>From: dcarment@ccs.carleton.ca (David Carment) >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 94 17:11:28 EST Dave Kautz writes: > > life - take the Oldsmobile diesel V8 for example. IMHO there are other > factors that help diesels last: the fuel is a lubricant rather than a These diesels like the 8-6-4 engines of GM were a joke on the buying public... but on average diesels do last a long time even withstanding those GM outliers.
> together with new exhaust valves "just in case". The engine subsequently > found it's way into the double bus (two buses welded together) and was used > until he changed it out for a Ford V6. Total accumulated mileage is unclear I saw a twobus in Palo Alto - bizarre is to simple a word-- are there many around?
> I think it would be both fun and interesting to collect and organize list > data on accumulated mileage and repair frequency. I even know of a "data/ > statistics pimp" who could probably suggest some good ways to organize it.. . > I tried this on a simple scale beginning with air-cooled vanagons. I got seven responses....DC > > >
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