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Old July 10th 05, 08:29 PM
justme
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Default Don't buy Dodge

And then there's this.

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...in/results.cfm

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Old July 10th 05, 08:37 PM
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Search Results
Report Date : July 10, 2005 at 03:20 PM
SEARCH TYPE : VEHICLE
YEAR : 1999
Make : DODGE
Model : DAKOTA
Type : TRUCK

Results : 196 | 1 - 15 Displayed
First | Prev | Next | Last
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 746978 Date of Failu June 18, 2001
VIN : 1B7GL22X9S1...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
UPPER BALL JOINT WORE OUT ON A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE ,REPLACEMENT PARTS
NOT AVEILABLE. *AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 877351 Date of Failu November 15, 2000
VIN : 1B7GG22Y8XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
FRONT BALL JOINTS BROKE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH AT 50,000 MILES.
DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER
INFORMATION.*AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 893484 Date of Failu June 1, 2001
VIN : 1B7GG22Y7X5...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING WHICH HAS CAUSED A PROBLEM
WITH STEERING CONTROL. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED A VERY LOUD NOISE,
CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10022557 Date of Failu
VIN : 1B7GG22X4XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
WHILE DRIVING UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THEY WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH
THE STEERING KNUCKLE. PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10028810 Date of Failu November 22, 2002
VIN : 1B7GL22X0XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
1999 DODGE DAKOTA P/U LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED AT 34000 MILES. ON
REMOVAL AND INSPECTION THE PART CONTAINED LUBE WHICH HAD BROKEN DOWN
AND SOLIDIFIED.THE BALL AND SOCKET WERE BADLY WORN ALMOST TO THE POINT
OF SEPARATION. THIS IS A SEALED AND LIFETIME LUBED PART WITH NO
PROVISIONS FOR RELUBE.
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10028894 Date of Failu January 15, 2003
VIN : 1B7GG22YXXS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
HAD TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10028936 Date of Failu July 16, 2003
VIN : 1B7FL26X9XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
1999 DOGE DAKOTA. ONLY 44,000 MILES. NEEDS BOTH FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS
REPLACED WITH ALIGNMENT. BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS DAKOTAS HAVE THIS "PROBLEM"
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10029801 Date of Failu
VIN : 1B7GL22Y4XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
VEHICLE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT HAS A FAILURE, THAT CAUSE THE" VEHICLE
TO BOUNCE" WHILE DRIVING PER CONSUMER.
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10031795 Date of Failu May 25, 2003
VIN : 1B7GG2YXS27...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EXPERIENCED
PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK *TS *JB
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10032061 Date of Failu August 3, 2003
VIN : 1B7GL22X6XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS LOOSENED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10032640 Date of Failu June 4, 2002
VIN : Not Available
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 28,000,FRONT BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLY
FAILED 47,000.NOW SURGING IN CRUISE CONTROL. *AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10033676 Date of Failu
VIN : Not Available
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
CONUMEER HEARD A NOISE WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED,
TECHNICIAN NOTICED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10043725 Date of Failu July 1, 2003
VIN : Not Available
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
'99 DODGE DAKOTA, CLUB CAB, 4WD, JUST TURNED 100,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE
THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED TWICE SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. BALL JOINTS WERE
FIRST REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES WITH OEM PARTS, BALL JOINTS WERE
REPLACED A SECOND TIME AT 90,000 WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS. VEHICLE IS
USED ONLY ON PAVED ROADS AND NOT SUBJECT TO ABUSE...PREMATURELY FAILING
BALL JOINTS ARE A SAFETY CONCERN AND CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR.*AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10043861 Date of Failu September 1, 2003
VIN : 1B7GG22YXXS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD 71500 MILES. NOTIFIED BY MECHANIC THAT I NEED
BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS, BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS AND BOTH TIE ROD ENDS
REPLACED. TOOK IT IN FOR UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE
40,000 MILES. MECHANIC WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH
DAKOTAS. SAID HE HAS SEEN MANY LIKE IT.*AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.
Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
ODI ID Number : 10043878 Date of Failu September 11, 2002
VIN : 1B7GL22Y1XS...
Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
Summary:
UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT FAILED. VEHICLE HAD 65684 MILES.*AK
Check to Request Research. Submit below.


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Old July 11th 05, 12:15 PM
Gene
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On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 21:18:25 -0600, "rob" > wrote:

>gee, 15 bad balljoints from a poor batch from the outsourced suspension
>supplier. out of 600,000 or more sold............
>which is a .000025 % failure rate.......



