We’ve had several v10s with catastrophic failure. Personally I’ve had 2. Supposedly there’s a recall on them.
Ground subcontractors, Listen to your drivers!
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It will be fine
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My local management is more reasonable. They’ll let us slide with “cold” leaks that seal up when at operating temp. DEF is an issue though, but there are work arounds that make it less of a problem.
And that’s one thing I absolutely hate about the Agreement. My bottom line suffered $70000 over about 2 years chasing oil leaks and painting stuff that 98% of the company wouldn’t say a word about.
Completely hateful management staff.
STFXG
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The old “that’s just blowby from the vent tube” argument didn’t hold up?
1BROWNWRENCH
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New bulletin out on the v10 about a cam follower issue. The newer chevies have an issue up with intake rockers breaking and possibly dropping the valve.
They wouldn’t care. That would be too much blow by and have to be fixed.
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
Audi and vw uses a belly pan as an oil catch since they're notorious for oil leaks!
It's a paper towel egg carton material that soaks up the oil!
the engineers knew that their engines will spring oil leaks so they devised this to keep customers' driveways and garage floors dry...
Your mechanic should have fabricated a similar belly pan for those vehicles
1BROWNWRENCH
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I have contemplated that sort of thing. They would call it a fire hazard.
1BROWNWRENCH
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You should try assembling a leak-free 2 stroke Detroit. No easy feat.
You mean like the old "238 Jimmy"? Lots of roar.......but not much more.
MAKAVELI
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I'm pretty sure that's not intended to soak up oil but insulation to lessen noise.Audi and vw uses a belly pan as an oil catch since they're notorious for oil leaks!
It's a paper towel egg carton material that soaks up the oil!
the engineers knew that their engines will spring oil leaks so they devised this to keep customers' driveways and garage floors dry...
Your mechanic should have fabricated a similar belly pan for those vehicles
OrioN
double tap o da horn dooshbag
I dunno Mak, other makes/ models don't have that layer of paper type fabric on their under belly pans... Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Subaru, gmc, Ford, only has a plastic "skid plate" or air diverter
Some suv and trucks are made of metal! Some Aftermarket skid plates are of aluminum, and so forth.
I've seen them 1st hand on a brother in law's Audi vehicles and you can search around the net about them
MAKAVELI
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Most cars are plastic. The plastic pans are merely there to keep debris out and reduce drag. I can see an Audi putting insulation to reduce noise. It's pretty rediculous to think a manufacturer would put something on a car to catch known oil leak issues.
MAKAVELI
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BootsOnTarmac
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An Audi mechanic once told me, Audi's don't leak, they "sweat".
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Based on the report ......did both tire and rim come off? It says tire and wheel.
I see now where the tire and the wheel nuts were grinding against the car. That contractor is going to get an ear full. You know "preventable accident ". Even if the guy had hit a piece of road debris in X's mind's eye it would have still been preventable even if it meant swerving into the other lane of traffic in order to avoid hitting it.
