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truthisfreedom

(23,148 posts) Fri Dec 27, 2013, 08:32 AM Dec 2013

General Motors recalls 1.5m cars in China

Source: BBC

General Motors (GM) and its partner firm in China are recalling about 1.46 million cars amid concerns about their potential safety.

In one of the biggest operations of its kind to date in China, GM and Shanghai General Motors will recall their Buick and Chevrolet models.

The cars could have issues with a bracket securing the fuel oil pump, said China's quality watchdog.

Read more: http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25525619

Uhh, excuse me? fuel oil pump???

Since when do cars run on fuel oil?

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General Motors recalls 1.5m cars in China (Original Post) truthisfreedom Dec 2013 OP

China has a "quality watchdog"? pipoman Dec 2013 #1

. jsr Dec 2013 #3

Since they were invented. The US calls it diesel instead of fuel oil. Thor_MN Dec 2013 #2

"fuel oil pump" - I think that was a typo. ConcernedCanuk Dec 2013 #4

This has to be from the plant in Shenyang Left Coast2020 Dec 2013 #5

pipoman

(16,038 posts)

1. China has a "quality watchdog"?

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 08:37 AM

Dec 2013

Who knew?

jsr

(7,712 posts)

3. .

Reply to pipoman (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 10:57 AM

Dec 2013

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)

2. Since they were invented. The US calls it diesel instead of fuel oil.

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 10:14 AM

Dec 2013

Fuel oil is a more generic term, diesel is a specific type of fuel oil.

ConcernedCanuk

(13,509 posts)

4. "fuel oil pump" - I think that was a typo.

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 05:10 PM

Dec 2013

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Diesels use injector pumps - I've worked on them for over 40 years.

No one EVER called them a fuel oil pump.

I checked a dozen other sites with the same news - they all simply called it a fuel pump. Period.

Thats my 2 cents worth.

CC

Left Coast2020

(2,397 posts)

5. This has to be from the plant in Shenyang

Reply to truthisfreedom (Original post)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 01:06 AM

Dec 2013

Rode bus by this plant several times when I was teaching there--unless there's a plant in another province I didn't know about. Shenyang is an incredibly uneducated, bassackwards city and part of the country--in comparrison to Shanghai or Beijing. But I'm just guessing Shanghai is a more educated city.

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