re: PSA: Do NOT buy a GM with a 6.2 engine

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the leaders & engineers of every one of these manufacturers deserve to have their asses beat

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Hey now, direct your anger in the proper direction. Government regulation has given this to you. The engineers are trying to make diamonds out of dog turds.

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Coworker had one blow a few months ago. Got it replaced under warranty, then the warranty engine blew.

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May I ask where you work?

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It is the year of our lord 2026 and they are all dropping ticking timebombs into the engine compartments like we have not been building engines for well over a century

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This has been a down the hill snowball since the Obama administration. The fuel efficiency standards set has forced this inferior product.

The dumb thing is, some engines have light tension piston rings in them and they burn oil like crazy. Like multiple quarts between oil changes. In the chase of fuel efficiency and less pollution from fuel burning.... they are now burning oil which is worse.

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It's Corvette supercar oil.

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That was 1985 S-10 oil too....


The obvious problem is insufficient oil volume, CAFE standards have forced OEM's to find every fraction of parasitic loss they can remove to get those MPG numbers up. ECM-controlled variable volume oil pumps have been a disaster and the OEM's know it. Ford's 7.3L gasser has one but in the crate versions of the engine it's a fixed displacement pump.

While regulations have definitely made things difficult it feels like the car manufacturers lost focus on the basics and now want to be tech companies. Building over-complicated, over-connected electronic systems.

Thats part of it. But, that too is largely driven by government regulations. To meet all the fuel economy and safety standards you have to build a rolling computer and at that point, adding techy things isnt a big deal or expense.

You can buy a barely legal stripped down truck today. Go look at a base work truck. Its still a rolling computer, and still expensive AF, but its not a luxury vehicle by any stretch. Still has backup camera, air bags, TPMS, platinum filled exhaust catalyst, a fricking God damned peice of shite low down raggedy arse variable displacement oil pump, etc. The tech luxuries it does have are probably cheaper to include than exclude like cruise control and AC due to manufacturing economies of scale.

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but don't like a V6 in a truck

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Turbo V6's and I4's are what should be in half ton trucks, IMO.

I think hybrid port/direct-injection gasser V6's and V'8s are the reliable way to go. My Toyota is both port and direct injected so the intake valves don't get loaded with crud but still makes solid power and torque for a 2.5L n/a 4-banger on 87-octane while still getting 30+ MPG's tank average. Ford has 5.4L Coyote-based V8's in their racing programs, Time to bring back ol' reliable Triton.

I'm a fan of turbos, especially since the engines are going to have direct injection anyway these days.

Ford did a good thing with the 7.3 and reintroducing a simple pushrod port injected 2 valve engine. If they would do away with the fricking horrible arse piece of shite sorry arse variable displacement oil pump, that would be what I would want in everything. It's just not feasible in a half ton with the way the regulations around fleet fuel economy are written.