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Posted on 12/31/25 at 12:45 pm to member12
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The new full sized Toyotas have another engine that I wouldn’t touch.
I (maybe) unfortunately have one but hasn’t been caught up in a recall yet. Still hoping it was solved before I got mine earlier this year.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 12:51 pm to Cosmo
quote:most vehicles sold in the 80s and 90s were lucky to ever make it 100k
Because they dont build cars to go over 100k miles They want you to buy a new one before that
Now days there is instances where women have driven cars off the lot and made it 100k without changing the oil.
Not hitting 100k is probably more rare than surpassing it
Posted on 12/31/25 at 12:56 pm to member12
They want you atthe stealership getting it fixed. They could have easily made it with a chain not a belt.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 1:23 pm to member12
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cheaper
Its why they also have plastic oil pans.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 1:26 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Its why they also have plastic oil pans.
This still blows mind.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 1:42 pm to member12
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Why does Ford use wet belts for their engine oil pumps?
Because frick the customers who expect to keep it for more than 5 years.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 3:00 pm to kywildcatfanone
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cheaper
Its why they also have plastic oil pans.
Wrong. Plastic oil pans are lighter, quieter, and far less leak-prone than stamped steel. The only difference is if you high center hard enough to break it. The same event would dent a steel pan badly enough to impair oil flow in a modern car because there is absolutely no margin for extra depth in the pan like there used to be (regulations at the bottom of this). Either way, the engine either shuts down immediately (holed plastic pan, oil pressure to 0) or dies slowly (dented steel pan). In the former case, you MIGHT have a shot to save the engine.
WRT to rubber belts, running the oil pump with them is far lighter duty than the rubber timing belts a lot of cars - mostly foreign - used to come with. If you change oil remotely on schedule, you should get 200k out of an oil pump belt. 99.9% of first and second owners never hit 200k.
PS - VW Group, Stellantis, Kia and Hyundai also use wet belts.
This post was edited on 12/31/25 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 12/31/25 at 3:04 pm to member12
Replace that Cuisinart with a 35horse Briggs, baw.
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:07 pm to member12
Posted on 12/31/25 at 4:47 pm to SuperSaint
quote:My experience differed:
most vehicles sold in the 80s and 90s were lucky to ever make it 100k
1982 Plymouth Sapporo (Mitsubishi import) 160k
1985 Thunderbird (V6) 175k
1990 Honda Civic 140k
1993 Nissan Quest around 130k, I don’t remember exactly.
All bought new and kept at least 6 years.
Zero major issues with any of them.
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