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Jun 14, 2019 | 11:29 AM

oldaman

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Diesel transmission

Would the transmission from a diesel powered olds. Be. Any better than one from behind a gas engine

Last edited by oldaman; Jun 14, 2019 at 11:31 AM. Reason: Wrongspelliing

Jun 14, 2019 | 11:37 AM

Olds64

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I've never heard that the diesel transmissions were any different than the gas versions. Since the Olds diesel was just a gas engine converted to diesel...

Jun 14, 2019 | 02:42 PM

TripDeuces

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My buddy went through 3 of them behind his diesel

Jun 14, 2019 | 03:23 PM

Sugar Bear

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Not any better and probably but I'm guessing on this part, the converter stall/lockup may be calibrated differently.

Good question though!

Jun 14, 2019 | 07:00 PM

matt69olds

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I’m guessing the torque converter, valve body and governor calibration would be different. I don’t recall reading anything specific to the Diesel engines in the service manual.