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

[Tyler "Casioqv" Backman]

My understanding is that you can now buy stronger head bolts from GM,
which do not break, but I still wonder why the head bolts break anyway,
as they shouldn't even if weak (unless the block is flexing a lot or
something). Most engines that I know of don't have roller camshafts, or
bypass filters from the factory, but those can both be added if you
want. I agree with you that the 5.7 diesel is awful, but there are some
people out there that like them still, and keep them going with very
little problems. Apparently there are possible long term solutions to
most of the problems, but many of them require doing a lot of work.
Here is living proof that there is at least one person in the world who
likes these motors, but has not yet been commited, or won any court
cases on grounds of insanity:
http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/newmain.html
and http://members.tripod.com/~A350Diesel/truediesel.html
I think if someone gave me one for free, I would at least drive it until
it broke :)

Shirley, Mark R wrote:
> 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.