Had a ford with the 1.0 eco boost as a rental in Atlanta a few years ago during a work trip. With two grown men (neither of us very large) and a couple carry on bags, the car actually struggled to maintain speed on over passes in the city. It was terrible. That being said, I have a 2.7 eco boost in my personal 2019 F150 and it’s a phenomenal engine with zero problems.
A tiny turbo engine is bound to have problems after a while because it is overstressed. Even if the engine stays together, the turbo will go even with 3k oil changes. Replacement cost is around $5k.
I now change the oil in my 2013 Kia Optima LX 2.4 non-turbo every 4 months or 3000 miles. Used to take it to the Kia dealer every 5000 miles when I was driving 50 miles a day on an interstate highway to work. The engine performed perfectly.....I think getting the oil up to operating temp for an extended period is crutial...it boils off any blow-by products and prevents them from contaminating the oil to any great degree. The dealer used a blended oil....I now use a full synthetic oil and Kia/Hyundai filter. I do not drive much since I retired. Kia recommended 5w20 oil but as I crossed 75,000 miles I switched to 5w30 and the engine seemed to run quieter and a little smoother. I plan on changing the plugs very soon. I think 12 years is long enough on the original plugs. The timing chain cover is starting to seep oil but not enough to be significant between changes. Dealer wanted 1500 dollars to reseal the cover...I imagine if the cover is removed it would be best to replace the timing chain and guides. Another 500?? I am 76 yo and will be doing it myself. The major reason I have stopped using the dealer for general maintenance is that I do not like the fact that no matter what the situation, even with an appointment, I will have to wait for an oil change a minimum of an hour and a half and am not allowed to observe. It is worse than going to the doctor. If you do your oil changes yourself just keep good records and change it often. Going on 79000 miles on my Optima and am satisfied with it.
My father in law's Kia engine blew up at 86k miles after running rough for a while. A long distance trip from Cincinnati to Canton blew up the engine. He haggled with Kia for a month before it agreed to replace the engine. Hopefully the new engine was assembled without metal debris and will last a few years. On the other hand, my mom's 2013 Elantra with the 1.8 liter engine ruins perfectly after 100k miles.
You aren't in the clear yet, but if your Optima is a K VIN that means it was made in Korea and those Thetas seem to have reasonably better reliability than the Georgia built version.
My 2013 Hyundai 2 l turbo is still working fine. Good fuel economy, lots of power, doesn't burn oil. I added a catch can. When I first heard of debris left in the engine, I added rare earth magnets to the drain plug. Hyundai called mine in. The cheack was a free oil change and they cut the filter open. They replaced my magnets. No debris was found. I do oil changes more often than spec'ed. And oil over "SN" spec has detergents for carbon in the oil from the GDI, to increase timing chain life.
Can’t believe how colossal of a failure the Hyundai/Kia 4 cylinders are. Pair that with the poor maintenance from their owners and they are all destined for super premature failures. Insane that they used that engine for over a decade, especially when their entire sales tactic was the warranty they fight so hard to honor.
Dirt and remains from the assembly is not an engine problem. Its an assembly problem. Combustion fuel injection is something all cars have nowadays. But it is not a good idea.
But all engines don't have debri problem. This is a competitive industry. Debri is a result of carelessness in manufacturing plants. It can result in catastrophic failure. Look what happened to Toyota Tundra. That is why it is important to critique.
I refuse to believe the QR25 is terrible, the amount of these on 3 bald tires, a spare donut and everything held together with duct tape while doing 40 over speed limit at all times tells me its the best engine ever produced.
2.4 Theta motor owner here. (2011 sonata) I currently have 318k miles, originally motor, lack of maintence (motor has never been opened). Just oil changes, sparkplug replacement, air filter changes. Oil pan gasket changes. I treat mine like a 90s mazda owner. Just keep up with the oil and it's good to go
The Kia engines are a weird one... If you don't get one that had debris in the crankshaft, they'll go forever with proper maintenance including induction services. I work at a Kia dealership, and I see both. We are replacing hundreds of engines a year, but at the same time I see cars roll in with their original theta ii engines with way over 200,000 miles. Kinda crazy.
The Nissan ka24de is a very good engine. I've owned hard body trucks with this engine and both went over 290,000 miles. Don't know why it was mentioned.
@@ArrowGearhead I have a Nissan Frontier with the 2.5 liter engine(I think it is the QR25DE). It has gone 105,000 miles without issue. I think it is the stuff placed around the engine, not the engine itself. I have read about some Nissan car models that have had screws come loose in the intake system and get sucked into the engine and other stuff.
