""UglyDan®©T"" wrote in message
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(JoeSpareBedroom)wrote
That could be true, as long as the company ferrets out the scum who
designed the motors for the minivans, and has them executed before they
do any more damage. Cylinder to piston tolerances were measured in feet,
a fact easily noticed by simply driving behind some of these vans.


I wish they had executed them, but it appears they went to work for GM
instead. The gasser Vortec V8 in my Silverado sound like a diesel.
www.pistonslap.com tells the story. UD




I got a chuckle out of this quote from your link:

"...a knocking engine could lower the value of a vehicle by $4,000 to $6,000
at trade-in"

Charlie Vogelheim, executive editor for Kelley Blue Book
Detroit Free Press


The knocking in my diesel powered truck will *increase* it's trade-in value
by 4k-6k.

Eisboch