LittleRedSpirit Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 1750 leyland marina engineslow and noisy and with su carbs that went out of tune on a minute by minute basis backed by the WEAKEST gearbox in history dorp a skid in ANY GEAR and that gear became permenantly unavailable from then on... drove mine for 3 mths .. 2 engines and 4 gearboxes .. then SOLD to some smuck Anything from Daewoo, Hyundai, or the UK, except lotus/cosworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiro Protagonist Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 (edited) Also the Holden Camira. The only Aussie build FWD Holden and it was a Lemon. You still see them around tho. Except for the RB Gemini......and the LB/LC/LD Astras....and the LE/LF/LG Novas....and the JK/JL/JM/JP Apollos. Granted, they were all badge-engineered vehicles, but so was the Camira (it was a global J-body, which somehow managed to hang around until 1997 as a Daewoo Espero.....that's right, an Espero is essentially a Camira, even has the Family II under the bonnet) Edited November 28, 2009 by Hiro Protagonist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezzaclub Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Daewoo Have to agree- The son of frends here paid $4000 odd for a '98 Daewoo Nubira, then another $2500 on a motor re-build, and ended up giving it to my son with oil everywhere and water dripping out all the time... Swapped for a tray of beers! We nearly killed ourselves in it trying to overtake a truck at 100kph one day.. pulled out and it just couldn't go any faster! My work Gemini 25years ago was absolute trash, and the old man's Sigma finished me with Mitsi for ever. Nissan or Toyota all my life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 Kia Carnival anyone? I've know a few friends that have had gremlins in theirs that no one can find and fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7shades Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 They blow head gaskets with alarming regularity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MYSTIK[RL] Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 They blow head gaskets with alarming regularity was going to say the same thing :jamie: A friend of the family had the head gasket done three times on there kia carnival after the third h/g they they traded it in on a tarago :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saru Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 They're rubbish. Stock = slow and unrefined. Modified = Thrashy, noisy, and unreliable. The RB20 is an infinitely better engine. Lol what are you smoking? Certainly isn't the greatest engine ever but they smoke RB20s dollar for dollar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ae95- wagon kid Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 holden 202 engines lasts forever but even with major modification still slow and thirsty as anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irokin Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 holden 202 engines lasts forever but even with major modification still slow and thirsty as anything But ditto all K motors. :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 I was burned by the first Mitsubishi I ever encountered (with the fanTASTIC Astron II engine no less) and in the decades since I've given them countless chances to redeem themselves, but no. Every single one has been garbage. I was also scarred by 6 months of 2.6 Astron ownership. It took me 16 years to own another Mitsubishi, but I must say the 3.2 DiD has been the goods. Now up for sale if anyone is interested. :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch_mac Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 anything mitsubishi agreed with JiP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
white_sandshoe Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 Poor mitsubishi... but then again... it's their own fault. I will say they have established a consistent build quality... unfortunately that quality is exceptionally low. And again demonstrated in the new Mitsubishi Colt. 80's Magna for the fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomo Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 the carnival never did head gasgets, the sleeve the piston runs in comes loose and slams the hell out of the head :jamie: the stuff wrong with those cars realy started at the design level then the kia rio, upside down inlet manifold so if you wash it (or get good rain, remember rain?) it filled the cylinders and compression locked the motor worst ever, kia pregio diesel, skip one service, by new motor, bottom end shot N12 pulsar single point efi, yea, that was going to work! haha ea to current 6 cyl falcon, speedo reading 200,000 + how about i order you a new cyl head now save wasting money on the crack testing v6 commodore misses under load, changed your leads in the last 60,000 km? no, theres your problem mitso/L series datto, use oil, factory standard, live with it sunshine personal favorite, mazda mpv v6 rwd with the worlds smallest oil galleries, get slack on the oil changes, they block up, top end starves, cams shear, and to get the motor out you need to strip the car down to a bare shell almost!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUDGER Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 i'm just putting it out there that i hate opel motors i.e. z18xe's c22se just shit you find in everything from opel to holden daewoo an even saab among others. they are always seem to leak and i am just over touching them. oh and also renault's and fiat's, why oh why do they not like putting timing marks on pulleys and then also deciding not to put any form of keyway's either. just makes life hard and scary when they snap/throw a timing belt :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taz_Rx Posted November 29, 2009 Report Share Posted November 29, 2009 They blow head gaskets with alarming regularity .....whats that 7m's!? :yes: :jamie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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