[Farmall] Chevy Diesel V8 5.7 Litr.

[Roberto Rivero]

2008/1/21, Mike Sloane <mikesloane at verizon.net>:
>
> I guess it is one of those "it depends" situations. My dentist bought a
> new big Olds station wagon with that engine. After about 80K miles he
> discovered that he couldn't find a seller, so he kept driving it for
> another 100K, until the car pretty much just fell apart. But the engine
> was fine. I will say that he is an antique car buff, so he is gentle
> with his machines. *Yes Mike,  it depends,  because sometimes you have
> every kind of troubles,  but suddenly you fix them and you drive for one
> year and you forget the engine. *


*Of course in a car or truck with this engine you must be !at least ! gentle
as you said.*
**
*Change oil regularly and use the apropiate oil  as Clark says (never
sintetic) because the valves system needs a special grade, any way , you
must be friendly with it.*

Roberto

My recollection was that the engine compartment was pretty well stuffed,
> with two big batteries, just like the ones in the IHC 6.9 liter diesel
> in my '86 F-350 truck, which is standing by to plow the road, if it ever
> snows again. (Mandatory IHC reference!)
> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/ford_f350.html>
>
> Mike
>
> farmallgray at aol.com wrote:
> > Don't put much $$$ into it. They aren't very durable. They had a weak
> > bottom end and liked to do a good imitation of a hand grenade. They
> > were basically a 350 olds gas engine converted to diesel. It was a
> > much poorer setup than if it had been designed from the start as a
> > diesel. My dad had an '81 buick with one in. He bought it with some
> > valve train problems. He fixed that problem, then ran it for about
> > two weeks and it blew up. He swapped it out for a 403 buick engine.
> > I'm a GM guy, but those things really gave Diesels a bad reputation
> > for a long time. I remember someone telling me that they weren't
> > intended (or advertized) to be used for any heavy work like we expect
> > a truck to do. If they had been a success, we would probably have a
> > lot more (and more affordable) diesel cars and trucks in this country
> > today.?Sorry I didn't do much to answer your question. ;-)
> >
> >
> > Todd Markle Spring Mills, Pa.
> >
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