Blown engine

Seriously - if people posting about these engines dying bothers you why are you in here? Glutton for punishment? If the title didn’t give it away this whole thread is about it.

 

Toyota uses Just in time logistics, assembled engines rarely sit for more than a couple weeks before being put into a build. More often than not its a couple days between engine final assembly to being put into a chassis.

 

Harmless question - do you still have your Tundra, and have you decreased your oil change intervals?

 

Can't speak for BB but maybe he drives the asset so it's relevant as opposed to being a tourist?

 

Reading this thread reminds me of this interview- HERE.

 

Boeing is very dysfunctional company compared to Toyota imho. I used to live in North Seattle and all my neighbors were Boeing, I used to teach at Boeing Field and several of my fellow instructors were full time Boeing in various departments. That company is just nuts. I have flown all three gens of the 737 and I sometimes wonder how they actually manage to pull it off building airplanes in a modern era watching and listening to those Boeing people in Seattle. That said the door plug was a stupid QA oversight, normally there is a door there but US airlines don't want to cram more people in so they leave it out in many models. The Max speed trim was flight test trying to keep engineering and QA happy with sloppy handling at high angle of attacks - btw this has been a problem on all generations of the 737. The only reason the Max was built was to keep Southwest happy btw. Boeing moved headquarters out of Seattle to get away from it's labor. Likewise it moved 787 to a non-union state as well. The labor v mgmt deal is definitely more screwed up than ever.

A more comparative story is the engines on the 321 Neo that Pratt built that seems to fall apart due to a manufacturer flaw in the metal construction of some of turbine blades. That is causing some serious problems for airlines. None have fallen from the sky so no bleeding....no leading in the news.

It would be nice to get a full story from Toyota proper but i suspect that will never happen. I just keep trying not to be the nail....i don't want to be a hammer either....i just want to live happily in a sea of oblivious non-impacted nails...lol.

Meanwhile i guess we can all watch the 4cyl turbos in the new Tacos coming out of 'bama. Good luck to all. Man those pictures are terrible tho. I feel for all who are having to deal with this mess.

 

No doubt there are a lot of poorly designed diesels out there.

Don’t get me started on the 6.2L and 6.5L GM diesel V8’s. I have a lot of time driving those turds in grossly overloaded HMMV’s in Iraq in 120F weather. I have a special hatred for them.

 

Yep, i'm at 22k miles, still doing the 10k OCIs and getting reports from blackstone. They said based on my driving, I can stretch it to 12k if I wanted, but I'm gonna keep doing 10k.

There's a chance I may sell the Tundra in the next couple months. I have a newborn and my wife hates how warm the back of the truck gets because the AC vents there aren't the best. I also don't love that there isn't an easy place for me to put the stroller without it sliding around in the bed, so we're looking at getting an SUV for myself. I have ordered a 2024 Land Cruiser that should be here in July. I'm still debating keeping the truck, but it doesn't make sense for us to have 4 cars between the two of us. She's got a 2023 Mercedes GLC that she loves, and I have a 2007 Cayman S and the Tundra. We'll see if my Dad wants to take the Tundra so it stays in the family.

 

That’s a lot of vehicles to have and maintain

 

Toyota kidnapped him as he was approaching high mileage.

 

Yeah, I always had a fleet of cars for myself when I was single, it was downsized when we got married lol. At one point I had 6 cars and only 1 of them was running.

 

I have a one year old, and love how much storage space truck bed provides. I have a DCU camper shell with no windows for security.

I'm not sure how much space the new land cruiser has (it doesn't seem like a big trunk) , but I think that you won't have enough space with a kid. Once you put a full size stroller into the trunk it'll take up more than half of it, and then you'll always be playing tetris trying to get stuff in.. As it's never enough room. My wife has a GLE and it's always a tight fit whenever we drive anywhere... If you bring a stroller, then you can barely squeeze in Costco purchases etc. With truck it's always super easy and convenient.

Have you considered tinting the top of the truck or blocking the sunroof completely, and maybe doing something to lower temperature of the truck overall? Tonneau cover and bed dividers would work great. Or it seems you want a new toy!

 

We’re able to get the stroller base and my golf clubs into the back of my wife’s GLC pretty easily, with room left for groceries and both of our backpacks. The issue we have is that she’s a smol person and the stroller slides to the end of the bed in my truck. We have a bed divider as well, but even the largest divider isn’t big enough for the stroller base, so it has to go in above it where it slides around in the bed.

the heat thing is more her complaint. I have ceramic tint on all windows of the truck, and the pano roof, but 100+ degree days in the summer combined with only the floor vents for AC in the rear mean it takes a while for the backseat to cool down and struggles to stay cool without putting the AC to LO.

it’s all dumb reasons to replace a vehicle, but with my employee discounts, it’ll basically be an even trade so there’s no harm in it. If I hate it, I can always sell the LC and get another Tundra pretty easily.

 

How do you figure a stroller is taking up all that room in the back of a Land Cruiser to the point you can’t put groceries or luggage in there too?



