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by Ryan from Ohio » Sun Oct 09, 2005 4:18 pm

The oil filter is like 5-6" above a cross member and its on an angle. So when you crack it lose it pours right on out, runs down the engine case and onto the cross members and goes both ways on it. So it turns into a large drippin piece of crap...

I changed the oild myself on the monte maybe 6-7 times, rest of the time I had Wal Mart do it... Especially in the winter...lol

by Mithrandir » Sun Oct 09, 2005 3:14 pm

really? What do you mean by the oil was a pain to change and stuff. It just ran everywhere when you took off the filter?

by Ryan from Ohio » Sun Oct 09, 2005 2:25 pm

My Monte was a Z34 with that 3.4 in it...

Dont EVER wash out the engine compartment with a high pressure deal at the car wash... Gets right down into the spark plug boot...

Also they are a real BITCH to do almost any work on. Changing oil is a MESS... Timining stuff is frequent to wear around 100-120K... Fix it before it busts/blows the motor up...

by GlassWolf » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:49 pm

mine does have OD, but not standard.. it's a prostreet built A727 with a gear vendors OD tail unit. I know the ones you're talking about. common in minivans.

by MobileAudio219 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 8:03 pm

KikiTheCat wrote:on a side note, the chrysler A727 is one of the best automatic trannies ever made.. only one ever endorsed by police for use in their cars stock off the shelf. Those things are indestructible for an auto 3 speed trans.
Built up, they're very popular for drag cars too
The dodges you have to watch out for are the ones with overdrive, seriously they are horrible... If you insist on a dodge with an auto, get a non overdrive one...

But like a said before, every car has it's faults.

by Mithrandir » Sat Oct 08, 2005 6:17 pm

if an intake gasket is the worst of my worries ill be happy lol. I saw a 97 z34 with 215 hp, Id like somthing like that.

by GlassWolf » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:31 pm

on a side note, the chrysler A727 is one of the best automatic trannies ever made.. only one ever endorsed by police for use in their cars stock off the shelf. Those things are indestructible for an auto 3 speed trans.
Built up, they're very popular for drag cars too

by Jonathan » Sat Oct 08, 2005 4:15 pm

More of a heads up :) I don't know why manufacturers have such trouble putting a good freaking gasket on a car. If manufacturers did just fine with old organic paper gaskets in the 60s, I don't see why there is so much difficulty doing it now. The production equipment that these manufacturers use is so precise that all surfaces could be trued to a point where you wouldn't even need a gasket.

by MobileAudio219 » Sat Oct 08, 2005 11:06 am

Jonathan wrote:Honda, Nissan, and Toyota blow their fair share of head gaskets as well, to be fair. Especially the 4 cylinder models. Transaxle problems are pretty frequent as well, and CV axles.

Too bad America doesn't go back to the good ol' cast iron inline six. Plain out bulletproof engines, didn't matter who you got one from. The automatic transmission has degraded over time too, a lot of that is because of the added shift duration to smooth shifts out. It kills the longevity of any transmission.
Oh, I agree there. I wasnt trying to give the impression that imports are any better than domestics, to be honest they both have their weaknesses and strengths...

by Jonathan » Sat Oct 08, 2005 10:44 am

Honda, Nissan, and Toyota blow their fair share of head gaskets as well, to be fair. Especially the 4 cylinder models. Transaxle problems are pretty frequent as well, and CV axles.

Too bad America doesn't go back to the good ol' cast iron inline six. Plain out bulletproof engines, didn't matter who you got one from. The automatic transmission has degraded over time too, a lot of that is because of the added shift duration to smooth shifts out. It kills the longevity of any transmission.

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