New Toyota Tundra’s Recalled for Spun Crank Bearing

[5030]

I have the Escalade "suburban " It's nice, I believe it's a 6.2 of some sort. It's nice to drive for sure. We have 11 vehicles in all.
They all do something the other can't or I just don't want to do with another vehicle,
The Tundra is certainly not a F250/350/450.. it's competition is the 1500 series trucks and having or have had them all.. it's a solid choice for the person who pulls 4K -7k on a regular basis and 10k now and then. Not everyone needs a 10k pound Diesel for a truck everyday. My Tundra suits the need we have for it very well. Decent mpg ( 18-18.5 ) avg and very nice to drive. We also have a 23 Raptor 150. .. for comparison.. the Tundra has better highway manners, the Raptor is more fun around town. I have said before that if I were to drive to Fla from Mass.. I'd want to do it in the Tundra.. but once there I would want to drive the Raptor.

Here in Michigan we couldn't afford to insure 11 vehicles candidly. Insurance here (no fault) is stupid high. I was amazed when I insured my Focus RS turbo. They consider it a 'station wagon' and not a rocket ship. Lucked out on that one. Dealership where my wife got her Suburban LTZ at is also a Caddy dealer but she didn't like the front end on the caddy so she bought the Burb. Basically the same vehicles, same engines too. 6.2 I believe you are correct. I did the cylinder cutout delete anyway. Only thing both she and I don't like is the standard moon-sun roof. Neither of us are fond of that. Hers not mine however. She drives and I sit in the climate controlled jumpseat. She has a hard time parking it in drive in parking spaces. The other day she skinned the side of a new Traverse and that cost her over a grand to get it repaired. Hard to judge over the hood, especially with the 'power bulges' in the hood. All she did to the Burb was rub the urethane bumper a bit.

Our vehicle insurance here is more than the real estate taxes are on the farm plus 3 rentals.

They do ride nice, way nicer than most cars do plus they have genuine Detroit Iron under the hood.

 

[Tomtint]

Here in Michigan we couldn't afford to insure 11 vehicles candidly. Insurance here (no fault) is stupid high. I was amazed when I insured my Focus RS turbo. They consider it a 'station wagon' and not a rocket ship. Lucked out on that one. Dealership where my wife got her Suburban LTZ at is also a Caddy dealer but she didn't like the front end on the caddy so she bought the Burb. Basically the same vehicles, same engines too. 6.2 I believe you are correct. I did the cylinder cutout delete anyway. Only thing both she and I don't like is the standard moon-sun roof. Neither of us are fond of that. Hers not mine however. She drives and I sit in the climate controlled jumpseat. She has a hard time parking it in drive in parking spaces. The other day she skinned the side of a new Traverse and that cost her over a grand to get it repaired. Hard to judge over the hood, especially with the 'power bulges' in the hood. All she did to the Burb was rub the urethane bumper a bit.

Our vehicle insurance here is more than the real estate taxes are on the farm plus 3 rentals.

They do ride nice, way nicer than most cars do plus they have genuine Detroit Iron under the hood.

I had wanted to move some of the vehicles to Fla.. but the insurance there is nuts.. like 80-100% more than mass. On average, each vehicle / full coverage , 1000.00 deductible runs about 1250.00 per year. The Raptor and we have a Porsche that are a bit more expensive. Our driving record is also clean, no tickets or accidents in over a decade.

 

[sd455dan]

New Cummins fuel agnostic gas version of the inline 6 diesel finally here.

graph not bad for 87 octane . RAM already has their new inline, this would be a winner for Toyota or some other Truck maker since their new gas engine has been problematic.

Even the basic 200HP version makes ~ 445 lb. ft torque at 600 RPM.

I want to hear if it sounds like the diesel when pulling a load. Wish RAM had waited for this Cummins.

 

[Milo]

Maybe we could see the return of gasoline engine tractors.

 

[Tractorable]

Same guy, two million mile Tundra’s.

 

[5030]

As with any brand or any engine, some run forever and sone run out of life quickly. Bet he changed his oil and filters every 5K miles and ran good oil as well. That 10 K change interval all the manufacturers tout is an engine killer.

 

[5030]

Good old Cummins, with blocks cast in India...

 

[Btown]

As with any brand or any engine, some run forever and sone run out of life quickly. Bet he changed his oil and filters every 5K miles and ran good oil as well. That 10 K change interval all the manufacturers tout is an engine killer.

I had a 2000 VW Beetle TDI, which required synthetic oil. Changed every 10K. Never a issue. Sold it with over 150K. The next person drove it well past 250K. Engine was never a issue. You can’t do that with conventional oil, but good synthetic oil you can. I suggest getting used oil analysis. The lab is on your side, not the oil manufacturers side. Granted not all engines are built the same. Some fail early with no signs and with proper maintenance. Seems like engines built today are having some issues, but they require lower viscosity oil like 0w-20. Instead of traditional 10w-30.

 

[rScotty]

We have three Toyotas. Two are pushing 200K, one at over 250K miles. All are still on original engine, tranny, drivetrain, and suspensions. We do a moderate amount of 4wd & towing. They sit outside in the weather year round.

I typically do the lube maintenance at somewhat longer than the recommended interval, but try not to double it.

Just for curiousity I changed one motor to synthetic 10w-30 Quaker State at about 100K. The others are still running good old dinosaur multiweight. Various oils, always name brands, viscosity varies from 10to20w/30to40. No difference that I can see.

We tried Ford F250 7.3 diesel PUs for awhile, but maintenance costs were too high.

For our use, reliability seems more to do with manufacturing than maintenance.
rScotty