Me too. But I've never worked mass production where machines do most of the work.
Ugh, I hate this
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Me too. But I've never worked mass production where machines do most of the work.
An automation error..OK..yeah that would make sense.
GWguy
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I'm sure you're familiar with early Volkswagen engines. They kept losing one forward cylinder due to poor heat dissipation. No water cooling, so it basically cooked.
glhs837
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That was my thought, heat management. BMW inline sixes of the S52 and M52, the cooling system is known to be the weak link. One overheat cycle and the heads were known to lose it and crack between the #3 and #4 cylinders. that's why buying one with a bad water pump is almost a certainty that you are also going to need a head. So I suppose that maybe in this motor, there's excess or not enough heat in that one spot leading to that oil passage clogging up.
LOL...very familiar...having owned two Manx's and two baja bug conversions. We always got rid of the oil cooler that was in there blocking the air flow and routed lines out to an external oil cooler with a 12V fan on it.
I was on one of my trips to Florida in a Manx when I had that cylinder fail on me. This was before I started mounting the remote coolers on all of them. Dropped the valve seat out of the exhaust valve on that forward cylinder when I started it up after a gas stop. Limped next door to a hotel. Thumbed a ride to the nearest auto parts store and a ride back. Took the engine out in the parking lot...tore it down right there and fixed the head...put it back in, and on our way again.
It did the same thing on the trip home..LOL.
Yes until the fan shroud was modified in 1970 IIRC [when VW went to the Dual Port Motor] 1600cc
the OIL Cooler air blew down on the #3 Cylinder
The simplicity of an Air Cooled VW.
I lost an OIL Pump coming down off the mountain on 33 headed to Harrisonburg VA.
Got a tow into town, tore it down the next day in the Hotel Parking lot, went and fetched a new pump.
Turns out the PO [and I by way of being the new owner] wasn't running the VW Filter at the pickup
- the Baja Bug had an external cooler and spin on filter
the result was a shearing of the Oil Pump Shaft at the key in the Cam Shaft when the pump picked up some debris that jammed the pump.
I still have the vehicle, this was back in 1999 / 2000
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OldHillcrestGuy
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Great car. If I were to buy a new car a RAV4 would be my first choice. I have 3 Toyota's now, with my 2005 Highlander (123,000 miles) my go to car Being retired I wouldn't be able to afford a new Highlander, but a Rav4 I could probably handle the price for a new one of those.
12 years ago Clevalley a frequent forum member back then got me hooked up with a friend of his that sold Toyota's, got me super deal.
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My car is only a 2012 and the bluetooth function is convenient for hands-free phone answering at times. I think newer vehicles have a GPS capability through the Onstar or some subscription. I like the satellite radio subscription I have, and I could have the Onstar subscription, but I don't want that. I have heated seats and that's pretty nifty when it's super cold outside.
glhs837
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Along those lines, the bluetooth is good to have. Theses days I would look for Android Auto or Apple Play, depending on your ecosystem of choice. The new safety systems are pretty good. Auto braking to avoid collisions, lane and blind spot warning and assist. Like ABS, easy to say you are a great driver and would never need them. And if you are a great driver, chaces are you never will. Until life comes at you fast. The above are all safety related. Comfort? Heated seats are great, cooling ones even better in summer. Heated steering wheel, when it's below 40, thatsa nice. Remote start, love that too. Dual zone cliamte control can be priceless for a couple 
That said, while I'm super happy that the wife's Jeep has all the above, I ditched my Charger that had some of them in favor of a late 90s BMW convertible that has ABS and rudimentary traction control and only heated seats. Because it's just too damn much fun to drive
That said, while I'm super happy that the wife's Jeep has all the above, I ditched my Charger that had some of them in favor of a late 90s BMW convertible that has ABS and rudimentary traction control and only heated seats. Because it's just too damn much fun to drive
black dog
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Early Vegas had a problem with #3 cylinder, there was a void in the head casting in #3 and if the coolant got alittle low it would super heat and the silicon liner wouldn't scored and shortly vega / Astra smoke alot..
GM fixed it within a few years, but by then the world knew about the blue smokers.
Along those lines, the bluetooth is good to have. Theses days I would look for Android Auto or Apple Play, depending on your ecosystem of choice. The new safety systems are pretty good. Auto braking to avoid collisions, lane and blind spot warning and assist. Like ABS, easy to say you are a great driver and would never need them. And if you are a great driver, chaces are you never will. Until life comes at you fast. The above are all safety related. Comfort? Heated seats are great, cooling ones even better in summer. Heated steering wheel, when it's below 40, thatsa nice. Remote start, love that too. Dual zone cliamte control can be priceless for a couple
That said, while I'm super happy that the wife's Jeep has all the above, I ditched my Charger that had some of them in favor of a late 90s BMW convertible that has ABS and rudimentary traction control and only heated seats. Because it's just too damn much fun to drive
See, that's why I'm thinking I might want to trade 'er in. I suck at upgrading anything because I'm usually happy with what I have and don't want to have new stuff to figure out. But I would like bluetooth and satellite radio, and the new safety features would be cool now that I'm getting older.
glhs837
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Biggest issue we have with the Jeeps systems is that Benito has much larger safety margins than I do
Not on lane keeping and blind spot, we agree there, but the obstacle detection and warning does not want me clearing things by inches and will apply the brakes sometimes (at parking lot speeds) when I would not. But I know when that's going to happen and work through it But really, most of these things are learn, set, and forget. There is an adjustment period while you learn what the vehicle is doing and why. I think the lack of education by dealers and lack of caring by drivers leads to a higher rejection rate of these technologies. People turn them off rather than take 30 minutes to learn and set them up.
Oh, yeah-as glhs837 said - the remote start is also super nice to have. Especially up here in the arctic in the winter, although I'm quite sure you would never need that down in the tropics where y'all will be wintering.
glhs837
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Oh, yeah-as glhs837 said - the remote start is also super nice to have. Especially up here in the arctic in the winter, although I'm quite sure you would never need that down in the tropics where y'all will be wintering.
Oh, I don't know, having that A/C kicking and the cool breeze blowing through the seat before you get in is pretty nice. Those are the two things the wife initially said she really didn't think she would want but ended up admitting she thinks that the heated steering wheel and cooling front seats are pretty nice.
Those would be nice!
PeoplesElbow
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Backup cameras are quite nice.
I had an 01 RAV4 but traded it after the transmission gave me problems at 169k and 11 years.
I had an 01 RAV4 but traded it after the transmission gave me problems at 169k and 11 years.
glhs837
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Backup camera is nice, makes hooking up a trailer solo really easy. Do wish I could turn it on when I have the trailer hooked up.