[AT] OT - GM 8.2L Diesel

[charlie hill]

Phil, there are lots of those engines out there running every day in line 
trucks, school buses, boom trucks, etc.   If it's a goodwrench replacement 
engine it should have any updates needed to fix known problems.  I would 
tend to be hesitant about a rebuild from an unknown source.

In fact if it is a Goodwrench it might have a 3 year 36,000 mile warranty 
still in force.   I don't know if the warranty applies in a heavy duty 
application but most GM Goodwrench engines have that warranty if they are 
used in an OEM application.

There are lots of school buses around here with that engine backed up by an 
Allison Automatic.  To be honest with you I don't know how they stay 
together (and maybe they don't).  Those ladies that drive them take off with 
the pedal to the mat and hold it there until they make it a quarter of a 
mile or so to the next bus stop and jam hard on the brakes.  Then they 
repeat the process.

Charlie



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil M. Vorwerk" <pvorwerk at newulmtel.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 9:48 PM
Subject: RE: [AT] OT - GM 8.2L Diesel


>I will find out tomorrow whether it is a turbo.  The engine was recently
> replaced with either a Goodwrench engine or a rebuild; this was done a
> couple of years ago.  How would I be able to find out if it is one of the
> suspect engines as far as head gaskets go, or could I assume that a
> relatively recent engine would be past the gasket issues?
>
> Thanks-
> Phil
>
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> Is it a turbo-charged or naturally aspirated?  There were some head 
> gasket
> problems early on but the later gaskets were reliable.  My personal 
> belief
> is
> that they were good engines but low in power by today's  standards.
>
> Bob
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