I was under the impression that GM got it figured out by '82 or so but the damage was already done.
That said, even if they "figured it out" reliability wise they never did make as much power as they should have. If a 3l OM617 can make 120hp the 5.7l v8 diesel ought to have made in the 150-160hp range, instead it was more like 100... -Curt On Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 11:48:23 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: General Motors diesel cars ruined the diesel car market in America for a very long time. They did not "get it right" and then did not support what they built and sold. On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 5:20 PM Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > My dad almost bought a ‘79 Eldorado Barritz Diesel but he decided on a’79 > Toronado diesel instead. I thought that Eldorado was the living end for an > American made car … as I was driving around my ‘72 220D invoking the ire of > all the staunch UAW men in our little town. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jun 27, 2024, at 5:00 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > https://www.facebook.com/share/sL93GwjJPoRKueqS/?mibextid=79PoIi > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > _______________________________________ > > 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 _______________________________________ 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
