Posted on 04/29/2025 6:19:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN
I owned one GM car - a new '78 Corvette. It had stray screws on top of the engine, the rubber seal on the hood came off when I first opened the hood, the expensive glass removable roof sections spontaneously cracked, and when I got a flat, the GM dealer had machine the wheel off the hub to remove it.
GM.
Same thoughts here.
We have been told for years that running thicker oil is always bad.
Due to tolerances in the bearings, etc.
Old school was to run thicker oil. Which car mfr’s respond with “this is no longer the case”
Wow, then for car manufacturers to say” use thicker oil for better bearing protection “
So which is it.
Yet 47 of the 51 innovative Tucker 48’s are still functional and road worthy. Watch the movie, “Tucker: The Man and His Dream” by Francis Coppala, starring Jeff Bridges (1988).
That and ethanol.
Government Motors.
I would expect nothing less.
I saw that movie. That poor man never stood a chance against the big 3.
No, but the bearings are. So is the block.
I am assuming its either bearings or the block getting damaged due to improper rod/crank tolerances, possibly bad casting.
Which happens. It’s not necessarily a DIE related thing or a GM penny saving ordeal.
Yup, not to mention the politicians pushing SEC for a trial.
“not to mention the politicians pushing SEC for a trial”
I suspect it was a really big check from the domestic automakers.
“ failure of the engine due to crankshaft, connecting rod, or engine bearing issues, including 14,332 involving allegations of loss of propulsion”
Once it hangs a rod out of the side of the block, it probably a fair bet that it will lose propulsion.
Here is something being pointed out in some of the videos about this. It appears that the recall only covers vehicles that are in dealer inventory. I can see those words written all over the recall builtin. I am wondering if there is another bulletin covering customer owned vehicles.
“Once it hangs a rod out of the side of the block...”
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that falls in the catastrophic failure category.
That’s what bad management gets you. GM has been screwing up basic stuff for decades before anybody knew how to spell DEI.
They have had 80 yrs since the war to improve engines and drive train. They have had some real successes, with the small block series especially.
So I always wonder why they don’t stick with what works, and save time and money trying to come up with more garbage?
Yup. Yes, the Tucker48 was so highly innovative, it threatened the market of the Big 3. Besides the innovations the 51 cars incorporated, he had other ideas that he just couldn't afford at the time like disc brakes, seatbelts, collapsible steering column, and others. Tucker was as much into safety of passengers as he was into performance and handling with 4 wheel independent suspension. None of the top 3 were even thinking of that kind of suspension. It took the big 3 years just to pad their dashboards. The man was a Tesla of automobile engineering.
Indeed when quality fades so does the pride of ownership.
The original LS small block released in 99 was a great engine. Then they killed it with VVT followed by AFM..
This is just a continuation of that same stupid.
correct. but they can build new ones with the same engine in them.
They are just kicking the can thinking the ticker oil will get the trucks out of warranty before the engine explodes.
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