| [GMCnet] Curiosity question [message #281499] |
Sun, 05 July 2015 11:57  |
glwgmc
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I have followed only casually all this discussion about oil flow, etc. but it does raise a curiosity question for me. Why would anyone go to all the trouble and expense to replace an engine in a GMC motorhome and not also replace everything that touched water, oil or which moves? If you do, why do you care whether the oil can or cannot bypass the oil filter under some assumed set of circumstances? A new radiator, whether aluminum or brass, costs less than $1000. If you want to keep your existing radiator for some reason, an external fan assisted oil cooler costs less than $300. A quality remanufactured long block will cost from $2000 to $10,000 and the R & R will cost between $2000 and $5000 (or take somewhere around 25 hours if you do it yourself) so why take a chance with reusing old components no matter where or how the oil flows? Inquiring minds would like to know……..
General Motors built a ton of these Generation 2 engines so had a lot of warrantee experience to draw on when it came to lubrication under all sorts of use so it seems unlikely to me that we could really learn much of use by trying to set up some sort of an experiment to try to out engineer them now. My take on it anyway.
A really compelling answer to all these questions would be the same one a friend once gave me when I asked him how he could justify the new Lear Jet he had just purchased. He replied, “because I can afford it and I want one”. Hearing that I cleverly changed the subject…...
Jerry
Jerry Work
The Dovetail Joint
Fine furniture designed and hand crafted in the 1907 former Masonic Temple building in historic Kerby, OR
glwork@mac.com
http://jerrywork.com
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Jerry & Sharon Work
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