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GM Gen III engine problems are world wide

 
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 6:42 am    Post subject: GM Gen III engine problems are world wide Reply with quote

http://www.pistonslap.com/

Checking out V8 Owners today (an email went out regarding the site changing from www.v8owners.com to www.v8owners.com.au) I found this article on the front page.
http://forums.v8owners.com.au/showthread.php?s=5973cc7bd8fb84cd9ee4740cd050f77f&t=474

Just goes to prove how wrong some people were saying it was only the engines shipped to Australia.

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah the old rumour was that the aussie delivered crate engines were "factory seconds" wasnt it?

I'd be p****d after spending that kinda money. Real p****d. Mail bomb p****d.....
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hahah we knew it all along
GM SUCK
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

gm's answer to the noises - GM = GENERAL MAINTENANCE.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 7:27 pm    Post subject: holden Reply with quote

i have alwayz being a fordman as their was a metalic green XC 351 station wagon aswell as xb fairmont 351 in the family im a fan of the VL due to its engine heritage RB30ET NISSAN motor due 2 the fact holden f**k up with the vk just like now with geni iii its why their cousins gm hand out the good motors to the monaro's coming to them (pontiac) as thats why the aussie monaro isnt what it is unless u have 1 of the 1's that brock drives in the gt series f**k catches and eats lambo's 4 s**t
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 6:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think some Holden Gen 3 owners when they go to fill up for petrol they dont and they actually fill up on oil instead.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 5:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Being a ex owner of a 82 corvette. I used to buy corvette fever mags and some owners of the 1997 C5 Vette with the LS1 (gen111) mtrs were complaining of oil consumption then even before Australia released the mtr. I think there made in Canada.

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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Disco Frank"]hahah we knew it all along
GM SUCK[/quote]

That's all
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All that said, the GenIII isn't a bad engine when there isn't anything wrong with it.
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 03, 2005 11:43 pm    Post subject: Re: holden Reply with quote

Ben_Daui wrote:
i have alwayz being a fordman as their was a metalic green XC 351 station wagon aswell as xb fairmont 351 in the family im a fan of the VL due to its engine heritage RB30ET NISSAN motor due 2 the fact holden f**k up with the vk just like now with geni iii its why their cousins gm hand out the good motors to the monaro's coming to them (pontiac) as thats why the aussie monaro isnt what it is unless u have 1 of the 1's that brock drives in the gt series f**k catches and eats lambo's 4 s**t


Its called punctuation
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

One Drone wrote:
All that said, the GenIII isn't a bad engine when there isn't anything wrong with it.


That is like saying a Camira is a good car when something isn't wrong with it! icon_lol.gif
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damage wrote:
That is like saying a Camira is a good car when something isn't wrong with it! icon_lol.gif


Which is stretching the truth anyway lol (from experience!)
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