[Gmecm] Re: Undignified death of a project :P

[David Allen]

  One illiterate (literally - she could not read) lady had blown several 
engines and melted 2 or 3 other heads on a Chevy Corsica 4 cyl due to 
overheating. (they were too cheap to rebuild it and put in junkyard core 
engines).
   I hooked up a timed relay to a temp switch.  A 90 decibel buzzer would 
sound in the car for 30 seconds then the injectors were shut off by the 
timer.
  Next time she lost a belt, she called in saying the car was going "dead" 
on her.  No mention of the alarm.  Sure enough, it was overheating and 
shutting down. Engine saved (but fool really should heave deserved to pay 
for another engine)
David

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick McLeod" <dunvegan at sbcglobal.net>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] Re: Undignified death of a project :P


> Ya know what, Honda small engines (and various others) goof proofed their 
> product with a simple addition of a low oil shutdown that I'm sure was 
> driven by the need to reduce waranty claims by those that ignore 
> maintenance. Maybe we as a hobyist community need to develop a similar 
> system, maybe one that gets extremely obnoxious (I'd hate to have it die 
> in the middle of an intersection) in the event of such problems, it would 
> give a lot of peace of mind when we need to loan the prized steed to a 
> family or friend.
>
> Any one think of a reason not to create such a feature?
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andrew Gibson <andrewsharyn at yahoo.com>
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2007 8:26:35 PM
> Subject: [Gmecm] Re: Undignified death of a project :P
>
>
> Giving my brother an atomic wedgie my be in order as the truck has the 
> full battery of guages. Temp, oil pressure, voltage and a check engine 
> light.
>
>
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