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A post by IndyIan earlier today about a small diesel reminded me of the car my BIL's parents had and that I spent a fair amount of time in when I was in my teens.
They had a Pontiac 6000 with the 4.3L diesel in it. Looking it up on Wikipedia indicates that this was the LT7 engine which produced 85bhp and 165lb-ft of torque (wow that's low!).
We made numerous long trips in this car and I remember other than it sounding well, like a diesel, the bloody thing constantly reeked of diesel fuel. I'm not sure if his dad always got some on him, it had a leak or what but it always had a very strong diesel fuel smell to it.
I always thought it was a "neat" car, primarily just because it was a diesel and was subsequently different. I don't recall them having any real issues with it either
Somewhat OT, but I also learned to drive stick on a GM 3/4 ton diesel (late 80's) that showed me that there are a surprising number of people that have no idea what glow plugs are or what they do. As a 16 year old kid this surprised the socks off of me.
They had a Pontiac 6000 with the 4.3L diesel in it. Looking it up on Wikipedia indicates that this was the LT7 engine which produced 85bhp and 165lb-ft of torque (wow that's low!).
We made numerous long trips in this car and I remember other than it sounding well, like a diesel, the bloody thing constantly reeked of diesel fuel. I'm not sure if his dad always got some on him, it had a leak or what but it always had a very strong diesel fuel smell to it.
I always thought it was a "neat" car, primarily just because it was a diesel and was subsequently different. I don't recall them having any real issues with it either
Somewhat OT, but I also learned to drive stick on a GM 3/4 ton diesel (late 80's) that showed me that there are a surprising number of people that have no idea what glow plugs are or what they do. As a 16 year old kid this surprised the socks off of me.