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Automobile Enthusiasts

Best_man23

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2. I worked on these as a tech in the 1980s and early 90s

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Sep 15, 2023, 07:02 AM

Sep 2023

They made great boat anchors and planters for gardening.

As engines, they left a LOT to be desired. When I see TikTok video of people in Pakistan and other countries forging pistons using tools that are a couple of steps above stone knives and bearskins, I've commented "And this is how Oldsmobile Diesel engine pistons are made."

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On this day, September 13, 1977, General Motors introduced the Oldsmobile Diesel engine. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 OP

LOL and it was a bust in the end.... Historic NY Sep 2023 #1

I worked on these as a tech in the 1980s and early 90s Best_man23 Sep 2023 #2

A now departed neighbor had one of those Old Crank Sep 2023 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Old Crank Sep 2023 #4

My dad bought one! A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #5

They kept the same bolt patern as the gas engine Old Crank Oct 2023 #6

There was a lot of that kind of thing back then, apparently. A HERETIC I AM Oct 2023 #7