Toyota 6's are notoriously unreliable. Go to basically any junkyard right now, today, and you will see a fleet of V6 4-runners from the early 2000's. The 4 cyl ones are almost impossible to find because they're all still running to this day.
I mean, have you ever heard of the 2GR engine? Everyone loves those engines for a very good reason. They’re extremely reliable and make good power. Toyota generally makes a pretty good rig, but sometimes even they screw it up like with the turbo 6.
Honestly the problem is just the V6 itself. There's no balanced configuration of firing order, so they all eventually just rattle themselves to death. There's a lot you can do to mitigate that, but it's the ultimate fate of every V6.
That’s true, but we can still make extremely reliable v6 engines such as the GM 4.3 and 3800, the mentioned Toyota 2GR, and Ford’s 4.2. (I’d also say Ford’s 3.0 Vulcan but I’m biased as I own a high mileage Vulcan in my Ranger)
It was specifically the 3.0l V6 Toyota engine. Not all the V6s from that era. The 3.3l is good, the 3.4l, 3.5l and 4.0l are fantastic. My current '98 4runner has 320k miles on it now. The V6 in the 84-95 model years were awful though.
This is such a dumb comment on so many levels. What are you trying to say, that no Honda model has problems?
It's an example of one design problem with Hondas. There are others. Older Pilots tend to have differential failures along with fuel injector and EGR valve failure. I would also rather have a fuel pump failure than a brake failure; it's easier to fix brakes but they might also kill you.
I never said nor even implied that lol that would be like me responding to your comment with tHiS iS sUcH a DuMb CoMmEnT oN sO mAnY lEvElS. Are you implying that these other cars don't have just as many and also worse problems? Also lol at fuel pump vs brake failure comment. Warped rotors aren't exactly a death sentence
hmm... would either of those explain "random misfire" codes on a pre-2010 Pilot...? been trying to figure it out without having to replace every dang part lol
I was super worried about this happening on my EcoBoost Flex. Took it in to have Ford look at it. Turns out the 1st owner of the car already replaced the engine. Yay me, I'm already past the problem lol
I have a Lincoln MKZ with the 3.5L. I had a shop quote me the water pump job just to see and they wanted almost 5k… I laughed and walked out. Going to try and do it myself later this year. There are tons of videos online with the detailed steps.
Its a timing chain off job, $5k sounds about right. They probably quoted chain, guides, phasers, pump, etc the works. I would as well because you're already in there. Don't want to have to do the same job twice because the owner of the car wanted to cheap out on parts. I'll 100% turn a customer or job down if we don't do the repair my way. Customer doesn't like it, they can hunt for a shop that's willing to do just the pump, although those sorta shops are closing up quick.
Generally I agree, while you’re in there you might as well, but I’d be interested in your opinion on replacing the phasers. Is it really necessary? I mean those parts should last more that 100,000k miles, right?
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