2UZ-FE Miracle?

Saw this today and thought I'd share. Definitely speaks volumes about the mighty 2UZ-FE. It's also fun listening to Petr's narrative. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLaGE4vSqHg&ab_channel=ToyotaMaintenance

 

We had a little chatter about this in the Lunch Table thread over here a day or three ago: https://www.tundras.com/threads/1st-gen-lunch-table-general-discussion.60450/page-1946#post-3474275

 

I saw this as well. This is actually not the first I have heard of one of these engines surviving a timing belt failure. It's almost as if they aren't fully interference engines.

 

I think non-VVT and idling at time of failure is what saves most of these

 

Makes sense that idling wouldn't cause as severe of damage.

 

Yeah, I recently found out a family friend had his 02’ Sequoia pop a belt while idling and it was fine.

His thought was the truck wasn’t worth the cost of replacing the belt so he ran it till it failed. I think he was sub 300k when it let go.

 

I bet he's eating crow over that one

 

He actually thought it would go 400+ before letting go.

He had a buddy help him swap the belt, and his wife’s been driving it ever since.

 

Glad it still is chugging along!