Posted by Notjustair on November 26, 2014 at 07:54:39 from (70.195.1.45):
In Reply to: OT--gasoline engines posted by Jiles on November 25, 2014 at 20:34:40:
My straight truck is a 58 GMC with the 270 inline six. It is the original engine on no rebuild. Oil bath air cleaner. No oil filter. It doesn't burn a drop (as far as I can tell) and gets used fully loaded (225 bushels) once a week give or take. It is well cared for but doesn't get to sit around.
I've had the head off for a gasket and I can tell you the casting was a little crude. It has a rather strange defect in the block between two cylinders that causes it to eat a head gasket every 10 years or so. Not a crack, but a casting issue. That's said, it runs like a watch. I think better oils and additives help that. It probably also helps that it only has the one barrel carb, so it isn't getting tons of fuel and washing itself to death. I wouldn't be afraid to drive it across the country, but it would be a slow trip and take lots of oil. Those rope seals leak like a mother.
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