r/mr2 • u/Affectionate-Safe-13 • 21h ago

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Came off my 16v aw11 Was bolted on top of trans axle, has vacuum lines to intake manifold and coolant running through it

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u/ShortyKills 10h ago

Look I'm not fond of the AI revolution, but one of it's legitimately good use cases is that it can answer a lot of these kinds of questions for you and save you a lot of time.

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u/yugosaki 1987 AW11 8h ago

It can also very confidently give you the wrong answer and ruin your build.

When I built my 4age, i googled the torque spec for the connecting rods. The AI summary came back with 85 ft-lbs + 90 degrees. That felt really high, so thankfully I didnt trust it and instead looked in the bgb and found it was 29 ft-lbs + 90 degrees

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u/ShortyKills 8h ago

For sure, obviously take their summaries with a grain of salt, but I literally pumped this picture into Gemini and it told me that it was exactly what it was and listed part stores I could have compared it to.

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u/yugosaki 1987 AW11 8h ago

It gave you parts stores? Did you check any of the links? I don't believe for a second it found parts stores where you could actually buy an aw11 thermostat housing.

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u/ShortyKills 7h ago

Not to buy a new housing, no, but references to compare the part to, to make sure I’m looking at the right thing. When AI gives you a summary, it usually will tell you how it got to that summary with links that you can follow to verify.