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Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 6:16 pm
by SuzukiGhostRider
3X00-Modified wrote:Milky oil does not mean a bad headgasket... with these cars its ALWAYS the LIMG.
Wrong. This is a Quad, not a 3x00. It's ALWAYS the headgasket when the oil is milky.
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 7:39 pm
by 96base
SuzukiGhostRider wrote:3X00-Modified wrote:Milky oil does not mean a bad headgasket... with these cars its ALWAYS the LIMG.
Wrong. This is a Quad, not a 3x00. It's ALWAYS the headgasket when the oil is milky.
Exactly and believe me the oil was milky. I know my GM motors and I know that is a common problem with the Quads. It is a shame about that car. It has potetntial but not for what they want for it.
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 9:18 pm
by SuzukiGhostRider
You are correct. Besides, there isn't even a LIMG on a Quad!

Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 10:14 pm
by speedy
there isnt even a lim on the quad....
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:26 pm
by SuzukiGhostRider
speedy wrote:there isnt even a lim on the quad....
Exactly!
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Tue May 03, 2011 11:31 pm
by speedy
i dont understand why quads are hated though, they are by far the easiest motor ive come accross to work on, even though they are trouble some sometimes, most of the stuff is fairly simple to get to and self explanitory imo.
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:20 am
by SuzukiGhostRider
Meh, misunderstood by the masses and too much BS spread and believed by suckers. Like "all Quads have bad heads" for example........... Wrong. All Quads came from GM with faulty HEADGASKETS and the Felpro aftermarkets fix that problem. The 086 line of heads DOES have some weak castings, but yeah.
Rumor , suspicion, idiocy and bullshit lead to hate on the Quad. That and it rapes a stock V-6 in stock form.

Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:31 am
by KFLO 93 GT
If the quad is the easiest engine you've ever worked on - then you haven't worked on much at all... Nearly all 4 cyl OHV engines require half the thought and effort.
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 8:23 am
by speedy
i havent, most of the cars i owned where either v6's, or quad 4's ive worked on a lot of jeeps and and my dads f150, and some other little odd balls here and there, and still, the quad takes the cake in my book. and when i say ive worked on these, imean major work, engine and transmssion swaps, ect.
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:27 am
by scannerman
speedy wrote:i havent, most of the cars i owned where either v6's, or quad 4's ive worked on a lot of jeeps and and my dads f150, and some other little odd balls here and there, and still, the quad takes the cake in my book. and when i say ive worked on these, imean major work, engine and transmssion swaps, ect.
did you use large trees as your engine hoist in all of these?
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 10:40 am
by speedy
actually no, i used a large tree to get the engine off the back of the truck since i didnt have an engine hoist yet, let me ask you this my friend, if you dont have an engine hoist, how would YOU get the engine off the truck?

Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 11:01 am
by woody90gtz
SuzukiGhostRider wrote:Meh, misunderstood by the masses and too much BS spread and believed by suckers. Like "all Quads have bad heads" for example........... Wrong. All Quads came from GM with faulty HEADGASKETS and the Felpro aftermarkets fix that problem. The 086 line of heads DOES have some weak castings, but yeah.
Rumor , suspicion, idiocy and bullshit lead to hate on the Quad. That and it rapes a stock V-6 in stock form.

It's not all BS though, either. I had a quad and I'd never go back. haha
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 11:01 am
by 3X00-Modified
Overlooked Quad being the engine. My bad. I keep forgetting that the 94 Zed could have come with a Quad or a V6...
Re: Unless you live in the area avoid this car
Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 1:41 pm
by 96base
I have never been a fan of the Quad engines. I just know how rare a '94 Z26 is with that engine. I would much rather work on any of the V6 engines or the 4 bangers but man those things will run.