[Vwdiesel] Diesel Hagar the third person ??? .

[Shirley, Mark R]

What about broken head bolts, weak head castings, weak crankshafts,
cracked blocks, non-roller camshafts with high soot load oil and no
bypass oil filtration?

I spent six months at Oldsmobile Powertrain engineering in Lansing Mi,
sitting 6 feet from the Midwestern region Dealer service rep from 1977-1986.
He told me EVERYTHING about the Olds 350D.  It just was a CRAP design.
Period.
By 1985, they had revised it enough that it finally was a pretty good
engine,
but NO WAY was that a decent product in 78.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gary [mailto:gbangs at cfl.rr.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 9:55 AM
> To: Tyler "Casioqv" Backman
> Cc: VWDiesel
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Diesel Hagar the third person ??? .
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> Well said!
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> My opinion exactly.
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> >From what I have read, it didn't turn out that GM's design of the
> original 350 was so bad, but they under-designed the fuel filtration
> system. Didn't take in account water in the fuel.
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> Then again, the Target Master replacement 350 Diesel is about
> as bullet
> proof as any other.
>
> -Gary in Orlando
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