My Pontiac diesel got 17 MPG in town & 21 MPG on the highway. You have to compare like vehicles - the same car with a 350 got 14 MPG in town & 17 MPG on the highway.
Tom www.kegkits.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: 3/14/08 3:40 PM To: Diesel List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> CC: Subject: Re: [MBZ] Olds diesels was Re: Craigs list finds Buy it up, I'll drive it out to you. Any guesses on the fuel economy? I speculate something like a 116 SD, mid 20s... -Curt Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:16:25 -0500 From: Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [MBZ] Olds diesels was Re: Craigs list finds To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Curt wrote: http://nh.craigslist.org/car/597945983.html - Snook's new ride? That is a nice 98. I think the seller is wrong about the transmission. One of the technicians at the Olds dealership I worked at had two of these. He kept two spare injection pumps around. He swore that they had no head gasket/head problems if you changed the coolant often and replaced the intake gasket every 30,000 miles. I did have a 1981 Olds 98. It was stolen in Atlanta and the police found it a few days later. They broke the steering column and started the car with a spoon (they left the spoon in the car and the cop showed me how it worked). I was in college and didn't have the money to fix the column, so I started it with a spoon for almost three years - until I ran into a fire hydrant and totaled the car. P.S. you know how fire hydrants always break off in movies or TV? Well, I can tell you they do not break off in real life. They have a big ole steel support pipe that can easily take out a 1981 Oldsmobile 98. Donald H. Snook http://www.mtsqh.com/ --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1328 - Release Date: 3/13/2008 11:31 AM _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