Well, first of all there was 196 results and even though that is
small, if it happened to you, you'd be a tad ticked

I can remember the time my mother had her steering column snap on
her at 40 mph...1 year in the hospital...Had to take the same pos as a
replacement car and then 5 years later had to junk it out...

Of course, that was a ford
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Old July 11th 05, 05:49 PM
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So, go buy a POS GM. They have the highest recall rate than ALL other
manufacturers, COMBINED! In 1978, the Cadillac dealer I was working at, had
a recall on 1962 Cadillacs! Plus, remember, they'll gladly rip you off, like
they did when they put cheap Chebby engines in Oldsmopiles, and charged
their "customers" for the higher priced engine.

"justme" > wrote in message
oups.com...
| And then there's this.
|
| http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...in/results.cfm
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  #5  
Old July 12th 05, 04:18 AM
rob
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I loved the late 80s Chevy diesel engines......oh god........



"Larry Crites" > wrote in message
...
> So, go buy a POS GM. They have the highest recall rate than ALL other
> manufacturers, COMBINED! In 1978, the Cadillac dealer I was working at,

had
> a recall on 1962 Cadillacs! Plus, remember, they'll gladly rip you off,

like
> they did when they put cheap Chebby engines in Oldsmopiles, and charged
> their "customers" for the higher priced engine.
>
> "justme" > wrote in message
> oups.com...
> | And then there's this.
> |
> | http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/pr...in/results.cfm
> |
>
>



  #6  
Old July 12th 05, 04:18 AM
rob
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gee, 15 bad balljoints from a poor batch from the outsourced suspension
supplier. out of 600,000 or more sold............
which is a .000025 % failure rate.......






"justme" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Search Results
> Report Date : July 10, 2005 at 03:20 PM
> SEARCH TYPE : VEHICLE
> YEAR : 1999
> Make : DODGE
> Model : DAKOTA
> Type : TRUCK
>
> Results : 196 | 1 - 15 Displayed
> First | Prev | Next | Last
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 746978 Date of Failu June 18, 2001
> VIN : 1B7GL22X9S1...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> UPPER BALL JOINT WORE OUT ON A 2 YEAR OLD VEHICLE ,REPLACEMENT PARTS
> NOT AVEILABLE. *AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 877351 Date of Failu November 15, 2000
> VIN : 1B7GG22Y8XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> FRONT BALL JOINTS BROKE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH AT 50,000 MILES.
> DEALER CANNOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER
> INFORMATION.*AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 893484 Date of Failu June 1, 2001
> VIN : 1B7GG22Y7X5...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> UPPER BALL JOINTS ARE PREMATURELY WEARING WHICH HAS CAUSED A PROBLEM
> WITH STEERING CONTROL. ALSO, VEHICLE HAS DEVELOPED A VERY LOUD NOISE,
> CAUSE UNKNOWN. *AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10022557 Date of Failu
> VIN : 1B7GG22X4XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> WHILE DRIVING UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED. THEY WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH
> THE STEERING KNUCKLE. PROBLEM RECURRED.*AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10028810 Date of Failu November 22, 2002
> VIN : 1B7GL22X0XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> 1999 DODGE DAKOTA P/U LEFT UPPER BALL JOINT FAILED AT 34000 MILES. ON
> REMOVAL AND INSPECTION THE PART CONTAINED LUBE WHICH HAD BROKEN DOWN
> AND SOLIDIFIED.THE BALL AND SOCKET WERE BADLY WORN ALMOST TO THE POINT
> OF SEPARATION. THIS IS A SEALED AND LIFETIME LUBED PART WITH NO
> PROVISIONS FOR RELUBE.
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10028894 Date of Failu January 15, 2003
> VIN : 1B7GG22YXXS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> HAD TO REPLACE DEFECTIVE BALL JOINTS AT APPROXIMATELY 48,000 MILES
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10028936 Date of Failu July 16, 2003
> VIN : 1B7FL26X9XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> 1999 DOGE DAKOTA. ONLY 44,000 MILES. NEEDS BOTH FRONT UPPER BALL JOINTS
> REPLACED WITH ALIGNMENT. BEEN TOLD NUMEROUS DAKOTAS HAVE THIS "PROBLEM"
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10029801 Date of Failu
> VIN : 1B7GL22Y4XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> VEHICLE FRONT UPPER BALL JOINT HAS A FAILURE, THAT CAUSE THE" VEHICLE
> TO BOUNCE" WHILE DRIVING PER CONSUMER.
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10031795 Date of Failu May 25, 2003
> VIN : 1B7GG2YXS27...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> THE CONSUMER STATED THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS EXPERIENCED
> PREMATURE FAILURE. *AK *TS *JB
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10032061 Date of Failu August 3, 2003
> VIN : 1B7GL22X6XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS LOOSENED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10032640 Date of Failu June 4, 2002
> VIN : Not Available
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> UPPER BALL JOINTS FAILED AT 28,000,FRONT BEARINGS AND HUB ASSEMBLY
> FAILED 47,000.NOW SURGING IN CRUISE CONTROL. *AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10033676 Date of Failu
> VIN : Not Available
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> CONUMEER HEARD A NOISE WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED,
> TECHNICIAN NOTICED BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10043725 Date of Failu July 1, 2003
> VIN : Not Available
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> '99 DODGE DAKOTA, CLUB CAB, 4WD, JUST TURNED 100,000 MILES, HAD TO HAVE
> THE BALL JOINTS REPLACED TWICE SINCE I HAVE OWNED IT. BALL JOINTS WERE
> FIRST REPLACED AT 60,000 MILES WITH OEM PARTS, BALL JOINTS WERE
> REPLACED A SECOND TIME AT 90,000 WITH AFTERMARKET PARTS. VEHICLE IS
> USED ONLY ON PAVED ROADS AND NOT SUBJECT TO ABUSE...PREMATURELY FAILING
> BALL JOINTS ARE A SAFETY CONCERN AND CAUSING PREMATURE TIRE WEAR.*AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10043861 Date of Failu September 1, 2003
> VIN : 1B7GG22YXXS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> 1999 DODGE DAKOTA 4WD 71500 MILES. NOTIFIED BY MECHANIC THAT I NEED
> BOTH UPPER BALL JOINTS, BOTH LOWER BALL JOINTS AND BOTH TIE ROD ENDS
> REPLACED. TOOK IT IN FOR UNUSUAL TIRE WEAR THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE
> 40,000 MILES. MECHANIC WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROBLEM WITH
> DAKOTAS. SAID HE HAS SEEN MANY LIKE IT.*AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
> Make : DODGE Model : DAKOTA Year : 1999
> Manufacturer : DAIMLERCHRYSLER CORPORATION
> Crash : No Fire : No Number of Injuries: 0
> ODI ID Number : 10043878 Date of Failu September 11, 2002
> VIN : 1B7GL22Y1XS...
> Component: SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
> Summary:
> UPPER RIGHT BALL JOINT FAILED. VEHICLE HAD 65684 MILES.*AK
> Check to Request Research. Submit below.
>
>
> Results : 196 | 1 - 15 Displayed
> First | Prev | Next | Last
>



