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Mobil 1 Through 3 CRITICAL Engine Oil Tests
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How's the CROSS working out for you ? Thinking of a hybrid when available .
The Houston Oilers would be the only possible winner of a BITOG superbowl...if it was 1978, of course.
Excellent. Another successive UOA coming in 6 weeks.
How so? They're beautiful, the motor and trans are fantastic, they're reliable, cheap to operate, easy to work on... what's not to love?
Engine out maintenance
Nope, not required. No regular maintenance on a 308 requires the engine to come out.
Timing belt? Maybe that’s the 348.
No regular maintenance on a 308 requires the engine to come out. The timing belt is regular maintenance. It is easily done in the car. Here is a picture from when I did mine last year. Huge amounts of room to work!
You are correct, the 348 was when engine-out maintenance started.
Man that's some nasty looking welding in the upper RH corner area..........real nasty.No regular maintenance on a 308 requires the engine to come out. The timing belt is regular maintenance. It is easily done in the car. Here is a picture from when I did mine last year. Huge amounts of room to work!
You are correct, the 348 was when engine-out maintenance started.
It isn't a weld. It's an aluminum heat shield over the fiberglass or whatever tub, I guess with some kind of matt/fabric in the middle. I tried to capture a better picture but failed at that, awkward angle and lighting.
You mean dual injection methods? Port/direct? Like other manufacturers have used for a few years now?
Toyota has been using dual injection (D4-S) since 2005. Way before any other manufacturer.
Not sure what that has to do with my comment but okay, thanks for your addition.
Technical point: “More and more engines are getting the D-4S injection system. It started with the Lexus on the GS models in 2007.”
(sarc) Thats because they needed to complete the test with a running engine
all kidding aside, they simply chose to show us a popular vehicle that would provide the necessary test criteria. They test many vehicles. Seems to me the load was high When they crank the dyno up to simulate towing and grades.
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Yes other manufacturers have used Toyota's method as they invented it 10 years ago on a Camry V6.You mean dual injection methods? Port/direct? Like other manufacturers have used for a few years now?
Your initial comment implied that toyota is following the "other" manufacturers with dual injection who have had this system in place for "years"
Your technical point is incorrect, as the dual injection system first debut with the 2GR-FSE engine on the 2005 Lexus IS350
1.) no I didn’t.
2.). Touché. The website I was looking at and copied from is apparently wrong. Good call.
Sounds like they have a better chance than the Edmonton Oilers.
