I have the Delta 88 with the same diesel engine, but as a 2 door coupe. Perhaps you have to check all glow plugs. My Olds starts without problems, gas mileage is from 7,8 to 9,4 l/100km, depends on temperature and driving style. I drove over 40.000 km in 2 years with this car, I love it. Greetings from Germany :)
@@1978mackdaddy A lot of parts are the same parts for a Chevy Caprice. Oil-filter, air-filter you can get from a normal car shop, and the other parts I order from rockauto.com or german online sellers for US-car-parts. The pencil injectors are adjustable, you can adjust the pressure after cleaning them, but I have an extra set of 8 :) , found them on an ebay auction here in Germany. For driving the 40k kms, I only changed oil and filters, no other parts were needed. The transmission is very common, TH-200, parts are available with no problems. Ah, yes, and I had to order some glow plugs when I was in Spain. No problem to get them here in Spain, took 2 days and I could get them from the shop.
@@Ami8driver Damn thats facinating! My first car was a 1985 Olds delta 88 2 door with a 307 gas motor. I loved that car! So tell me as German.. How do you like the engineering and feel of the Delta 88? What has your experience with the reliability been like with your Olds. Mine was a bulletproof tank.
Hi, im from germany, i have a 78 Delta 88 Diesel but it wont run. Engine was blown up. Now everything is fixed but it doesnt fire up. Think the wiring is bad. Need somebody with knowledge or just a working car to look under the hood :) i think the electrical shutoff is the problem
Love that sound, but its so unusual to hear it coming from a car! These diesels are mainly limited to pickup trucks and semi-trucks. Chevrolet is bringing back the diesel suburban for 2021 tho, can't wait to see one!
That seems to be in Europe somewhere 😮 It's already very rare in North America to see those gm diesel cars , but where really cool !!! They've been built between 1978 to 1984
Big American car with a big Diesel, so very 80’s. I have a 1997 Ford van with the 7.3 liter turbo-Diesel. Very entertaining engine, always snorting, growling, and spitting fire like a dragon - figuratively.
The car is beautiful. That engine is ROTTEN to the core. Dead slow and thirsty as well as being short lived. The easiest and nicest way to add amber rear turn signals is to get the tail lamp assemblies from an 84 or 85 Oldsmobile Delta 88 or Delta 89 Royale. The quite rare 84 and 85 Delta 88 Royale Brougham Luxury Sedan had the lights in the same segments as the lower trim levels, but both parts were red. The ones with separate turn signals have the same opening to fit. An easy hoc can be done in half an hour since the wiring has already been opened.
Sad that Olds was rushed into making these things. A few short years later, the 307 and 200-4R would evolve to deliver the same efficiency without all the noise, smoke, and headaches. Became GM's preferred big car power team through the 80s.
The 2018 annual meetup for folks from the Autoshite forum "ShiteFest", that particular one was hosted by the owner of uksaabs.co.uk, hence the Saab content!
Michael Langley Run the glow plugs three times, and pray. Pray that, if it starts, there's enough air left on the planet to support life. Actually, if everything is in proper working order, and the fuel isn't gelling, those start pretty easily... as long as the proper starting sequence was followed... But, there was no getting away from smelling some raw fuel floating in the air on a cold day.
rx6180 - Americans take to Diesels, but mainly in trucks. American cars with Diesels was an experimentation brought from strict US emissions laws in the 70’s/80’s.
Too bad someone couldn’t have found the 83-85 taillights with the amber directionals so they wouldn’t have to mount those ugly ones to meet European traffic laws
Not this one, in 1980 Detroit fixed the problem, so every Delta 88 of this gen have the Detroit Version of the 5.7. It is a very reliable engine since that year, I know ones with 600k miles and without problems.
As an American who grew up in the 80s I have questions. How? How did this hot garbage folly of US GM engineering end up in the UK? And why? Why did you expend actual effort to get it there? What next? A 1981 US Ford Escort? L. Make sure you get the L. You, Sir, are a masochist.
Sadly it's not mine, I stick to home grown British Leyland junk for the most part. No idea who brought it over here, it certainly not a desirable car. May have come over with a US army/airforce serviceman, they often shipped their cars over here.
An Olds that sounds like a freakin MACK truck, gotta love it, lol.
Wow, somebody actually brought one over to the UK. Holy moly.
They love them in the UK. Huge car that gets 20+ hectares on a single gallon of kerosene
I have the Delta 88 with the same diesel engine, but as a 2 door coupe. Perhaps you have to check all glow plugs. My Olds starts without problems, gas mileage is from 7,8 to 9,4 l/100km, depends on temperature and driving style.
