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Old 10-20-2013, 05:29 AM   #27 (permalink)
serialk11r
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Do you REALLY think this engine did the described burning "a quart every 1500 miles or so" from the day when it was new?

Do you think that this is due to the design of the engine, or that it's due to its age (and/or possible abuse)?
Countless engines and cats have been destroyed like this since the car first came out. The first piece of advice given on a MR2 Spyder forum is "gut the precats" so that when they disintegrate the bores don't get destroyed. This is not just my car, it's a common early 1ZZ problem. Otherwise I wouldn't have said early 1ZZs are notorious for this issue.
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