In your experience what are the most common failures whose cause are not related to motor oil?
Most frequent non motor oil related failure
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Originally Posted By: DrRoughneck
In your experience what are the most common failures whose cause are not related to motor oil?
Cooling system related failures.
In your experience what are the most common failures whose cause are not related to motor oil?
Cooling system related failures.
We just replaced my wife's car do to rear seal repair. Apparently a long job and would cost a lot.
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We just replaced my wife's car do to rear seal repair. Apparently a long job and would cost a lot.
That is what killed my Cherokee.
It's a race between the RMS or the tranny as to what kills my Rav4.
I see how many miles you have on your cars, we got a measly 111,000 ... wife loved her car and was very upset about replacing it!
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We just replaced my wife's car do to rear seal repair. Apparently a long job and would cost a lot.
That is what killed my Cherokee.
It's a race between the RMS or the tranny as to what kills my Rav4.
I see how many miles you have on your cars, we got a measly 111,000 ... wife loved her car and was very upset about replacing it!
It varies by design and ect, but by far I have cooling or seal failures too be most common.
A 3400/3800 is dated and they have ago on them. A intake or head gasket is many time more money then the vehicle is worth.
One just left the barn with heads, seal, fluid,etc. The bill was to customer $900 before the extras, Ditto a totaled car for most.
Harvey
A 3400/3800 is dated and they have ago on them. A intake or head gasket is many time more money then the vehicle is worth.
One just left the barn with heads, seal, fluid,etc. The bill was to customer $900 before the extras, Ditto a totaled car for most.
Harvey
CV joints, all things axle related, ignition Coils
Car itself: Maybe they crash into something or rust, as mentioned somewhere above.
Engine: I say cooling system issues because those can lead to bad head gaskets, or engine part damage, and either slowly or instanty affect the engine.
Engine: I say cooling system issues because those can lead to bad head gaskets, or engine part damage, and either slowly or instanty affect the engine.
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In your experience what are the most common failures whose cause are not related to motor oil?
Boat engines its a manifold issue and the engine injests water.
In your experience what are the most common failures whose cause are not related to motor oil?
Boat engines its a manifold issue and the engine injests water.
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Honestly the only oil related failures I've ever seen are "lack of" oil.
Electrical that is part of the emission system. Ed
Definatly overheating. When I went to drivers ed we were told to pull over asap if the gauge showed hot. People today think its ok to drive with the needle in the red instead of calling a tow truck..
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
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Definatly overheating. When I went to drivers ed we were told to pull over asap if the gauge showed hot. People today think its ok to drive with the needle in the red instead of calling a tow truck..
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
What new cars have a real needle?
my jeep shows coolant temp(if it put it on that screen) but no gauge.
My previous subarus dont have anything except a double idiot light
blue for "take it easy I'm cold" and red for you are about to explode.
Definatly overheating. When I went to drivers ed we were told to pull over asap if the gauge showed hot. People today think its ok to drive with the needle in the red instead of calling a tow truck..
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
What new cars have a real needle?
my jeep shows coolant temp(if it put it on that screen) but no gauge.
My previous subarus dont have anything except a double idiot light
blue for "take it easy I'm cold" and red for you are about to explode.
Here in Phoenix, it's usually either a coolant issue or A/C failure costing more than the car is worth to repair. Back when I lived in Chicago, it was usually either rust or antifreeze failure.
Or, in both places, some kind of driver error or weather-related crash.
Or, in both places, some kind of driver error or weather-related crash.
The one I hear about most from friends here are timing belts that finally let go. I'm not sure if it's just my friend group, or the population overall, but no one seems to change them, or buy high mileage cars with the original belt, and drive them till they snap. Mostly recently, a lady friend killed her Subaru.
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Originally Posted By: Chris142
Definatly overheating. When I went to drivers ed we were told to pull over asap if the gauge showed hot. People today think its ok to drive with the needle in the red instead of calling a tow truck..
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
What new cars have a real needle?
my jeep shows coolant temp(if it put it on that screen) but no gauge.
My previous subarus dont have anything except a double idiot light
blue for "take it easy I'm cold" and red for you are about to explode.
My Cherokee has a coolant temp icon (looks just like the gas level thing) that's always there even if you're not on the coolant temp display.
Originally Posted By: Chris142
Definatly overheating. When I went to drivers ed we were told to pull over asap if the gauge showed hot. People today think its ok to drive with the needle in the red instead of calling a tow truck..
I'd say 90% of the cars I see that got hot are cooked. People drive until the thing stops running.
What new cars have a real needle?
my jeep shows coolant temp(if it put it on that screen) but no gauge.
My previous subarus dont have anything except a double idiot light
blue for "take it easy I'm cold" and red for you are about to explode.
My Cherokee has a coolant temp icon (looks just like the gas level thing) that's always there even if you're not on the coolant temp display.
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Motor oil related failures not caused by running the oil low enough that the pickup sucks air simply don't happen.
As many have noted, loss of coolant kills more engines than any other single cause, maybe all other causes combined.
Most newer cars lack coolant temperature gauges, not that the average driver would pay any attention to a gauge anyway.
A gauge can save your bacon if you pay attention, though.
When the coolant temperature light illuminates, it means shut down now, not ten miles from now.
Do that and you might just save the engine. Keep on driving and you're probably looking at major and maybe economically unfeasible work to return the engine to service.
As many have noted, loss of coolant kills more engines than any other single cause, maybe all other causes combined.
Most newer cars lack coolant temperature gauges, not that the average driver would pay any attention to a gauge anyway.
A gauge can save your bacon if you pay attention, though.
When the coolant temperature light illuminates, it means shut down now, not ten miles from now.
Do that and you might just save the engine. Keep on driving and you're probably looking at major and maybe economically unfeasible work to return the engine to service.
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