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- Marty
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- 2021 Ford Bronco Sport and 2004 Ford Escape AWD
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Break in, Over the years, my way and how my engines performed and lasted.
My miles on the clock may seem extreme but I drove 70 to 95,000 miles per year for 15 plus years,
starting in 2001 so here goes.
Every Engine I drove with constant throttle variations, nothing extreme, and no more than 65% power to 500 miles.
Then I changed the oil and filter, yes at 500 miles.
Then I drove it like I stole It for the next 500 miles and never looked back.
All roach oil changes were at 5,000 miles and when Full synthetic came online all Oil Intervals were
at 10,000 miles.
ALL were purchased new:
1988 Toyota pick up, 4 cyl 22R engine, sold running fine at 355,000
2000 Toyota pick up 2.4 Ltr 4 banger Totaled at 485,000
2006 Toyota Pick Up 2.7 Ltr 4 banger Started getting doggy at 528,000 miles, compression was dropping so traded on:
2013 Ford F-150 3.7 Ltr V-6, (Very Powerful) Sold personally to the sales man at ford who sold it to me two years later with 167,000 miles. ran like new.
2015 Ford Transit connect LWB XLT 2.4 Ltr 4 banger, the same engine that powered the Ranger Pick up for decades. At 129,000 was traded for my Current squeeze, My Bronco Sport.
My Better half :
1988 Toyota Corolla traded at 390,000
1996 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 Liter straight six made by AMC In 1957, converted to EFI for the jeeps.
at 394,000 the rear mains let go. dropped a quart of oil every 50 miles.
Reason for the mains failing. The Crank bearings wore down thin allowing the crank to vibrate
and that destroyed the seals.
This Jeep remained on roach oil. Its whole service life. I am confident If It would have been on full
synthetic oil It would have surpassed 500,000 miles.
Not a single engine I've ever owned has ever had a single Internal engine problem.
My miles on the clock may seem extreme but I drove 70 to 95,000 miles per year for 15 plus years,
starting in 2001 so here goes.
Every Engine I drove with constant throttle variations, nothing extreme, and no more than 65% power to 500 miles.
Then I changed the oil and filter, yes at 500 miles.
Then I drove it like I stole It for the next 500 miles and never looked back.
All roach oil changes were at 5,000 miles and when Full synthetic came online all Oil Intervals were
at 10,000 miles.
ALL were purchased new:
1988 Toyota pick up, 4 cyl 22R engine, sold running fine at 355,000
2000 Toyota pick up 2.4 Ltr 4 banger Totaled at 485,000
2006 Toyota Pick Up 2.7 Ltr 4 banger Started getting doggy at 528,000 miles, compression was dropping so traded on:
2013 Ford F-150 3.7 Ltr V-6, (Very Powerful) Sold personally to the sales man at ford who sold it to me two years later with 167,000 miles. ran like new.
2015 Ford Transit connect LWB XLT 2.4 Ltr 4 banger, the same engine that powered the Ranger Pick up for decades. At 129,000 was traded for my Current squeeze, My Bronco Sport.
My Better half :
1988 Toyota Corolla traded at 390,000
1996 Jeep Cherokee 4.0 Liter straight six made by AMC In 1957, converted to EFI for the jeeps.
at 394,000 the rear mains let go. dropped a quart of oil every 50 miles.
Reason for the mains failing. The Crank bearings wore down thin allowing the crank to vibrate
and that destroyed the seals.
This Jeep remained on roach oil. Its whole service life. I am confident If It would have been on full
synthetic oil It would have surpassed 500,000 miles.
Not a single engine I've ever owned has ever had a single Internal engine problem.
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