I drove over 40.000 km in 2 years with this car, I love it.
Greetings from Germany :)
I must confess this isn't my car, I just met the owner at a meet up! More footage of it can be found here!
ua-cam.com/video/fyoydchp01M/v-deo.html
So you have this car in Germany? If so, how exactly were you able to maintain it over there?
@@1978mackdaddy A lot of parts are the same parts for a Chevy Caprice. Oil-filter, air-filter you can get from a normal car shop, and the other parts I order from rockauto.com or german online sellers for US-car-parts. The pencil injectors are adjustable, you can adjust the pressure after cleaning them, but I have an extra set of 8 :) , found them on an ebay auction here in Germany.
For driving the 40k kms, I only changed oil and filters, no other parts were needed. The transmission is very common, TH-200, parts are available with no problems.
Ah, yes, and I had to order some glow plugs when I was in Spain. No problem to get them here in Spain, took 2 days and I could get them from the shop.
@@Ami8driver Damn thats facinating! My first car was a 1985 Olds delta 88 2 door with a 307 gas motor. I loved that car! So tell me as German.. How do you like the engineering and feel of the Delta 88? What has your experience with the reliability been like with your Olds. Mine was a bulletproof tank.
Hi, im from germany, i have a 78 Delta 88 Diesel but it wont run. Engine was blown up. Now everything is fixed but it doesnt fire up. Think the wiring is bad. Need somebody with knowledge or just a working car to look under the hood :) i think the electrical shutoff is the problem
The abandoned SAAB 900 caught my eye.
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Love that sound, but its so unusual to hear it coming from a car! These diesels are mainly limited to pickup trucks and semi-trucks. Chevrolet is bringing back the diesel suburban for 2021 tho, can't wait to see one!
IIRC those engines were based off a petrol engine, with different heads and an injection system added...I think anyhow.
That seems to be in Europe somewhere 😮
It's already very rare in North America to see those gm diesel cars , but where really cool !!!
They've been built between 1978 to 1984
It’s a UK registration plate 👍
@@samb5327 thank you !
I love the olds diesels would love to have one
The smoke coming out of by the front wheel when it starts, leaking manifold my guess
Mr Hubnut sent me, cheers!
Big American car with a big Diesel, so very 80’s. I have a 1997 Ford van with the 7.3 liter turbo-Diesel. Very entertaining engine, always snorting, growling, and spitting fire like a dragon - figuratively.
Ha, 80’s also the “Big Hair” era.
Loving the clagginess
I love that diesel clatter
Beautiful car I love it!!!
Nice. that sound reminds me of my old Nissan Patrol with an SD33 engine.
I had an 81 98 Regency that was smooth
That sounded lovely!
who put stones in the hub caps?
lmfaoooooo
Cadillac rims
Lovely
The car is beautiful. That engine is ROTTEN to the core. Dead slow and thirsty as well as being short lived. The easiest and nicest way to add amber rear turn signals is to get the tail lamp assemblies from an 84 or 85 Oldsmobile Delta 88 or Delta 89 Royale. The quite rare 84 and 85 Delta 88 Royale Brougham Luxury Sedan had the lights in the same segments as the lower trim levels, but both parts were red. The ones with separate turn signals have the same opening to fit. An easy hoc can be done in half an hour since the wiring has already been opened.
LOVED the '85 LS Brougham... Spilt RED taillights, 98 Backup lights, grill and interior!
350 5.7L diesel, bullet proof Oldsmobile engines!
If properly taken care of, they will be.
ClassicTVMan1981X As with any engine
Place looks like a gold mine I wouldn't mind one or two of those cars to buy and do up
Sounds still good and looks good though :)
My mom had one, it was white. 6.2 liter non turbo diesel
Big enough hitch on the damn thing, holy shit!!
Get glow plug system & fast idle dialed in proper, and they will start on first crank
Ah, that hubcap clink. Somebody didn’t have the stupid tool, and tried to pull one..
Worked on these pos new at the dealership 🎉
it has a beeper hahahaha? !
That’s some place you have there!
Uncle Buck mobile. Hilariously silly, love it.
Uncle Bucks car was a Mercury Marquis
Sad that Olds was rushed into making these things. A few short years later, the 307 and 200-4R would evolve to deliver the same efficiency without all the noise, smoke, and headaches. Became GM's preferred big car power team through the 80s.
@working_country ___ I'll give u that a 2004r made them more competitive. Do you have any experiences with the 260 Olds?
sounds like a truck! looks like a car!
I'm surprised it has a trailer hitch, those olds diesels couldn't pull a hot knife through butter.
