Date:         Fri, 9 Nov 2007 16:40:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
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From:         Allan Streib <streib@CS.INDIANA.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Subaru Boxer TURBO Diesel
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Shazam <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <002201c8230e$16318ec0$6501a8c0@TOSHIBALAP> (Scott Daniel's
              message of "Fri, 9 Nov 2007 12:21:09 -0800")
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I do not have any such information.  I wrote it that way, however,
because it's my belief that it's almost a certainty that any "first"
production model will have design weaknesses that do not become
apparent until the product is in actual use.  The severity of these
problems vary, might be annoyances or might be as bad as the "rod
bender" 3.5l diesel engines that Mercedes Benz built in the early
1990s (this from a manufacturer with no small amount of experience in
building diesel engines).


"Scott Daniel - Shazam " <scottdaniel@turbovans.com> writes:

> I have this 'flaw' ...( among many ! ) ..I take written things very
> literally.
> By writing 'mistakes they made' , as in past tense, do you have real
> information that Subaru's  first generation TD engine has problems ?
>   I would expect subaru to have them pretty dialed in by production time.  I
> would think the head gasket area would be touchy, or need extra engineering
> to make it very solid there.
> Scott