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No, the RPMs are where they should be. I have two other diesel cars and they also idle in this range when cold. These old diesels don't have an ECM so the idle is controlled differently. Either way you look at it 800-900 RPM is normal. They only bump up slightly when the glow plug controller is cycling as noted by the voltmeter gauge.

@cavisualproductions4406 that's cool and I meant no disrespect. It seems that on full size diesel trucks, the tach meters seem to max out at 5000 RPM.

​@libertycabbagemusic no worries! I was a trucker for many years and the RPM ranges on the semis were not that high. In this car's case the tach, speedo and the other gauges came from a newer gas Ciera which is an electronic cluster, so no a 7K tach on a diesel would never exist because they can't run that high.

@@misterwhipple2870 i had the odometer sent out to be repaired since it did not work and had them set the odometer to the correct mileage from the original cluster (will do a future video on). The trip was covered up because its not in use and don't need it. I've gotten questions about this cluster and the gauges on here are from a newer Ciera that was electronic. The transmission i had put in during the engine rebuild is also an electronic 4 speed with OD so there are no speedo cables at all to the cluster. I like a cluster with gauges on it and the original cluster did not provide that so I will not apologize for the change. If there was a diesel rallye cluster available at the time when the rebuild was done i would have gone with that but they weren't available.

@@cavisualproductions4406 That's interesting. I learned something new today. I did not consider that the transition from cable-driven instruments to stepper-motor instruments would cause a conflict. Still, that must have been expensive, and I would have kept the trip odometer, and I would definitely spring for a new shifter column.

70's era 4cyl. audi diesel would go to 4800, but the engine was a disaster.

Maybe to you but not to me. To each their own.

@@cavisualproductions4406 Back in the mid 1990's, my neighbor had a love affair with the Olds V6 diesel, and had, somehow, located three Cutlass Ciera Diesels to add to his fleet. His work took him all over the state of Montana, and I don't remember him having any problems of note with any of the cars. I rode in one of them once, and it percolated down the road quite well... I have a feeling that passing on a two lane road at highway speeds would've been a challenge, but it seemed to do everything else quite well while returning impressive fuel economy.

a million to one holeshot, with a hole in the block.

Well the speedo and tach came from a gasser Ciera when the cluster was swapped. As far as speed the car went past 70 no problem (with the 4 speed OD transmission)

@@carwrtr1 there was no block heater installed on the car when I got it 11 years ago. Im well aware on how diesel engines are having been a trucker for over 20 years. However, where I live it does not get extremely cold here as compared to the northern states in the winter. The car previously had fuel problems where air was getting into the system causing bleed back into the tank which has since been rectified. With solid glow plugs given enough time the car starts fine even as cold as 25° without the heater. If I lived in an extreme cold state like MN then yes the heater would be necessary.

Yep always safety first. I done my research on the process before starting anything. And we did our fry away from the house outside.

And to avoid copyright.

And to save the ears whatever that was on the radio

I thought it was making an unusual noise, then I realized it was a guy singing in the Opera.

But this car has a 4.3

Still junk ​@@aberobinson1

@@LoganHester-1489 The V6 diesel wasn't too bad. ...and actually, they had worked most of the bugs out of the 350 diesel later in its production run as well. As GM has done before, if they had released the quality of product that was coming off the line when they said fuggit and threw in the towel, the product would have likely been well enough regarded that they wouldn't have had to stop making it.

Yeah, but the governor is hard limited to 3600 RPM so that needle will never see 7000 rpm lol

Thought it had two speedos at first as the PRND looks like an odometer.

In the early 80s, my uncle had a 1978 Delta 88 Royale diesel 😁

Probably yes I noticed that too

I was wondering what type of Olds that was, I've never seen those instruments in an Olds before either. Must be GM because everything worked.

Yes, and the shame of it is that many of the other vehicles that were Diesel powered were very good. I had a VW Golf ( early 80s ). that went nearly 400 thousand miles with only routine Timing Belt changes Fergieman

@Corvacar yeah that was a pretty good engine for a small car. One of the first diesel auto engines that I worked on. I had an instructor back in the day who put a low mileage VW diesel out of a wreck into a Plymouth Horizon ( go figure) to commute back and forth to work. It was an easy swap because the Horizon used a 1.6 gas engine that was I believe built by VW and was the same block. He bragged about it getting 50 mpg. I believed him later on because I had an escort diesel that would get that milage on a long trip. I thought that was a good engine also. Held 2 gallons of oil and had 2 oil filters and a large fuel filter with a manual primer pump. It would start in sub zero weather with no problem.

let diesels come to life slowly!

They don't like it when you do that. :(

@@misterhipster9509 ill look into that. Motor currently has the AcDelco 60G plugs installed. May consider getting the Bosch ones since I heard those are better

@@cavisualproductions4406on the VW and Mercedes mechanical diesels the Bosh plugs can't be beat. They heat up faster, get to a higher temperature, and draw a touch less power.

@@WyzantTutoring-e7k the motor has the 60G glow plugs and they and the controller work fine. It does not have the block heater however but temps here in the south doesn't get excessively cold. In warmer temps it starts just fine

@@cavisualproductions4406 Oh i see

@@CrazyForCooCooPuffs don't have a VHS camera but I do have a Betacam camera

@@kristofharomi yes the exhaust pipe has rotted off and needs to be replaced hence why its a bit loud. Thats next on my to do list

She’s a runner!

Thanks! Maybe should do more videos!

@@cavisualproductions4406 please do, interesting engine! Thanks for sharing!

Hi, yes the AM/FM tuner on the unit can be recorded (dubbed) to the SD card in an MP3 file. You can also record to an external device via the RCA output jacks. Thanks for watching!

I agree. The tire guy that came to replace the tire (and rim) said that he HATES working on these tires, as they always make a big mess with lots of damage. Trailer was a hazmat load, so definitely don't need any fires going on!