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Old July 12th 05, 05:54 PM
Larry Crites
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I don't know what they were like, but I know they had a lot of trouble with
the ones put in the Olds back in '78. There was one that lived in our shop
more than it did with it's owner.

Larry
Behold Beware believe

"rob" > wrote in message
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| I loved the late 80s Chevy diesel engines......oh god........


  #8  
Old July 12th 05, 08:18 PM
rob
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a 350 with injectors........what a nightmare



"Larry Crites" > wrote in message
...
> I don't know what they were like, but I know they had a lot of trouble

with
> the ones put in the Olds back in '78. There was one that lived in our shop
> more than it did with it's owner.
>
> Larry
> Behold Beware believe
>
> "rob" > wrote in message
> ...
> | I loved the late 80s Chevy diesel engines......oh god........
>
>



  #9  
Old July 12th 05, 10:08 PM
Dan C
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On Sun, 10 Jul 2005 12:29:35 -0700, justme wrote:

> And then there's this.


Did your Mommy do drugs while she was pregnant, or was your Daddy just
stupid?

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Old July 13th 05, 06:38 AM
Gene Poon
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> "rob" > wrote in message
>
> | I loved the late 80s Chevy diesel engines......oh god........


Larry Crites wrote:

> I don't know what they were like, but I know they had a lot of
> trouble with the ones put in the Olds back in '78. There was one that
> lived in our shop more than it did with it's owner.
>
> Larry Behold Beware believe




The owner should have been happy. That was the late 70s/early 80s
Olds/Cadillac diesel based on the Oldsmobile 350 CID gas engine. The
only time it didn't puke filthy black engine oil all over the owner's
driveway or garage was when it was at SOMEONE ELSE'S shop. The oil
spots in our driveway outlasted the 79 Cadillac Eldorado that caused
them. Unfortunately ours never spent a lot of time at someone else's
shop, because I was able to keep it running. A water separator ahead of
the fuel filter helped, but mainly what it took was changing that big
fuel filter at 5,000 mile intervals instead of the factory-recommended
24,000. When it started to run badly, I'd go and plunk down the cash
for a new filter, and it would run just fine again (or as well as it
ever did...that car was S-L-O-W!)

 




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