The 5.7 was built from the ground up as a diesel, it was never a converted gas engine. This is a rumor.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2018, at 6:41 PM, Larry Turner via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Was the change that big or just the fact VW management deceived them? I seem > to recall the actual MPG increase was pretty small. Less that 1/2 mile per > gallon IIRC. > > Of course Chevrolet got the ball rolling with their modification of gas > engine to diesel. A lot of broken cranks left a lot of GM owners feeling > pretty bad. And repairing a engine with a damaged crank is a LOT more costly > than a few tenths MPG IMNSHO of course. > > LarryT > > >> On 07/23/2018 6:56 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: >> I think the VW dieselgate killed Diesels in the US - perhaps permanently. >> >> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 4:23 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> Larry Turner via Mercedes wrote: >>> >>>> BTW, When did MB stop importing any diesel equipped cars into the US? I >>>> assume they're still being made and sold in other markets... >>>> >>>> LarryT >>>> >>>> For instance: In Ireland, the majority of cars are Dissel. RTW gets >>> dissels. The goofy CARB and Feds keep them out here. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >>> >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
