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Bob Dog · 08-18-2009, 05:46 AM

Y. H. : The Astre probably had a different block, or at least lined cylinders. The first Vegas had an unlined 4cyl. aluminum blocks from some gauwdawful alloy and the pistons wore out the cylinders at about 40,000 miles consistently across all o9f the first couple model years. I believe the engine you were probably running was called the Iron Duke 4, which, as the name implies was made of iron, or maybe it was on of GMs rather dependable 60s-70s one of the sixes. Personally, I never owned an American economy car I liked and I owned several of them.

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08-18-2009, 05:46 AM	#19
Bob Dog DARK PHASE OF THE MOON Drives: 07 liftback Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: the Boondocks, NC Posts: 993	Y. H. : The Astre probably had a different block, or at least lined cylinders. The first Vegas had an unlined 4cyl. aluminum blocks from some gauwdawful alloy and the pistons wore out the cylinders at about 40,000 miles consistently across all o9f the first couple model years. I believe the engine you were probably running was called the Iron Duke 4, which, as the name implies was made of iron, or maybe it was on of GMs rather dependable 60s-70s one of the sixes. Personally, I never owned an American economy car I liked and I owned several of them.