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GE opens assembly line in Kazakhstan to sell good-for-nothing engines to Russia
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2 [b]CSSHEGEWISCH[/b], that's not the case. you may keep using a half-century-old engine and even keep manufacturing some of these but this doesn't make them environmentally friendly or cost-effective or anything. mind this, not a single european state would ever buy them. you know why? because these engines are morally obsolete. only third-world countries like kazakhstan agree to buy them because the US has certain political influence on them. though I believe that buying 7FDL engines is a pure squander. btw, I know that even before kazakh came into line with GE for opening an assemble plant, mongolia had 2 of its locomotives modernized with GE 7FDL engines. after using them for two years mongolians came to a determination that buying these engines was a mere waste. to begin with they are terribly unstable in operation the onboard computer is lagging and hanging-up something gets broken every now and then. they had to renew a ton of defective parts - it looked like the GE 7FDL began to shiver! in addition to that there was excess oil flow and huge fuel penalty! how do you like this? as far as I know, after that china refused to buy these engines. if only there was no kazakhstan with its puppet president and russian corrupt officials GE would go bankrupt 'cause nobody else would pay for this junk! sorry, i forgot to say hello :)
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