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- From: brooks@mcnc.org (Ted Brooks)
- Subject: Re: Oil Priming System
- Message-ID: <1992Dec11.193527.17339@mcnc.org>
- Sender: daemon@mcnc.org (David Daemon)
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- Organization: MCNC Center for Microelectronics, RTP, NC
- References: <VBREAULT.92Dec9120934@rinhp750.gmr.com> <1992Dec11.152053.22392@mtu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 19:35:27 GMT
- Lines: 77
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- In article <1992Dec11.152053.22392@mtu.edu> vetter@mtu.edu (STEVEN J. VETTER) writes:
- >vbreault@rinhp750.gmr.com (Val Breault) writes:
- >>In article <ByzAB1.MCM@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> deanaj@elec.canterbury.ac.nz (A. J. Dean) writes:
- >>
- >> STEVEN J. VETTER (vetter@mtu.edu) wrote:
- >> : dangelo@emmax3.ge.com (john d'angelo) writes:
- >> : > Does anyone know of an oil priming system (they bring up the oil pressure
- >> _small_ but grunty starter and just putting it in parallel with the std oil
- >> pump (maybe a non return valve too). Is it worth the weight, time and fun?
- >>
- >>When your engine was ENGINEERED, the engineers took into consideration the
- >>characteristics of the oils of the day. The bearing journals, the hardness
- >>of the piston rings, the size of the camshaft lobes..... They were all
- >>engineered to operate without needing a pre-oiler.
- >>
- >>The single best piece of advice that I can give you to extend the life
- >>of your engine is to faithfully change the oil and filter.
- >>
- >>I'm still putting miles on the old Chevy 350 (135,000) and the old
- >>Dodge 318 (220,000). I'm beginning to get tired of the old Dodge.
- >>I kinda wish it would wear out so I could justify replacing it.....
- >>--
- >>-val-
- >>
- >>Val Breault - GM Research - vbreault@gmr.com - N8OEF \ /|
- >>Instrumentation dept., 30500 Mound Rd., Warren, MI 48090-9055 \ / |
- >>The opinions expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect \ /__|
- >>those of GMR or those of the General Motors Corporation. \/ |___
- >>
- >
- >
- > Beautiful "Blue-Blooded" GM praise (I suppose Chrysler Corp. too in a way)!!!
- > I should have known all along that all cars are designed to last forever, barring
- > cruel and unusual use by those of us who buy and drive them. I never realized that
- > there was indeed *no improvements* that could ever be made so as to extend the life
- > of any of those vital parts. I humbly thank you for showing me where I erred.
- >
- > vetter@mtu.edu
- >
- >>
-
- Aww, c'mon buddy, give it a rest. I really don't think Val's asking you to
- bow down and worship at the altar of General Motors, and never question any
- of their decisions like they were handed down from God. I also don't believe
- that the engineers who designed the engine were total idiots.
-
- If you had ever worked as an engineer in a large company, you would know
- that a product is designed to meet a given task, to cost a given amount,
- and must be completed in a given period of time. The folks who do this for
- a living are (generally) smart, dedicated people, even if they _do_ work for
- a car company :-). ALL engineers in ALL disciplines in ALL companies must
- face these constraints. The end result is they can't fiddle with it forever
- and put every nifty thing they can dream up into their design. If they did,
- the company would go bankrupt waiting for them to finish their design. As
- a result, they have to do a _good_ design within the allowable constraints,
- realizing that nothing is ever perfect, and even if you thought you'd done
- it perfect, you'll think of something else tomorrow. Val has discussed the
- tradeoffs of this topic before here. Basically, there's some ideas that
- aren't worth the trouble to implement - the cost vs. benefit just doesn't
- balance. So if you want to tinker endlessly to achieve things of dubious
- benefit, don't let me stop you. Just don't expect the corporations of the
- world to do it for you when you're already griping about the cost of
- their product.
-
- I'm sure glad that in your world, there's always enough time, effort, and
- money to make everything perfect.
-
- Ted Brooks
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