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Plastic crankcase lawn mower engines.
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Plastic crankcase lawn mower engines. I once took a weedeater engine apart to find it had a plastic piston in it. I couldn't believe it lasted long as it did. They do produce some really strong plastics now.
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Ford F-250 and other Ford Garbage Triton motor's that ate spark plugs 1997-2003!
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Ford F-250 and other Ford Garbage Triton motor's that ate spark plugs 1997-2003!
HS 58 I bought the helicoil kit for the triton motors. Saved money and made money off those engines.
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the Ford Y block... early Vega (pre iron liner)... Pontiac 301... GM 5.7 diesel (aka "Lu Lu") & the 6.2 diesel ("Dark Cloud Special")... Caddy 4-6-8 & 4100... almost anything British... just to name a few... You are nuts. The Y was a good family. Agreed, the Y blocks would sludge up and block the oil feed to the valvetrain... required a complete teardown to clean it out(or an oil bypass kit to route oil back to the top)... also, many of them wouldn't hold a rear main seal... seen grown men cry!... the stacked double port design didn't breathe well either... 283 Chevys ate em for lunch!... the FE series was a much better design IMO... YMMV...
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I musta set a record. Had over 300,000 on a 2.8 in a Citation X11. Never had a single problem. WTF?.. with a carburetor... you walk on water... Yup, an 84, with a carb. It was a nice car. They would live with clean oil.
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Oldsmobile diesel
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Ford 4 cylinder turbo Precisely what is wrong with the Chevrolet 307?
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the Ford Y block... early Vega (pre iron liner)... Pontiac 301... GM 5.7 diesel (aka "Lu Lu") & the 6.2 diesel ("Dark Cloud Special")... Caddy 4-6-8 & 4100... almost anything British... just to name a few... You are nuts. The Y was a good family. Agreed, the Y blocks would sludge up and block the oil feed to the valvetrain... required a complete teardown to clean it out(or an oil bypass kit to route oil back to the top)... also, many of them wouldn't hold a rear main seal... seen grown men cry!... the stacked double port design didn't breathe well either... 283 Chevys ate em for lunch!... the FE series was a much better design IMO... YMMV... Never saw one 283 that would run with a 292. I guess they don't change oil where you are from....
I am MAGA.
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Anyway the FE was a design....
The 283 was a good engine....that at least Chevy decided that pressure lubrication was a good idea for.
I am MAGA.
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3.0 Toyota v6. Have had two, should have learned my lesson the first time I had one, and after the head gasket upgrade it was great. They just don't have a lot of power. They all had the HG problem.
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From what I've heard the Ford 5.4 three valve should be near the top of the list.
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Oldsmobile diesel
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Chevrolet 307
Ford 4 cylinder turbo Precisely what is wrong with the Chevrolet 307? Hotrodders hate the 307 because they were a passenger car engine, and not good for much else. If you just drove them normal, they were fine.
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best Y block i ever seen was in a Dumphy? X-55 Speed Boat... friends dad had it, that thing would haul ass in it's day (55 mph)... inboard, sounded cooler than schit!
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Oldsmobile diesel
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Chevrolet 307
Ford 4 cylinder turbo Precisely what is wrong with the Chevrolet 307? or the 330 Olds for that matter... the 307 Chevy's had a rash of cam failures, prolly not the engines fault... the late design (64? up) olds V8's 330-455 were good runners and the most durable of the GM line IMO...
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Where would the rotatory fit?
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Good question Wabi.
They performed well for their size, but were not fuel efficient & started using a lot of oil long before the 100K mark.
Pretty much a fail I guess.
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From what I've heard the Ford 5.4 three valve should be near the top of the list. I've got about 350k on my 3valve and still runs great
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From what I've heard the Ford 5.4 three valve should be near the top of the list. I've got about 350k on my 3valve and still runs great 230k on mine. Runs like a top and is still on the full mark at it’s 10k oil change.
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Ford 1.6 direct injection.
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I just had my 6.2 Chevy gas have an mis because of lifter. 5000 dollars down the tube. I’m not exactly a happy camper. Less than 70000 miles and nothing but easy duty. Crap. Edk My wifes denali did that at 46000. Thank goodness one of the few times I bought an extended warranty. Traded for GX 460 but I’m sure if there is a bad one out there we probably got it!
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