Beating my favorite dead horse: stupid (or intentionally awful) engineering

[Fat Brian]

12 hours ago, Deathgoblin said:

Let's see...  Headlight bulb changes on a 2009 Chevy Malibu.  Have to remove the nose of the car to change because the headlight units are bolted to the front bulkhead with no passthrough.  I'll admit I found an easier way later where you can unbolt/unsnap the top edge of the nose and slide your hand in and just unbolt the side of the headlight unit and get the bulb changed.   Had a 1998 Cadillac DeVille Concours with the 4.3L Northstar. They used too small bolts to hold down the heads, so after a while they start to strip out and you get coolant leaks/blown head gaskets. The engine can be rebuilt (engine out) and the bolt can be drilled/tapped to use LS1 bolts. And my most recent folly, 2011 GMC Acadia.  The engine loses oil through the PCV and you have to watch the oil levels like a hawk.  If it loses more than a little bit of oil, the timing chains overheat and stretch a little.  First it'll just lose a little power and show a code the timing is off.  After a while it jumps time (like when the alternator has just failed and been replaced) and it's an engine out job to repair.  

My 2011 Acadia is currently getting its engine replaced with a fresher unit and I had the timing chains done on the newer engine while it was out so I won't have to deal with them for the foreseeable future. This one doesn't drink oil as bad as my Traverse did, I poured half a quart of oil out of the intake tube on time. And changing the headlight bulbs in either one is ridiculous, you have to either pull the bumper cover or the front tires and inner fender liners.

[tbill]

Remember how easy it used to be to replace a thermostat? Not anymore….

 

[johnyrotten]

Visual proof of why I changed careers. 

[Sledsel]

So happy I drive an 87 Marquis.......😁

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 05:21 PM by Sledsel

[sfhess]

Passenger side timing chain and tensioners on the Ford 4.0 SOHC V6. It's on the passenger side, at the back.  Engine out to service/change.

[iamsuperdan]

Imagine being a Ford tech.

The diesel Superduty has the most packed engine bay I've ever seen. Imagine having to do any work in here. Fun fact, there are at least 7 different "radiators" in the front of one of these trucks depending on how it's optioned and what the cooling requirements are.

 

New Ford Bronco. Regular maintenance should be fun. Replacing components should be even more fun!

Why do people want a model kit of the new Bronco with a full engine? I don't want to build or look at this!

[Rob Hall]

As with most modern vehicles, there is nothing interesting to see under the hood.  Leave it to the dealer to mess with.  So in 1/25th or 1/24th a curbside kit is fine by me. 

[ksnow]

Looks like most of that Ford engine is under the dash. 

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, Rob Hall said:

As with most modern vehicles, there is nothing interesting to see under the hood.  Leave it to the dealer to mess with.  So in 1/25th or 1/24th a curbside kit is fine by me. 

Especially when you have no idea what any of it does anyway...

[Rob Hall]

Just now, Ace-Garageguy said:

Especially when you have no idea what any of it does anyway...

Nor care.  Separation of concerns.