NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/rec/autos/tech/11780

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Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!jim!mike
From: [e-mail] (Mike Suter)
Subject: Re: Pressurize Oil Before Starting ?
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Organization: BITS, St. Louis, MO
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Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:35:43 GMT
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>The automobile companies manufacture products that will appeal to
>the primary consumer.  Things like appearance, convenience, resale
>value and the like are paramount.   Durability, while a laudable
>attribute, is not as important to the folks that purchase new vehicles.

This may be, but that still doesn't explain why other automakers
which, we have been led to believe, care about their cars and owners
in the long run (ie, MB) aren't putting them on their cars.

Also, it may even benefit even the car company interested in only the 60K
mile life of the engine to include a pre-oiler if the car has a turbo
(I have heard of many turbos going before 60K miles) to circulate
cool oil through the engine/turbo after the engine is shut down.

>trouble getting 60-80,000 miles on engines without one.  (I can see the
>rumor mill grinding out things like "They weren't able to keep rod
>bearings in the new x.x liter engine and had to resort to a preoiler
>just to avoid excessive warranty claims.")

Reminds me of the extended oil-change intervals (I can drive 15,000
miles between oil changes on THAT car, and only 7,500 on THIS one.
Therefore, THAT car must be better!)

Mike
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