Proactive Engine Replacement?

[Timco]

The definition of insanity has been changed.

Now, it's the premature replacement of an engine that may not have any problem whatsoever, that may last for the life of the car, just to preemptively fix an overblown occurrence before it may happen to you. And folks say replacing the IMS is a waste of cash.

Keep another around that you found for next to nothing? Hell yes! Install it before anything actually indicates some issue? Nope.

[Giller]

PL, sometimes you are just too funny. Thanks for the laugh!

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Giller

PL, sometimes you are just too funny. Thanks for the laugh!

I have come to the firm conclusion that no good comes of these engines after 100K.
After that point I feel like you are simply on borrowed time.

I was previously also firmly in the camp that believed that if the engine went kaput simply buy another and shut up already. That however was before I realized that you are effectively replacing everything else before you even get to that point. But this is just underlining what we all know... cars are money pits. The ones that aren't, you can't really drive that much...just take them out on warm Sundays for ice cream cones. Who needs a Porsche for that.