Anyone w/Geo Metro experience

On 1/29/2012 8:53 AM, Chas wrote:

Are these worth rebuilding?

******** I live at 5300 feet ASL and I have attained 61 mpg twice (distance
56 mles includes 8 city miles) driving at 74 MPH. Try to find one to buy
now. At faster highway speeds my mileage drops down to 57 mpg. Mine is a 4
speed manual tranny.
Even Subaru Justys are impossible to find now.  I averaged 37.5 mpg with the
Justy I owned previously.

Chas wrote:

Heat the rod ends and press them together. You DON'T heat the pistons
unless you want some nice sculptures.
Wrist pins in the fridge helps.

Then just grab the engine in one hand and drop it in....

--
Steve W.

Reminds me, the time I got called to repair a walk behind lawn mower,
blowing smoke. The oil is massively over filled. Turns out, the guy checked
the dipstick, found it to be low. Added the entire quart, like he did on the
car.

Much the same deal, drain and put in the proper 20 ounces of oil.

Christopher A. Young
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The last one I had here was owned by our Chiefs daughter. Her kid
decided to help her out and changed the oil. She brought it to me
because it didn't want to run immediately after that. Asked what he did
"changed the oil and that's all". OK.
Looked it over and you could get it to start but it was blowing a TON of
smoke. Pulled the dip stick and then asked "So just how much oil did you
put in?" Kid looks at me and says "The same amount I put in my truck"
(It's an F-250 that holds 6 quarts) BUT the Metro holds just under 4
total with the largest filter fitted. OOPS.
Drained the oil, dumped some cleaner into it to prevent tons of carbon
from the extra oil. She ran that thing for about a year until the kid
totaled it for her...

--
Steve W.

I overfilled my   85  VW Golf diesel   two quarts once. once. The breather
fed the air intake the oil .  And I got introduced to Diesel overspeeding .
While getting on the turnpike  entrance.  Damn  car turned into a oil
smoking quarter mile dragster. Going around a cloverleaf.  It scared the
shit out of me.

 I had one, but I didn't blow it up or nothing. Its incredibly slow
accelerating.   The motor isn't particularly reliable. As a mater of  fact
that's the usual problem. The motor went south.
Rebuild it if you want.  Its cheap enough.,  Sure as  shit  don't need no
cherry picker either to get  it in.

Diesel.

*****************************
If I had gotten off my dead butt earlier the difference in the gasoline for
a '96 LeSaber V6 would have paid for the entire rebuild, plus enough left
for a big steak.
Prior to the head gasket blowing, I had noticed that it was slowly using
water, I had 6 months earlier replaced the water pump as it was leaking
badly.  Had I had enough sense to retighten the cylinder head bolts th I
most likely would not have had the problem.
Years ago the Milwaukee Railroad had locomotives that used roots type
superchargers at low rpm and they switched over to turbines on the high end.
For some reason (which I forget) they experienced 'engine runaways' on
crankcase oil.  The crews discoverd the only way to stop them (of course
fuel shut off didn't work) was to dump the powder fire extinguishers into
the air intakes.  I bet you had to scrape your leg after you got off the
ramp.
. .chas

     Yea,  I was lucky.   It was quite a ride.

Diesel.