In another example, I almost hate to pass on because of the fraud involved, it took a lot of driving before the engine failed.
The dealership that I worked in as a service advisor in the mid 70's, had a service manager that wanted more power in his nearly new pick-up. So he had the shop foreman drain the oil and drive it until the engine knocked so that he could claim engine failure and replace the 390 short block with a 428 short block and alter the warranty claim. The road test to get the engine knocking was over an hour.
By the way, I didn't work there very long as I could not abide their ethics.
In still another dealership where the technicians had too much control (the tail wagged the dog), the technicians would have contests to see how quickly they could scatter an engine. Instead of trying to identify the problem when they got an engine knock noise, they would drain the oil and try to destroy the engine (throw a rod). They said it was "job security" in that they would not have any "come backs" because they were unable to identify the bad parts. With a blown engine, they were able to install either a complete short block or complete long block. Sometimes they could get failure on hard acceleration within the parking lot (less than 50 feet).
I discussed what I saw and heard with the service manager and he didn't seem to be concerned, so I left.
The point being, some engines will scatter sooner than others, especially if they already have a problem. Healthy ones last longer than you may expect.
The dealership that I worked in as a service advisor in the mid 70's, had a service manager that wanted more power in his nearly new pick-up. So he had the shop foreman drain the oil and drive it until the engine knocked so that he could claim engine failure and replace the 390 short block with a 428 short block and alter the warranty claim. The road test to get the engine knocking was over an hour.
By the way, I didn't work there very long as I could not abide their ethics.
In still another dealership where the technicians had too much control (the tail wagged the dog), the technicians would have contests to see how quickly they could scatter an engine. Instead of trying to identify the problem when they got an engine knock noise, they would drain the oil and try to destroy the engine (throw a rod). They said it was "job security" in that they would not have any "come backs" because they were unable to identify the bad parts. With a blown engine, they were able to install either a complete short block or complete long block. Sometimes they could get failure on hard acceleration within the parking lot (less than 50 feet).
I discussed what I saw and heard with the service manager and he didn't seem to be concerned, so I left.
The point being, some engines will scatter sooner than others, especially if they already have a problem. Healthy ones last longer than you may expect.
