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Originally Posted by ORrooster
No way - not cost effective. Manufacturer's don't stay in business doing 'shotgun' repairs and replacing massive, expensive components without cause. Even if they had predicted that they would have issues like they seem to be having now post-repair, it would have just been more in-depth training etc. Particularly with such a small failure rate pre-repair and the extremely low chance that an unavoidable accident and resulting litigation would follow. And, these motors should not be wiping out bottom ends or spinning any bearings after only valve spring replacement. I am very interested to see what Toyota and Subaru end up determining is the cause of these failures. From where they stand now, it should be on the dealer as far as I can see and I'm sure that is Corporate's take on it too. They're in the clear so deal with the dealer. Built heads would be a more reasonable option but again... engines should not be failing.
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I think you have taken Ultra's comment out of context. He was responding to someone else saying why not use a short block for the recall.
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Originally Posted by Teseo View Post
Why they dont give us a short block instead? It will cost less on long term rather than screwing up perfectly running engine
Would need to be a full engine. Problem is in the heads. They should be shipping crate engines to the dealers and rebuilding the cores.
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I have a spare motor that came out of an FRS. It was gone through by a tech at a Toyota dealership that pulled it from a wreaked car, plasti-gauged the rod bearings, did a comp and leak down, and then reassembled. The amount of sealant used on the timing cover and oil pan is excessive and I will be pulling it back apart. If that is representative of what is happening during the recall work then I could understand how there might be many assembly issues. I should post pictures of it.