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From: jeb@mtx5c.UUCP (Jim Beckman)
Newsgroups: net.auto,net.auto.tech
Subject: Re: Oldsmobile Diesel
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Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 08:58:20 EST
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> 
> Does a fellow Olds diesel owner have any suggestions as to how I
> can maximize its useful life?
> 
> Howard G. Page   AT&T BTL,  HO 3D-534, +1 201 949-0366, ..!ihnp4!houem!hgp

Maximize the usefulness of an Olds diesel?  I would recommend putting
it out in the back yard and using it for a chicken coop.  A friend of
mine has the same station wagon, and he is also on his second engine
(supplied and installed free by Oldsmobile, by the way).  The Olds
diesel V8 was a converted gasoline engine that couldn't stand the
strain of diesel operation.  It was one of GM's really big mistakes,
and they are still paying for it.  

The only saving grace in your situation is that you paid about
what the vehicle is worth.

Jim Beckman - AT&T-ISL, Middletown, NJ    mtx5w!jeb