@TSU would you recommend using oil stabilizer when doing an oil change, or any additives at all?
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Simplified engine
Here is a photo with the simplified engine, oil filter area.
Here is a photo with the simplified engine, oil filter area.
I like small, powerful engines. Makes a lot of room in the engine compartment making it easier to service the engine. I hate it when they shoehorn engines into a car. Look at the 4th gen Camaro's. Those cars are an absolute nightmare to change spark plugs in. The Ecotecs are fairly easy to work on except for getting the water pump removed. Don't know how different the 1.4 turbo will be. Hopefully easier this time.Folks who know small engines building a small engine. Like it
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Agreed, the tiny 1.4 LT is so nice. So much room around it. Easy to work on (if I ever wanted to). I imagine pulling this motor must be simple. No scraped knuckles.
I want a 1.0 LT!!! Yes, 1000 cc.
The size of a one quart soda bottle. I hope I see it in my life time. Can you imagine the mileage i will get!!!!!!!
I have ridden motorcycles with bigger engines.I had a 92 Geo Metro with a 3-cyl 1.0 liter engine in it. On a good day, I could get around 44 MPG on the highway at 70 MPH. As for power though, not so much--it was rated at 55 HP. I had to turn the AC off to maintain speed on long inclines on the freeway.I want a 1.0 LT!!! Yes, 1000 cc.
The size of a one quart soda bottle. I hope I see it in my life time. Can you imagine the mileage i will get!!!!!!!
motorcycles also don't weigh 3000#.Agreed, the tiny 1.4 LT is so nice. So much room around it. Easy to work on (if I ever wanted to). I imagine pulling this motor must be simple. No scraped knuckles.
I want a 1.0 LT!!! Yes, 1000 cc.
The size of a one quart soda bottle. I hope I see it in my life time. Can you imagine the mileage i will get!!!!!!!
well...
maybe a Harley Davidson... but certainly not anything that says "Performance" when you look at it. Motorcycle engines might be pumping out 175hp/L, but what they have in HP, they lack in Torque. for instance, the more comparable engine to the 1.4t in the motorcycle world is a Kawasaki ZX14 or Suzuki GSX1300R "Hayabusa". both bikes output well over 200 HP, but only make half that in torque where as the GM 1400cc I4 T engine produces more torque than HP, and at much LOWER RPMs.
what you drive on, day to day, is torque, not HP. That's why diesels are so damned nice. they make gobs of torque with low displacement. 50mpgs on a 2.0TDI is not an out of this world figure! why we don't invest more in TDI is beyond my comprehension. the fuel is easier to manufacture, and today's clean diesels are fantastic on the environment.
I love torque
Now the price of diesel fuel is so much more than gasoline
.2.99 for a gallon of gasoline (petrol)
3.50 for a gallon of diesel (DERV).
The Cruze has enough torque for me.
I think with Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) that diesel will be less needed.
Well, no, actually it's not. not per mile it's not.I love torque
Now the price of diesel fuel is so much more than gasoline
2.99 for a gallon of gasoline (petrol)
3.50 for a gallon of diesel (DERV).
The Cruze has enough torque for me.
I think with Homogeneous charge compression ignition (HCCI) that diesel will be less needed.
Here are some general mileage figures
Gasoline: 299.9 @ 36 MPGs = 8.3 cents / mile
Diesel: 349.9 @ 50 MPGs = 6.9 cents / mile
"Burping" oil stream..........
TSUracing, when you mentioned in your oil change presentation that the oil would "burp" when the drain plug is removed....I don't recall ever seeing that happen. Yesterday I serviced our cruze and just as soon as the plug was removed I remembered your comment and suggestion to vent the crankcase by removing oil fill cap or at least pulling up on the dipstick a little. It is strange to see the oil stream burp like that. I wonder what this engine is using for a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system? Interesting! Thanks again for your picture guide to the 1.4 oil change. Nice Job!
TSUracing, when you mentioned in your oil change presentation that the oil would "burp" when the drain plug is removed....I don't recall ever seeing that happen. Yesterday I serviced our cruze and just as soon as the plug was removed I remembered your comment and suggestion to vent the crankcase by removing oil fill cap or at least pulling up on the dipstick a little. It is strange to see the oil stream burp like that. I wonder what this engine is using for a positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) system? Interesting! Thanks again for your picture guide to the 1.4 oil change. Nice Job!
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