[Vwdiesel] Dodge diesel into a Jeep
Terry Briggs
vbriggs at stny.rr.com
Tue Jul 25 03:42:21 EDT 2006
seems GM's and dodges archives are full of mis leading information,
live and learn I guess.
On Jul 24, 2006, at 10:18 PM, Mark (home) wrote:
> The S10/15 never got the 4.3 Olds diesel. They used an Isuzu 4
> cylinder
> for the rare diesel option.
>
> On Wednesday 19 July 2006 10:03 pm, Terry Briggs wrote:
>> No, dodge did use a 3.9 ltr V6 na diesel in early to mid 80's postal
>> vans, I've seen one, now whether dodge made that first 3.9 diesel or
>> had it farmed out is unknown to me. Just like the 4.3 ltr that chevy
>> uses, that 4.3 started as a diesel, there even were a few early S10
>> blazer that had one, rumor has it that it was a very good engine, but
>> do to the junk 350 diesels they made, sales of their diesels tanked.
>>
>> On Jul 19, 2006, at 4:10 AM, William J Toensing wrote:
>>> The only diesel Dodge uses is the 6 cylinder Cummings diesel, the
>>> same
>>> one that is is my 30' Rockwood diesel pusher that gets all of 10 MPG.
>>> Wouldn't that engine be too heavy for a Jeep? DaimlerChrysler offeres
>>> a diesel option on its Jeeps assembled here but sold in Europe &
>>> outside North America. I would try to find out what engine it is &
>>> see
>>> if you could get one. Some of our members who live in Europe could
>>> probably answer this & maybe able to source one from Europe or
>>> possible Mexico. Let us know. Maybe we could get other diesels there
>>> since people have accidents with total loses all over the world.
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