Engine failure poll?

[Brian Drinks]

I have a 99 with a 131,213 miles on it with no problems,i change the oil every 3k miles with castrol high milege oil and the pcv,and purlator oil filter.

[tom4bren]

I'm with Anita & CobraJet. Mine uses no oil between changes.

[LittleBeast]

I'm with Anita & CobraJet. Mine uses no oil between changes.

Right there with you, everyone here has scared me enough to always check, but my VX does not really burn oil.

[tom4bren]

"Right there with you, everyone here has scared me enough to always check, but my VX does not really burn oil."

Me too. At every fill up, I get on my knees in front of the VX. Everyone thinks I'm praying that it'll never break down. I'm really checking CV boots & looking for oil leaks.

[primvx]

99,ebony, 114,000..spun rod bearing on no.1 piston..motor loved oil and also coolant seemed to go down at a slow rate...no leaks or over heating. bought at 86,000 miles and has done it all the time i have owned it..motor had lots of buildup in the sump..and i was dilligent about changing oil...time for new crank and rings

[mrtew]

Major bummer dude. Let us know how much $ it costs.

[gumby]

My 2001 Vehicross (I am the original owner so I know I never beat on the vehicle) engine went out at 75k miles. It was explained to me that this was a very common problem due to the cylinders becoming elliptical from wear due to bad metallurgy.

I was pretty pissed, but what can I do? A modern engine should not be having problems like these. The kicker is that when I went in for it, they recommended that I change the intake gaskets even though they have never failed. Which seemed weird, but I agreed because he was so adamant about it. Now since then the gasket has failed 3 times. So my advice on that one is never do something that hasn't failed just because it is a recall or under warranty. (unless it's a safety problem)

So now I am wondering how long until the new piston and rings do the same thing... grrrrrrr