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Originally Posted by Omega Man
I will add to this post is that the "Diesel" engines GM produced in the 70's and 80's are the reason that the US consumer fears diesel engines.
They were shit. Known for injector problems, fuel pump problems, loud, smokey and generally just shit for engines.
GM and their cost cutting cheap ass "rush it to market" thinking is the reason why we can't get some of the GOOD diesels from Europe right now.
The MFG's always say the same thing " We don't think that there is a market for them in the US".
GM ( and the other MFG's) is and was full of Fuking idiots.
Ford seems to be the only one with a clue on the powerful small displacement engines.
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100% fact.
I assumed Ron was being sarcastic.
The Olds block was chosen as the basis for the conversion and the compression issues were bad in '78 and '79, but were mostly cured in '80 and '81. Injector pump issues were never solved, mostly due to a lack of filtration and separation.
They were junk, plain and simple.
You could convert 'em back to gas pretty easily as the injector pump hot wire plugged right into the gas engine's distributor. You also had to change the gears in the rear end, otherwise you got crap gas mileage.
Most all of 'em have long been junked.