"Dan--." <enter.email@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:05:32 +1000, Noddy PCM code reading says:
>
>
> >>
> >> Nope - next is a 4 cylinder.
> >
> > Be wary of "4 cylinder" engines being economical.
> >
> > If you're down sizing just to reduce your running costs then do your
> > homework as having two less cylinders doesn't automatically mean the
car
> > will be any cheaper to run. Some get as bad or worse mileage than 6
> > cylinder powered cars.
>
> Yup especially when you have to plant the foot more on 4 cylinder cars
> too. Main reason why they dropped the 4 Cylinder engine from the Magna
> range back then. Thank **** the Astron 2 is dead and buried.
The Astron II was the worst engine I had come across, leaving out older
models. It had no top end to speak of, drank fuel like an old style I6. If
you did push it like I did once coming back from the coast, the ****ing
POS
snapped 2 exhaust-manifols studs off. The only thing it did reasoabley
well,
was plenty of low-down torque around town, plus the body and fittings were
solid. Once the engine put on 100,000ksm the oil-pressure couldnt hold the
hydraulic tensioner with sufficient force = noisy chain, plus the other
chain was already making a lot of ****ing noise.
Jason
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