I've been lookin into getting a duramax and i kinda like the older body styles. There is a 95 Chevy Silverado with 111,000 miles on it, I've heard from a friend that this era druamax was a huge piece of crap and made little to no power and wasn't known for its reliability. Can anyone shed some light on this engine?

Thanks
DF92

 

Thats not a duramax. Its a 6.5

 

Pmds where bad on them. For the time they where right on par as power is concerned. They will never make the power of a new diesel but its not hard to reach 300+ hp. As far as reliability the only real problem with them is the pmd relocate it to the bumper and it won't be a problem any more.

 

duramax is a gm diesel engine from 2001-present. 95 gm diesel engine was a 6.5. relocate the pmd to the bumper, get some stainless steel oil coller lines, and a fluiddampr hamonic balancer and you should have a good running truck. sure there might be other problems since its a 15 year old truck but that covers the major issues of the engine.