Reply To: Rebuilt Engine Longevity

[Craig Castillo]

I realize what short trips will do to an engine.

Even modern cars that are used mainly for short trips will fall into the severe duty category and should be serviced as such.

Short trips without fully warming up the engine are not only hard on the engine but are very hard on the exhaust system as well.

The acids combined with the moisture still in a not fully warmed up exhaust system with rot out an exhaust system very quickly.

Luckily for those of us with a Pierce 8, there is plenty of room around the carb to add a modern pod air filter.

That is why I mentioned modern rebuild methods and maintenance.

One issue for my car would be adding an oil filter system that was not available at the time the car was new.

Sure, I could adapt a system from a later Pierce but it would not be correct.

Then again, who cares about being perfectly correct unless you’re having the car competitively judged on a regular basis?

Not having an oil filter has always bothered me and I’d have to look at the block to see if the block is even tapped for oil filter lines.