Low rider, how many bodies can the trunk fit?? 🧐
Swear that thing sounds like a pick-up truck... Dully Silverado or something lol
At. 3:01 I thought that said plant city Florida for a sec...
Is it for sale?
Oh, forgot something, my Olds is from 1978 :) .
Is Uncle Buck in town? Lol.
He didn't drive a Delta though lol
He drove a 77 mercury marquis brougham
Absolutely hilarious
Where is this filmed? Lots of Saabs about 🤔
The 2018 annual meetup for folks from the Autoshite forum "ShiteFest", that particular one was hosted by the owner of uksaabs.co.uk, hence the Saab content!
That sounded like a diesel. During that time GM converted 350 V8 into diesel into their large oldsmobiles. GM made a huge mistake doing that.
What's it like in winter?
Michael Langley
Run the glow plugs three times, and pray. Pray that, if it starts, there's enough air left on the planet to support life.
Actually, if everything is in proper working order, and the fuel isn't gelling, those start pretty easily...
as long as the proper starting sequence was followed...
But, there was no getting away from smelling some raw fuel floating in the air on a cold day.
It does a great impression of old Leyland buses starting from cold.
Real car guys made it last.
What is rattling ?
Stones trapped behind the hubcaps.
At least the car works.
Rocks in the hubcaps....
what's the engine size?
4.3 litres I believe.
It’s a 5.7 liter.
Clag-tastic!
I have an delta 88 pickup build with an 6.6 Liter v8 in it with 420 hp
Had to be a 80 delta I can tell the tail lights
Your right...1980 had the plain look to them!
Thicc car
No wonder the Americans didn't take to diesels if this is how they built them. Did somebody leave a wheel wrench in the hubcap?
rx6180 - Americans take to Diesels, but mainly in trucks. American cars with Diesels was an experimentation brought from strict US emissions laws in the 70’s/80’s.
More fuel mileage laws than emissions
I'm rebuilding one of these engines for auto
Looks like Chevy Caprice
Oh no, what this old abandonned Saab 900 Aero (1:34) is doing here, poor car !
Hi does anyone know where i can get a starter motor for one any help appreciated
If I’m not mistaken a starter motor from the gas version should fit if your car is older than 1980
Maybe if you got rid of all that s hit ,it wouldn't take you half a day to leave!!!!!!
Diesel engines last longer than gasoline engines most.
Not these ones
@@cantdestroyher7245 Oh.
The 5.7 was very reliable, but the gasoline engines of this car too, so I think isn’t necessary like that.
Can anybody tell me what engine is in it.. ? Tia
4.3 litre Olds cast iron OHV V8 Diesel.
Wow - sounds like a beast..!
@@CaptainSlow1992 5.7l
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_Diesel_engine?wprov=sfti1
its 350 diesel 5.7l these cars only came with the 350 diesel or 307 5.0l from 1981-1985
Too bad someone couldn’t have found the 83-85 taillights with the amber directionals so they wouldn’t have to mount those ugly ones to meet European traffic laws
Shit, that thing is knocking as bad as it did when it rolled off of the assembly line. I know. My dad built it.
That’s because it’s a diesel. It’s not knocking. It’s running and it’s cold out.
Thats an 80
The engine sounds so sad
I bought one of these because I was afraid of the new computer controlled cars. Big mistake.
What happened? I have an 81 Bonneville With a diesel. Been a great reliable car so far.
Is this the same car? Sounds much better in this video
ua-cam.com/video/K2TqKPMR-bo/v-deo.html
It is the same car, I imagine it runs quite a bit nicer when it is warmed up.
It is in the junkyard right where it belongs.
30 mpg in a full sized car is nice
Saabs
Should have just left diesel engines to the europeans
A very bad engine, the worst Oldsmobile has ever built
Not this one, in 1980 Detroit fixed the problem, so every Delta 88 of this gen have the Detroit Version of the 5.7. It is a very reliable engine since that year, I know ones with 600k miles and without problems.
Later DX block. That’s the one you want.
As an American who grew up in the 80s I have questions. How? How did this hot garbage folly of US GM engineering end up in the UK? And why? Why did you expend actual effort to get it there? What next? A 1981 US Ford Escort? L. Make sure you get the L. You, Sir, are a masochist.
Sadly it's not mine, I stick to home grown British Leyland junk for the most part. No idea who brought it over here, it certainly not a desirable car. May have come over with a US army/airforce serviceman, they often shipped their cars over here.
Wow.
Sounds the same any any cam'd v8
Sounds like a 'camd' petrol v8