Seems plenty roomy to me, over 37 cubic feet of space.

Just too bad the I4 turbo hybrid seems to be a turd when in comes to providing acceptable acceleration. Maybe Toyota will put a real engine in it for 2025 or 2026.

 

It's not bad. Looks like a lot of space.

 

Hi you asked me the question regarding where the info came from on how much old oil is left in the engine at oil change time.
From the servicing dealer
Call your local servicing dealer. Tell them you have a question how much the Dry fill is and Oil/Filter Change fill.
Do not ask them if they get all the old oil out at oil change time. The person you talk to will say "All of it Sir"
They don't know unless a previous person asked. They need to look up the answer.
If they care they will - they will put you on hold. So call them when not busy.

Wow. Impressive how many you have owned.
There is no perfect vehicle, but it is generally agreed that the 993 has the best ass. 8^)
Its the most modern version of pure Porsche. Air-Oil only cooled. The way it was meant to be.
When I bought my 993 which is a wide body blk on blk manual coupe I had an opportunity to buy a turbo for a reasonable amount more.
I passed on it thinking it would not be as reliable (LOL), the way it was driven, yada yada yada.
The Porsche market right now thinks that a low mileage well kept 993 Turbo represents the epitome.
You know the prices.

 

I feel really stupid telling you this but try this, LOL. it fixes the AC thing pretty well.

temp dail -2

 

There's no air flow in back.

I use the dash side deflectors aimed at the windows, then the cold air follows the windows to the back, where it blows cold to the back of the neck. Which is not perfect, but at least delivers some cooling to the kids.

 

Mine has a pretty decent air flow back there, the temp dial cal tweak helps keep the cab to a keep the desired temp better.

I also have vented seats in the rear which helps if needed.

 

My son complains that it is to cold in the back a lot of the times. I do have full ceramic tint which helps to keep the cab cooler. But the more miles I get on the truck the better the AC seems to work

 

100% but there seems to be some mystique around diesels that they are built to survive a multi-megaton nuclear blast and somehow those same techniques can't be applied to gasoline engines.

 

And yet somehow we are able to fit our two kids in car seats in a chevy bolt with a Jeep brand folding wagon, coolers and all the stuff we need to go spend a day at the amusement park. And we can all go to the ski resort with all our gear and 4 pairs of skis. And we can all go biking with two adult mountain bikes, 1 24" mountain bike, and my daughters 16" bike.

I drove a supercrew, 6.5' bed F150 before this with a leer fiberglass topper and dont miss it. It was nice to be able to indiscriminately throw crap in the back in a completely unorganized fashion but everything else about driving it was less nice for daily driver purposes than my Bolt or my LX570.

 

You, BoulderGT3, myself, and others have tried to explain this but people don’t seem inclined to listen.

Manifold air density/pressure (whatever measurement you like), exhaust gas temperature, manifold air temperature, and all other operating conditions related to forced induction are basically the same regardless of the fuel source as far as engine components are concerned. Yet here we are trying to dispel some gospel that all turbo-diesels are invincible because diesel fuel, and turbo-gassers are all grenades with the pin pulled.

Some of the haters might as well claim that the V35A-FTS is possessed by evil spirits. That argument would actually be more logical than some I’ve read on here.

Sure there’s a tiny percentage of known failed engines, and that thoroughly sucks for affected owners. I think Toyota is mis-handling the replacement/repair process very badly by having short blocks built into complete engines using parts off of failed engines. It’s extra expensive for the labor, takes longer, and by nature of the assembly process by techs that don’t specialize in rebuilding engines introduces more risk of future problems.

That said after my test drive of a 2023 Sequoia I can say I was thoroughly impressed with the iForceMax and 10 speed. The rest of the vehicle not so much, and my dislikes would be similar if not identical on the new Tundra as well.

 

I used to have a 2019 4Runner and would kart my niece and nephew around - plenty of room in there for two strollers and a boxful of stuff to use at the park or playground. So much more convenient to have it in an SUV than it is in a truck bed. 2024 Land Cruiser has similar space in the back so I don't imagine I'll have any issues. I'm sad to see the truck go, but once my son is old enough I'll get another one. Maybe Toyota will have a full EV SUV/Truck by then

 

I don't understand, your dick is ok or needs to be compensated for?

 

Call me spoiled then. I can't fit into anything smaller than a truck after owning one

 

What?

 

I wonder if there's a reason behind Toyota insisting on using short blocks and having techs rebuild it?

Maybe trying to give more work to dealers or make sure their techs have experience rebuilding engines?

It's clearly costing more for corporate to go this route than providing crate engines...

 

Maybe they dont have enough parts to have assembled long blocks sitting around.

Also I expect they might use re-manufactured engines eventually once they get a supply built up, which shouldn't take to long at this rate

Thats how Ford was doing it with the 3.5L. Even if you went through a dealer it was a Ford/Motorcraft reman'd long block.

 

I'm sorry, it was a joke that you drive both small cheap car and big expensive SUV. So a bystander can't presume your private parts size. I also missed an 'r' in 'your'.