The Elio Engine

[Joshua Caldwell]

The looks, the crappy interior, the fact 99% of women hate goes

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the women I know favored the Geos and Saturns when they were being made. They were practical.

 

[Rickb]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the women I know favored the Geos and Saturns when they were being made. They were practical.

That was the 1%! LOL Oh I kid.............There are a lot of practical women out there................I married one 46 years ago! Now they are all on the look out for future Elio owners

 

[Lil4X]

That was the 1%! LOL Oh I kid.............There are a lot of practical women out there................I married one 46 years ago! Now they are all on the look out for future Elio owners

What, do you think my wife married me for my looks? Elio owners will have more disposable income. Works out to be a nice pair of shoes every month. What woman could resist that?

 

[Neal]

What, do you think my wife married me for my looks? Elio owners will have more disposable income. Works out to be at nice pair of shoes every month. What woman could resist that?

I like the way you think LOL

 

[olddog1946]

Yeah, the old VW engines were the bomb! That's why most folks who owned a VW kept a spare engine sitting on their workbench ready to swap out with the one in their car.

Funny you should say that, my Dad changed out his engine almost weekly. He drove about 30 miles each way to work and only drove at one speed FLAT OUT. He's swap the motor from his van to the pickup, then rebuild the one he messed up. I could never understand why he didn't just slow down a bit, lol.

 

[karl]

And now back to Aluminum engines....

 

[Horn]

Would rather buy a girl shoes than a purse...holy crap those are expensive. ....And a purse is just bag to hold tampons, tylenol and make up.

Lil4x you are right on about having disposable income. Most relationships fail due to financial reasons

 

[skygazer6033]

Many aluminum engines get a bad reputation for blowing head gaskets after they get a little age on them (10 years, 100,000 miles or so). The real problem is not the head gaskets at all but the head bolts. After a while corrosion starts to eat away at the treads in the block the head bolts start to pull out of the threads and the clamping pressure goes away, instant blown head gasket. This scenario has been a real problem on early Cadillac Northstar V8 engines as well as some h.o. Honda and Acura engines. The only real fix on those engines is to drill and tap the block to replace the head bolts with studs. I personally don't think any all aluminum engine should be built without studs instead of head bolts.

 

[raybonz]

Many aluminum engines get a bad reputation for blowing head gaskets after they get a little age on them (10 years, 100,000 miles or so). The real problem is not the head gaskets at all but the head bolts. After a while corrosion starts to eat away at the treads in the block the head bolts start to pull out of the threads and the clamping pressure goes away, instant blown head gasket. This scenario has been a real problem on early Cadillac Northstar V8 engines as well as some h.o. Honda and Acura engines. The only real fix on those engines is to drill and tap the block to replace the head bolts with studs. I personally don't think any all aluminum engine should be built without studs instead of head bolts.

I don't think the problem was caused like this in older cars but rather caused by mating aluminum heads with cast iron blocks.. The head expanded much more than the cast iron and eventually the gasket would fail.. All aluminum engines expand and contract at similar rates so the movement of the heads and stress on the head gasket is minimized plus the overall weight of the engine is reduced..Head gaskets have been improved to better handle the stress but it seems many blocks are made of aluminum now..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_gasket

Ray

 

[skygazer6033]

Quite true on the older iron block aluminum head engines. However the Honda, Acura, and Cadillac Northstars are aluminum block and heads and 20 to 30% of those engines ( pre 2000 year model) have head gasket problems. In 2000 GM changed the bolt design which helped but still didn't completely correct the problem. I once replaced head gaskets on an Acura Legend and 6 of the 8 head bolts on the right bank stripped before I got to 75% of required torque. Try explaining THAT to a customer.