We've had lots of threads about bulletproof, ultra-reliable engines. Lets go the other way.
Post your engines you either know to be unreliable, or ones that self-destructed on you, and you will always SEE as garbage.
Vega 4-cylinder...pretty self-explanatory.
Early 1980's Honda 1.3L - the base engine in the Civic in 1984 was a 'new' 1.3L I-4, and it was junk. The 1.5L was bomb-proof, but he smaller base engine was junk. Mom had one of these quit after about 5 years.
Chevy 305 V-8. Don't care what you say, have seen more of these have problems than I can count. They 'carboned up' really bad, and barely ran after a few years. Whether this was related to the camshaft problems I don't know, but that's what happened.
Ford 3.8L V-6...I think it was almost a 100% guarantee they would blow the HG's at some point. Also, for how 'big' an engine they were, there were pretty gutless. Might as well toss the GM 3.4L in here, almost a 100% guarantee the IMG's will go as well, which OFTEN killed the engine outright.
Post your engines you either know to be unreliable, or ones that self-destructed on you, and you will always SEE as garbage.
Vega 4-cylinder...pretty self-explanatory.
Early 1980's Honda 1.3L - the base engine in the Civic in 1984 was a 'new' 1.3L I-4, and it was junk. The 1.5L was bomb-proof, but he smaller base engine was junk. Mom had one of these quit after about 5 years.
Chevy 305 V-8. Don't care what you say, have seen more of these have problems than I can count. They 'carboned up' really bad, and barely ran after a few years. Whether this was related to the camshaft problems I don't know, but that's what happened.
Ford 3.8L V-6...I think it was almost a 100% guarantee they would blow the HG's at some point. Also, for how 'big' an engine they were, there were pretty gutless. Might as well toss the GM 3.4L in here, almost a 100% guarantee the IMG's will go as well, which OFTEN killed the engine outright.