what part is lunacy? you have to keep up on current events...the BIG 3 all knowingly have the same exact issue on the turbo D's used in pickups. but as I said, the EPA was very publicly and messily ordered to stand down in january 2017 so its likely the issue is dropped forever.That's lunacy. VW/Audi/Porsche cheated, end of story. BMW used the Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) without the BlueTech name and was investigated and cleared of any wrong doing. In fact, of the big Euro Diesel importers, BMW is the only one still selling diesel vehicles in the USA.
For what it's worth, VW/Audi also was caught cheating on their gasoline engines in Europe, even after they got caught on the Diesels. It wasn't just missing the emission regulations by a smidgen, in both cases (gas and Diesel) they rigged the cars to comply with testing on dynos and then they'd go dirty in the real world. I doubt any lawyers signed off on this but I'm sure upper management did. That's not a mistake or unfair treatment. That's lying, cheating, and being dishonest to the government and the buying public.
And on the Lincoln Diesels, BMW supplied tons of engines to Vixen Motor Company for their motorhome. When Vixen ceased production the leftover engines were being marketed as new-in-crate for years. Someone probably still has some!
I don't believe anyone else intentionally altered the mapping of the engine to perform in a "clean" mode during testing and then revert to "dirty" out on the road.FWIW, net work produced by the diesels, on missing the NO target, is still less than the resultant effect of replacing them with gas, but it was such a small segment of the population - no one cared.
Just thought of another option which is a Dolly which can work well & you would only need 2 good tires! You still would have to remove the driveshaft as it's likely AT.
Why not just put the rear wheels on the dolly, lock the steering column, and tow it backwards?Just thought of another option which is a Dolly which can work well & you would only need 2 good tires! You still would have to remove the driveshaft as it's likely AT.
thats not how it works.Yes . . . and no, but thanks for the data. VW cheated and has admitted it. FCA still insists it was within EPA requirements in their interpretation of the EPA cycle and was not intentionally hiding anything. Who would believe them?
Under threat of having my post deleted, let me just say it's like Al Franken admitting what he did and requesting an ethics review and our President not admitting anything and simply taking the opportunity to pick at others' flaws instead, while his surrogates call his situation different because he has not admitted any wrongdoing.
From Bill Clinton: "It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. ..."
the Justice Department noted that the engine controls in the Ram trucks and Jeeps are different from what are described in paperwork the company filed with the E.P.A.
The features of the software, it said, “alone or in combination with one or more of the others, bypass, defeat and/or render inoperative” the vehicles’ emission control system, causing them to emit “emit substantially higher levels” of nitric oxide than allowed.
I think that's a great pun!similar actions vs ford and chevy as you know, were blocked by executive fiat (no pun intended)
I love all of mine. Daily-driver is a '95 BMW with an M50TU currently around 250,000 miles. No timing belt!To me inline 6's that are well designed and have some HP like those do have a special magic due to their turbine like smoothness and sound as I put many miles on a old 1970 MB 250 & Chev. 230 L6 engines as inline 6 engines are inherently perfectly balanced by design.
The last year was probably around 1993 and that was only because the E30 325i Convertible was still in production with that engine. The E36 325i sedan came out as a 1992 with the chain-driven 6-cylinder. So the timing belts were only on the 6-cylinder cars in the USA from about 1984 to 1991 and two-more years in the convertible. This included the two-year diesel importation which is the subject of this thread. If I remember correctly the E34 525i may have gotten the chain-driven M50 engine as early as 1991 model year in the USA. There were no 4-cylinder engines with timing belts.I wonder when they did away with those pesky belts?