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camrp2 |
looking to buy a 2001 santa fe |
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Hi im looking to buy a 2001 santa fe but it does have 170000 miles on it. I was wondering if i would get much more life out of it.
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gopack36 |
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See if you can get the service records to see what has been replaced in the last 60K miles.
Does it have the 4 cyl or V6?
Gopack36
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sbr711 |
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I have seen only a couple with that kind of mileage that were clean, usually at 100,000 the people let them get kinda ratty looking overall.
If it is clean and you really have an interest, have "YOUR QUALIFIED TECH" do an inspection of the vehicle, and see if they is equipped to do a cylinder leak down, this will give you a good idea to condition of cylinders and valves, look inside oil cap and top of head for black crust/heavy dis-color/indications of sludge-missed oil changes. Look at ATF for reasonably clean oil, and look for owner to be able to provide maint records. Ball joints is common replace item, done lots of them. AWD likes to leak at the transfer case side cover, clean oil will help prevent this, same for differential out back. Sway bar bush update long ago with heavier bush and changed brackets, a few PCM & TCM updates... |
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camrp2 |
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its a V6 engine.
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Alan51 |
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have a look on the 'net. Just put 'Santa Fé for sale' in a search engine and see what comes up. You can get some very cheap relatively low
mileage cars for not much money nowadays. An 04 2.7 for £5-6k.
You do realise it is less than economical unless it's on LPG, don't you?
8 cylinders are
twice as much fun as 4
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