non F/B GM 3.1 engine question 2000 Grand Prix

[BadWS6]

I am looking at buying a 2001 Grand Prix with a 3.1 engine ..I have zero experiance with these engines...any thoughts / opinions good bad ugly

Thanks in advance

[wolfdogs]

supposed to be fairly reliable.

you dont need to post "non-fbody" on the off topic forum, thats what this forum is ... "non fbody"....most of the time anyway...LOL

[Gary94Formula]

My brother has had 2 cars with that motor and I know others that have that motor in their cars. They seems pretty good. Nobody to my knowledge has had any major issues them. I've seen them run over 200k if you take care of them.

[Steel2686]

I've had one and my Mother had one as well. It's a good, solid motor. Didn't give me any trouble in the 45K I put on it, and my Mother had over 100K on hers. Great engine for a daily driver.

[78formula78]

my mom has one and its been good and so far we've put almost 22K in just a year and a half. i know its not to much but it's still drives like it did when she got it

[Christopherrr]

Is it the same 3.1 in 3rd gen f-bodies? It had a 3.1 and it had 257K on the clock when I sold it. Had a bad water pump and I drove it 57 miles with no coolant. Put a new pump on and sold it for $800 bucks. LOL!!! I'm sure it was dead now, but man, it wouldn't stop kicking. All it had was a new altenator, plugs and wires...oh and that WP.

Slow as crap but a workhorse of and engine.