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Our 1982 Has the Detroit 6V92TA, and of the options available at the time it was the best one as far as I am concerned.  I know several here have removed their series 92 Detroits and re-powered with a more modern Cummins, but if re-powering is not on your bucket list go with a well maintained 6, or 8V92.  When we purchased our Newell it had just over 103,000 miles on the chassis and engine.  The prior two owners had deferred no maintenance and the entire coach including the power plant was in above average condition.  Since then we have put over 50,000 miles on the coach.....over that time the oil consumption has decreased from 1 quart every 8 hours of operation to about 1 quart every 13 hours of operation.  As you probably know the series 71 and 92 engines do consume oil.  In that 50,000 miles all we have had to replace is the gear driven water pump back in 2012, which I did myself.  Other than that we have changed the oil and all filters on a regular basis, and the tires when they aged out.  Ours came with a Splendide washer/dryer combo and we love it!

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