 100,000 miles except for brakes and routine maintenance!

[Shawn-GMC]

the guy never drives it, only thing that went was a fuel pump, so it has a new fuel pump and filter. He has owned the truck for 15 months now, bought it from a dealer and thats the only thing that went wrong.. Its only had full synthetic oil changes, truck has been babied, no accidents no anything, clean title.

[pennzoil29]

I'm sorry if I came on a little rude earlier, I was craving a smoke. You can try searching for all of your answer's also. A lot of the member's have the 5.3 Good luck. You might as well buy the truck, since that is what your screen name is.

[Shawn-GMC]

haha yeah i got a little confused with the screen name thing sun blastin on my lap top atm.. and i didnt find u rude at all haha

[pennzoil29]

haha yeah i got a little confused with the screen name thing sun blastin on my lap top atm.. and i didnt find u rude at all haha

 

[Shawn-GMC]

so how big are these gas tanks in liters?

[BuckFeverZ]

I have no idea what the are in liters, but they are either 24 or 26 gallon tanks.

 

The only problems you might have is a faulty sending unit causing you gas gauge not to work properly. Hopefully when he replaced the fuel pump, he replaced the sending unit too

 

As far as tires, you fit 265's easily, but if you want to crank the torsion bars about 1.5", you can run 285/75/16's.

[Shawn-GMC]

yeah ill ask him when i go and see it, is there anything i should know about these motors? Do they have any common problem? Leaks?

[Shawn-GMC]

any how many miles are you guys getting out of your 5.3s?

[Sierra54]

1999 Sierra reg. cab sport side w/ 194,000 miles purchased new. Items needing replaced include:

 

u-joints, front pinion seal, evap valve in gas tank, window regulator/motor, 4X4 switch, parking brake and dust shield are rusted beyond repair, faulty fuel guage, speakers in door fell apart.

 

That's about all I can think of right now. I never really worked this truck very hard. Regular maintenance, changed out differential fluid and transfer case fluid at 100k, transmission got new fluid & filter every 75k, plugs & wires, hoses and coolant every 100k.