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06-02-2011, 4:26pm | #21 | |||||||
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however I did take a OLDS 350/CADDY 425 DPFI sytem off a '79 Seville and put it on my Poncho engine....still have the induction setup, not so awful evil for a home brew setup....
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Odd, I distinctly remember reading the label on a FelPro head gasket set, and them saying fits Olds xxx and Pontiac xxx
but now you going to ask what specific engines, and I gotta say I dunno... but SOME of them had to be the same or that couldn't happen??.... curious to how.... |
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I remember those damned things when they were new. What a POS. But no one mentioned VW's little diesel that came out about the same time. It was also a gas conversion, and was about as durable and reliable as GM's V8 diesel. That is to say, both were about as durable as a potato chip.
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Clattered like a mofo! Those engines are the reason America still has a distaste for diesel passenger cars. Plus, when you turned the ignition on, you'd have to wait for the "wait" light to go out before you could start it because the glow plugs took a while to heat up. The 350 diesels do have a loyal following-- once you fix GM's 2 or 3 critical design defects, they are very stout motors that will last forever. |
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I have to wonder how in hell any Mercedes ever made it in this country, when that early diesel import 200D?? was the most FUGLY homely looking NOISE box to ever hit the roads.....WHO in hell would ever buy them,?? but yet they were all over DC roads, getting passed by VW bugs....even yet....
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The most obvious mistake was the lack of a water separator which caused lots of fuel problems. The internet makes me sound like I know what the hell I'm talking about, but I mainly just read this link: Car Lust: Oldsmobile 350 Diesel |
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GM soured a lot of folks on diesel in the US, but really, diesels in a passenger car (in the US) are the answer to a question that nobody asked. |
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:bs GM did not sell enough of them to make a dent. I'm willing to bet if you asked almost any non car person, most never even heard of the 350 diesel. Get behind any city bus back in the '70's and '80's and you will know what most people think of when they hear the word diesel. Many of them went 200k + miles. I know where a ’75 Chevy truck us right now that is still running it original diesel engine. |
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While they didn't sell many (thank God) the recalls, dismal resale value, and well-known reliability issues were more than enough to scare the average consumer away from domestic diesel passenger cars for a loooong time. I don't think I've ever heard anyone disagree with that. |
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