scrappy isb67
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Last I had seen the 25-3500's were assembled in saltillo, mexico but the Cummins engines are built in Columbus indiana @ CMEP(Cummins Midrange Engine Plant)
1/2 ton diesel anyone? looks like it might be a reality before long...
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Last I had seen the 25-3500's were assembled in saltillo, mexico but the Cummins engines are built in Columbus indiana @ CMEP(Cummins Midrange Engine Plant)
Renze
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The TD4 is an early 2000's engine, also a rebadged Peugeot. Landie built its own Diesel since 1957 but only began using a dedicated Diesel crank from 1980 onwards... The Oldsmobile 88 and Chevy 6.5/6.2 had the same problem, they were converted gas engines that couldnt take the Diesel compression...
Renze
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Yes, true... had to do my research again... Olds 88 diesel and the Chevy/Detroit were two entirely different engines... the Olds was a disaster based on a gas engine, and the Chevy was developed as a PU truck engine by heavy diesel engineers, but nonetheless wasnt exactly flawless, compared to a Mercedes or Peugeot diesel of that era. It also had strength issues when a turbo was added.
===GM developed the diesels on the cheap. The 350-cubic-inch (5.7-liter) V-8, for instance, was based on a gasoline engine.
The diesels were notoriously unreliable. They often suffered catastrophic internal failures curable only by a replacement engine that - made with the same defects - also failed. GM's engineering reputation took a major bruising.
GM diesels stunk up the market so badly that other automakers' diesel sales suffered.
Read more: Ghosts of Diesels Past: Failed cars from 20 years ago still haunt GM, U.S. market - Autoweek
