| [GMCnet] Curiosity question [message #281519] |
Sun, 05 July 2015 18:29  |
fbhtxak
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Well said, Jerry -
Ref "I have followed only casually all this discussion about oil flow, etc.
but it does raise a curiosity question for me..." and "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..."
Fred
Fred B. Hudspeth
1978 Royale - Tyler, TX
1982 Airstream Excella 28' Mh - Cooper Landing, Alaska
Date: Sun, 05 Jul 2015 09:57:53 -0700
From: Gerald Work
To: Gmc Forum
Subject: [GMCnet] Curiosity question
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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
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