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They must have changed something on the 2012s because mine shows about 54% at 4,000 miles. I usually change mine at 50%.
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12-10-2012, 03:47 PM | #58 |
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I will turn over 133,000 today. The chains do not last as long as the engine. Good news, most can do this themselves
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I can understand a car that has 100K plus miles on it for the timing chain(s) to be worn out (not that I'm going against the grain there...), but a car with only 14K miles? That sounds like a definite defect to me. I wonder what percentage of low mileage cars have this defect?
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Not saying there isn't some sort of a design flaw in the engine, but after talking with some master mechanics of whom I'd consider to be pretty damn knowledgeable....change that oil every 3 - 4,000 miles. Just do it. I always have anyways and plan to keep my car on the same schedule, and hopefully that will be the trick to keeping my engine healthy for a very long time. But hearing it from them makes me feel a bit better.
They said the engine is a great powerplant, but it will gunk up otherwise, which of course increases the risk of other problems.
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12-10-2012, 05:58 PM | #62 |
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I'm going with design flaw, along with low oil, as to the cause of this. My engine was clean.
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Here was my engine on tear down with 131,000 miles on it.
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yep... but the powertrain warranty is only 100,000 miles... these guys are over that...
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How hard is it to change the timing chain yourself?
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