You're right! I have disliked Volkswagons ever since. They were both terrible cars. No heaters, no a/c, poor ventilation, leaked water through the so called air vents. UGH!That's what you get when you put a lawn mower engine in a highway vehicle.
You're right! I have disliked Volkswagons ever since. They were both terrible cars. No heaters, no a/c, poor ventilation, leaked water through the so called air vents. UGH!That's what you get when you put a lawn mower engine in a highway vehicle.
No Third. Only three I recall that blew.I bet @schwinney could tell us some whopper stories about his first subaru.
I have never blown an engine. I think arco is on his 15th or so.
The problem was they were basically designed in the 40's for the european market. I too dis liked the lack of heat. And when things rusted you got carbon monoxide in with the warm air.You're right! I have disliked Volkswagons ever since. They were both terrible cars. No heaters, no a/c, poor ventilation, leaked water through the so called air vents. UGH!
A dropped valve seat caused this.Only engine that blew in my presence belonged to a guy driving by in a Ford Escort. I was out in the yard and could hear this guy coming from several blocks away; it made all the knocking and clanging noises typical of an engine about to die. He went by our house, and my first instinct was to keep watching because it sounded like it was about to blow (I watched WAY too many "Cash for Clunkers" videos back in 2009). Sure enough, he barely got a block down the road before there was a loud bang, and a small fireball and a very large cloud of smoke emerged from below the car. He rolled to a stop beside the road, the car now completely silent.
The guy raised the hood and started waving his arms to clear the smoke. I walked over to look, and sure enough, the engine block had a large hole in the side of it, and hot smoking oil was all over the engine bay. A few of the engine's moving parts lay scattered in the road behind the car.
Sounds exactly like BiL’s goat growing up - 2 speed - 80 mph in 1st and still chirped tires when it shiftedMy '66 GTO. The torque monster 389 was rebuilt by my brother. Man did I beat on that thing; it ate transmissions. Blew the engine accelerating HARD on an Expressway. Cam was in multiple pieces.
Wish I had that car today. Midnight blue on blue interior. The 1st gen GTOs were some of the most beautiful cars ever made.
A friend put a new Chev Targetmaster 350 in his big Chev 3/4 ton work truck with all the boxes. Heavy with all the tools. Bought it in a crate; installation was done by one of his shade tree mechanic friends.
The new engine threw a rod through the pan within a short time. Chevrolet offered a great warranty on this $1200 engine. They towed his truck to the nearest dealership and replaced the engine. Zero charge. Amazing.
But hey, it got there once! You've got my record beat. My Cosworth-Vega survived many excursions to 8000 rpm.Blew up a 84 Honda crx by getting it to 9500 rpm
My 302 survived a 2nd at >6,000RPM to 1st (missed 3rd) the one time I screwed that up, have no idea how high it wound, needle went right off the end of the tach, I stuffed that clutch back in so fast...But hey, it got there once! You've got my record beat. My Cosworth-Vega survived many excursions to 8000 rpm.
Sounds like you might have some sub conscious ability to know when an engine is going to let looseHaven't had one yet.. the Briggs powered mower technically blew up after I handed the reins to my son. His reaction was priceless. Hopefully at 12 that'll be his last engine he blows up Interesting I gave dad a mower that blew up in the same fashion. Ran fine for me!
It was tired and worn out with darn near 400k miles, burned a 1qt of oil weekly. I forced it into second gear somewhere around 90 mph. Top speed redline was 60mph in 2cd. Tach went to 8k, I was way passed that pointing straight down. I'm assuming it was around 9500. For sure over 9kBut hey, it got there once! You've got my record beat. My Cosworth-Vega survived many excursions to 8000 rpm.
Just think, if Germany won the war and the world, we would still be driving them.You're right! I have disliked Volkswagons ever since. They were both terrible cars. No heaters, no a/c, poor ventilation, leaked water through the so called air vents. UGH!
If we were so lucky to drive anything at all in that case.Just think, if Germany won the war and the world, we would still be driving them.