Right there with you, everyone here has scared me enough to always check, but my VX does not really burn oil.Originally Posted by tom4bren
'99?
'00?
'01?
Super VXer
Right there with you, everyone here has scared me enough to always check, but my VX does not really burn oil.
Super VXer
"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.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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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
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Major bummer dude. Let us know how much $ it costs.
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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
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