New dude here, I'm Brian I'm a mechanic in the US Army. Came from Georgia not sure where I'll end up.

I just bought a '86 323 1.6l 4dr Sedan and already got a few questions.

Take it easy,
Brian

 

welcome. diesel mechanic i assume?

 

Yep, sadly..

 

Why? Deisels, especially these days and in this country,are a growing business. Plus you can squeeze/gain a lot of power from a deisel w/relatively little input... so I"ve been told (<<< I am NOT a deisel mechanic. )

 

My distaste for diesel is all personal. Its a great power supply when done correctly but the military has done nothing correctly.

 

When does our government do anything correctly these days.
For what it"s worth, I had an aversion to diesel powered passenger cars for a long time too. I still have trouble when I see diesel Drags or other such things spewing raw fuel in the form of black smoke from their stacks. What a waste. Not an efficient way to run any engine, imho.

 

But then again, I know of a couple of Cummins powered Fords that are getting 20 plus MPG pulling boats (yes plural at least 2 at a time).

 

My problem with diesel isn't it's mpg, it's the amount of smog producing particulate like Richard said. If there were a greater prevalence of bio-diesel stations in NC we might have purchased a diesel car. Since we don't we want to avoid us spewing way more crap into the air then we can avoid.

 

you are in good company here. my dad is a retired diesel mechanic and one of my good friends was a tank mechanic in the marines years ago. he said they do have a pretty messed up way of running things.

 

Oh gosh golly gee!! You can't say that about or government!!! Their perfect!

Ha!! This government is so jacked up it isn't even funny...

Glad someone agrees with me.



Brian

BTW Thanks for the welcomes (and the anti-diesel talk)