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Alright let’s have the dregs. No brand loyalty here! If it’s crap it’s crap. I’ll start. GM 2.8 V6. Never seen anything with that motor make it much past 100k and that was with lots of help along the way. Just. Trash.
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Well,,,,,,,,,,,, I had a stellar, for the times, 2.8. I sold it at 185???K but saw it go over 265K. Again, not bad for the era.
But for the record, how about a couple of the diesels Ford used after parting ways with Navistar? They were so bad that life long Ford phreaks left the brand, & others went back to gas.
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3.0 Toyota v6. Have had two, should have learned my lesson the first time
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250 chevy integral head. Crack-a-palooza.
Yes 2.8 GM had a weak bottom end, poor oiling system, lots of spun bearings.
The vega engine.
4-6-8 cadillac, engine ok, cyl mgmt was not.
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GM 2.8 V6. Never seen anything with that motor make it much past 100k and that was with lots of help along the way. Just. Trash. I had that gutless wonder in an 82 Chevy S-10. Sold it with 102K miles and a freeze plug gave out on the buyer's drive home from the bank.
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I drove a ‘90 or so S10 with the 2.8. It actually held up well.
Never got to see too many miles. Totaled with maybe 75k on the clock.
The olds diesel was a giant POS.
“Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”
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Whatever was in the Chevette!
Will Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. Take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
The Schofield Kid: Yeah, well, I guess they had it coming.
Will Munny: We all got it coming, kid.
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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...
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Anything from Subaru - I know multiple people who’v had major bottom end problems inside of 100k miles.
Oldsmobile V8 diesel
Jag V12’s were/are epic pieces of $hit
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I don't remember the details of the AMC engines, but many of them had a horrible reputation.
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The GMC pickups, Diesel heads on a Buick block.
These premises insured by a Sheltie in Training ,--- and Cooey.o
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The GMC pickups, Diesel heads on a Buick block. umm?... you Olds man!...
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Ford 6.4l diesel, Ford 6.0l diesel. 1.6l mini cooper,
4.0l Bosch Land Rover are the worst 4 I’ve owned in order.
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Folks hate on the ford 6.0 and for good reason. But it’s younger brother the 6.4 is far worse....
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I don't remember the details of the AMC engines, but many of them had a horrible reputation. Speak bicycles & you might be in your element. Some AMC engines,,,, in their day were solid.. The 258 I-6 belongs in the better engines of all time category. Not pickin dude, go to best engines thread & look.
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Folks hate on the ford 6.0 and for good reason. But it’s younger brother the 6.4 is far worse.... The 6.0 u could fix... the 6.4 ?, not so much!...
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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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.
I am MAGA.
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That Vega engine with the aluminum block was a POS. I had one and it blew the engine on my way back to Fort Lewis after a weekend leave at home. Had to hitch a ride to base, then borrow a buddie's car to tow it to base so I could figure out what to do with it. It was just the excuse I needed to put a V8 in it....
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