1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Regency Brougham Sedan from North America - Comments

Where to start...

As soon as I bought this car it immediately needed a new air filter.

Then the line from the radiator to the reserve tank split while I was going down the road and sprayed fluid all over everything.

Car lurches pretty bad, I don't know why this is, and I can't afford to fix it!

What a boat!

I never owned a diesel before, but this one runs pretty good.

It has a CB built into the radio, which I thought was pretty cool.

Be on the lookout with that motor. Car Craft (i think) named both the Olds 350 diesel and the smaller one in their ten worst engines ever list. I guess they had reliability problems. If its the 350 diesel there are kits to convert it to gas. In fact, the 350 diesel, when made to run on gasoline, can be bored and stroked to around 440 cubic inches. For more information about that check 442.com. I think they have an article about it somewhere.

Oldsmobile was a testing car. It's the first one they tested automatic back in the days and the first to try diesel. I would say diesel was a solution to the high fuel usage, but they still have a lot to learn from the European manufacturers.

Obviously, this gentleman did not thoroughly inspect the car before he bought it. If it needed an air filter, he should have seen that when he was looking at the car before he bought it. The hose that he complains about cracks and splits on most gm cars after 20 years of neglect.

Perhaps he is just trying to blame the condition of the vehicle on his own poor performance in his pre-sale inspection- the buyer should have beware.

I have a 1984 88 Royale Brogham Diesel, and it runs perfectly. Why? it was maintained properly and meticulously since new. It has 153000 miles, and the engine has no problems whatever. Most of the diesel's problems were fixed by GM before the 1983 model year, but ignorance on the part of the dealerships and most owners about maintenance is what desroyed them. Simple things like changing the oil more frequenly than a gas engine, and not using alcohol based fuel additives were the things that would have prevented the most damage.