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GM Quad4 (2.3L DOHC I4) :How durable is it?
On Saturday, April 20, 2019 at 8:33:52 PM UTC-5, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> dsi1 > wrote: > > > >The good news is that kind of thing won't happen when we're all driving/rid= > >ing electric cars because there's no head. If the motor fails, you just bol= > >t on another one and rebuild the old one. Life will be good again. > > Having all-electric vehicles makes for much simpler drive trains and a lot > less to go wrong. A simpler mechanism is easier to repair as well. > > But, once GM gets their hands on the design, all bets are off. I am sure > the same people that designed Oldsmobile diesel engines that exploded at > 30,000 miles and Chevy ECUs that crashed when nearby truckers keyed up their > CB radio will figure out some way to make electric vehicles that fail > prematurely and are difficult to repair. > --scott > > -- > "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." Get a torque wrench and check the head bolts, other 'important' bolts. If the vehicle has a lot of miles on it, you will probally find some loose bolts, regardless of whatever brand name of engines. |
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