9th Jun 2011, 12:02
I own a 1978 Electra with 311,000 miles and a 6.6L 403 V8. It burns a small amount of oil (less than 1/2 quart every 4000 miles), has had two head gaskets and two manifold gaskets redone, but has not "locked up." Any engine less than 40 years old and less than 150,000 in this day and age that "locks up" for no reason is a junk lemon.
3rd Jun 2011, 20:27
Not a LEMON? Maybe I define it differently...
A motor on a car locking up (because of a DEFECTIVE engineering design) at less than 80K miles... I define that as a lemon.
I wasn't buying driveway furniture.