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

[gary]

Ok,

I concede!

-Gary


On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 10:18, 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.
>
> > -----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 ??? .
> >
> >
> > Well said!
> >
> > My opinion exactly.
> >
> > >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.
> >
> > Then again, the Target Master replacement 350 Diesel is about
> > as bullet
> > proof as any other.
> >
> > -Gary in Orlando
> >
> >
> >
> >
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