2012 Rav4 endoscope photos

[road_rascal]

Changed the spark plugs on my Rav4 this weekend and used a cheap endoscope to get photos of the combustion chamber, intake valves and piston tops. The photos are not in any order and all 6 piston tops, intake valves, etc looked the same. Car now has 203,500 miles and is still running great.

 

[fantastic]

Absolutely beautiful! Surprising too for up north. I'll assume this Rav4 gets driven up to temp on a regular basis. Thanks for "Scoping" it out.

 

[Oliveoil2]

Just wow!

 

[hemitom]

Very clean ! what gas and or additives do you use

 

[road_rascal]

Absolutely beautiful! Surprising too for up north. I'll assume this Rav4 gets driven up to temp on a regular basis. Thanks for "Scoping" it out.

Yeah- I commute 70 miles and 63 of those are highway. Plus numerous trips up north to the cabin is about 80 miles highway. I drive this car about an average of 19,000 miles a year, and it doesn't get short tripped very often.

 

[road_rascal]

Very clean ! what gas and or additives do you use

Usually Holiday (Circle K) or Kwik Trip. Maybe twice a year I'll dump in a can of Berryman B12 or Techron.

 

[Leo99]

What kind of endoscope did you use?

 

[Hirev]

That is very impressive! I've torn down more than a few engines with many less miles that were not close to that.

 

[LongTime_Lurker]

That has to be one of the cleanest high mileage engines I’ve ever seen.

 

[road_rascal]

What kind of endoscope did you use?

This is the one I bought. Takes decent video too.

 

[berniedd]

I'm envious! MPI I presume. What gas do you put in there?

 

[road_rascal]

I'm envious! MPI I presume. What gas do you put in there?

Yup- port injection. I usually fill up with 87 Holiday (Circle K) or Kwik Trip. I don't think they are branded Top Tier anymore. Maybe twice a year I'll dump in a can of Berryman B12 or Techron fuel treatment.

 

[Oldwolf]

That's a very clean engine!