should say that about all the 31, 34, and 3800's with intake gasket issues too. "When they run"...bull****.Originally Posted by boostedcompg
The Northstar motor suffered from 2 main problems: Irresponsible owners and Poor castings. Dexcool along with the extended change interval accelerated a pre-existing issue with the early cast aluminum blocks where it essentially corroded/ate away the threads thus causing the bolts to loose torque and the head to lift.
There is a solution to this issue now for cars that already have had the gaskets let go. For those that haven't an immediate removal of all dexcool and/or regular cooling system maintenance according to the previous schedule (green) should be adhered to.
My Northstar gave me 142k miles of trouble free service. There are more than a few over 200k without a problem.
