Oh so odd
1980's V6 Olds...

DIESEL

Totally intact yet

I can get it for like $125 I think,
It's like a 350 diesel with 2 cylinders whacked off.
Similar port shapes, exhaust manifold shapes, etc,
Serpentine belt drive and reverse rotation water pump of course.

Cool bit of history, probably not all that useful as an engine.

 

Interesting and a good price. I can't imagine how slow that thing must be.

 

What would you do with it if you bought it? Those early diesels were so lame and noisy.

 

Supposedly the least problem prone of the bunch. Might be cool with a small turbo, imagine the mileage and decent power.

 

It's exactly a 350 diesel with two cylinders cut off. If it's RWD, you want the complete serpentine drive setup. The FWD V6 diesels used a different serpentine drive from the RWD. Even the water pumps are different.

 

a v6 diesel, probably the only olds motor that a 260 could beat in a race... lol


bill

 

This was what I was thinking. Only point would be the fun of it, as I'm sure better can be had for less money at this point.

 

They can run well if they are properly looked after, quite a few Olds diesel powered cars found their way to Europe.
You won't get much bang for your buck if you try to boost power though, a modern 2 litre diesel puts out more power for less fuel. Remember the rough noisy offerings from Mercedes, Peugeot and Opel from the same era?.

Roger.

 

was it a G body? pm me if it is

 

Quite frankly, it is building crap like this that is part of the reason Oldsmobile no longer exists. Who the heck would buy one of these things? It would be a novelty now days though.

 

For 125 bucks and being complete and not a rust bucket, it would be an EXCELLENT project car to convert to a gas engine.
That old diesel was part of the experimentation into better fuel mileage. Yes they were slow as a result. A buddy of mine from long ago had a 78 Benz diesel that ran good on the highway but almost needed a push to get it going. The decal under the hood said it had a whopping 77 jackasses pulling it. I would smoke him just for fun in the old Pinto....

 

That is definitely an odd engine. I always thought it would be cool to get an Olds diesel engine and covert it to run on veggie oil.

 

I just wanted to add it to the collection because it's weird, and I do not have one and have never had one.

Now that you mention it, I noticed that the water pump has a driver side inlet. So, I assume it is a FWD version. I take it then the whole thing is fairly useless except as an oddity.

It is complete to the air cleaner with two studs.
Has not been picked at yet, when last seen.

They charge $125 for an ENGINE, not the car. U-pull [and save]. Condition not guaranteed. Sort of. Which is why I bought the Saturn engine elsewhere for lots more money- they had a video of it running. This V6 I would just stash away under some sort of cover out in the sticks.

 

That kind of engine would give decent service in an older Jeep or Scout. Something like a rock crawler where low RPM and high torque is king. The lack of a carburetor with a float bowl where on steep angles the main jet passages can become uncovered is a place where a diesel could reign supreme! Just a thought.

 

As opposed to a gasoline engine with EFI?

 

Besides you can get a Jeep or Land Cruiser so close to upside down with just a Qjet that I personally need nothing better....Tedd

 

Hard to find a complete gasoline EFI engine/ECM/fuel system for a buck and a quarter! And a gasoline V6 won't have as much low end torque, even with EFI.
Neither will a Q-Jet! I'm not saying it is the very best, but that would make a decent mountain goat!

 

I used to be an arbitrator with the BBB. GM used us to decide on buy-backs when GM diesel engines caused so many problems. I recall making GM buy back a lot of Cadillacs, but only 1 Olds.