lord_galathon
Well-known member
I'm looking at a winter beater that has the GM 2.2l Ecotec engine in it. It's a chain driven engine and from what I gather it's fairly solid but there are reports of failed chain guides which made the chain skip and thereby bent the intake valves (interference engine.)
Pretty high mileage (255.000km) 04 Saturn Vue, FWD, 5sp manual but I can get it real cheap and has good 9/32 winters on it.
I tried to look for some "in the wild" but haven't seen any which makes me wonder - it's rare or just old and nobody kept them?
Anyhow my main concern is that engine. I know it's used in a plethora of GM cars from the 2000s, Sunfires, Pontiac G series, Saturn Ion, etc. Anyone have one of those? What kind of mileage did you get out of the engine?
I've had a Saturn in the past, 1992 SL1 - bought it new - kept it 10 years, drove 200.000km with it, little repairs here and there but nothing major - biggest was clutch master cylinder under warranty right at the 60.000km limit.
Another concern is just how big is it? I don't want a HUGE SUV but I can definitely use something to drive to Costco or Ikea with lol...
Finally, I read that the ODB2 readers for this specific engine is "different" from the others and doesn't return the codes the same way. Anyone can confirm or deny this?
Thanks.
Pretty high mileage (255.000km) 04 Saturn Vue, FWD, 5sp manual but I can get it real cheap and has good 9/32 winters on it.
I tried to look for some "in the wild" but haven't seen any which makes me wonder - it's rare or just old and nobody kept them?
Anyhow my main concern is that engine. I know it's used in a plethora of GM cars from the 2000s, Sunfires, Pontiac G series, Saturn Ion, etc. Anyone have one of those? What kind of mileage did you get out of the engine?
I've had a Saturn in the past, 1992 SL1 - bought it new - kept it 10 years, drove 200.000km with it, little repairs here and there but nothing major - biggest was clutch master cylinder under warranty right at the 60.000km limit.
Another concern is just how big is it? I don't want a HUGE SUV but I can definitely use something to drive to Costco or Ikea with lol...
Finally, I read that the ODB2 readers for this specific engine is "different" from the others and doesn't return the codes the same way. Anyone can confirm or deny this?
Thanks.