I just sold my old 2012 Elantra. The engine had a horrible rattle that sounded like a tin can. When the issue first started at around 60k miles it would only happen when you’d do a cold start and wouldn’t sound so bad once the engine had warmed up a bit but by the time I got rid of it it didn’t matter. I remember seeing letters from Hyundai in the mail all the time about recalls, and had to replace my steering column at around 75k/80k miles. It still got me through my 20s and the majority of my 30s though so despite all the BS I’m grateful it wasn’t worse
IMPRESSED! Finally agree with one of these lists. The Nissan qr (quality reduced) probably the best of the lot sadly. The turbo turd 1.0 isn't worth fixing if anything goes wrong. The theta and nu haveade me a lot of money. It's sad, almost all of these have 1 major problems. Their manufacturers cheap out in the wrong areas. But hey they don't want the car to last longer than the warranty. If that was really true there would be no 5.3l Chevy. They make their money upfront or on things other than the engine and for the most parts transmissions. As a mechanic the most consistent engine to go over 300k iss the 5.3l Chevy. Too bad they won't be making them for too much longer with their fuel consumption issues. I can guarantee that every single one of them they ever make will be bought immediately upon announcement if their discontinuation. And then the appreciation $ begins there is really only one way to kill the Chevy.$6plus a gallon fuel.
Sorry for your ear bro I will tune it down next time so that can be able to watch my video without requiring safety earplugs. Thank You for watching and for the feedback
The way that Kia gets you is that while the engine is covered, the hoses and belts are not. When I got my Sportage back after a new engine was installed, I also had a bill of $700 for the hoses and belts that needed replaced.🤬. While the Kia is a fairly comfortable and easy to drive vehicle, this will be the last Kia/Hyundai that I will own.
I do not understand how these "engineers?" can make this stuff. Any of us with real world experience in repairs knew the wet belt Eco-boost coud not last! For the exact reason they show here. Heat and oil? On RUBBER? It was only a matter of tiem till the belt started to degrade.. The shame is, with an exterior belt, the 1.0 could have been a GREAT little engine
Tellingly, ALL of the engines on this list mainly affect the low(er) cost car models on the market. I can't help but wonder if it's deliberately encouraged by regulators to push marginal buyers out of the market entirely. At the very least, it proves that low end buyers don't matter to the OEMs or government regulators.
had the qr25 in my 2005 spec v step 1 cut the balance shaft chains or if youre bored remove them entirely this is a couple hours work at most step 2 proper block back stainless exhaust. frankly this should just be standard on all cars who isnt sick of rusty exhaust? car and engine ran a treat and were still going strong in 2020 when i sold it
Ford ecoboost 2 cylinder belongs in a yard tractor/lawn mower not a car. Avoid anything with a turbo because when they break it gets real expensive real fast.
Almost all large commercial trucks have turbos and go a million miles plus with no problems. They are a very proven reliable technology. You should only hope the engine lasts as long as the turbo.
Talking about the 1.0L EcoBoost's cool tech and then immediately saying 'wet timing belt' 😂😂😂 That's the kind of 'cool tech' that manufacturers want to avoid at all costs for the reasons you said
Totally agree about qr25de nissan, u should add about the notorious spark plug seals that integrated into the whole valve cover, meaning that u should replace the whole valve cover if u want to replace the spark plug seals. And for 2 decades this problems still persist and never corrected by nissan. I once owned a nissan T30 qr25de less than 100.000 kilometers its already had a major problems
I’d like to know how squirrels are getting under the hood. Where you add oil, there is nothing but pine cones, leaves and whatever else they eat. I have to be careful cleaning it because I don’t know what that crap could do if it got in the engine. This is the first time it happened. What a mess.
Direct injection is part of the problem because the engines don't have port injection Port injection will clean the intake valves and it's better at keeping the Pistons clean they have problems with the PCV systems they also 9 out 10 of them have a high pressure fuel pump cam driven and if the fuel pump starts to leak into the engine and you can dilute your fuel or your oil with fuel and therefore you're going to have diluted oil getting up into the piston rings and with the heat that these engines create they end up sticking and then you're piston rings aren't doing the job to keep everything clean you know separated yeah new cars are pain especially with all the computers they have in them and they track everything you do
4:39 isn't that Fiat Doblo? Also, Stellantis is rolling with 1.2 Puretech - unreliable construction, problems with oil consumption, timing chains sh*tting themselves after not long distances...
I have a Focus with1.0 ecoboost and 200.000 km, with no problem, no power loss, hardly any oil use. So I am curious about the real data of failures, instead of just repeating what other youtubers say (who don 't own a 1.0 ecoboost either).
A lot of complaints, recalls, and lawsuits are not without a reason. Premature failure in an ownership of someone you know is also a good source. I never owned one with any ecoboost.
What is it with 2.4 litre engines? I’ve got a 2.4L in my 2011 GMC Terrain. It does worry me. The only major problem so far is a cam sensor that went south. 400$ repair. I don’t know if that’s a good, normal or excessive price.
@ 30$ and I spent 400$ that’s not even including the flatbed tow rig ( mine is AWD) I’m also getting peeved with the change oil soon light coming on and this is 20 minutes after an oil change. My mechanic even showed me how to reset the oil remaining after doing an oil change. I’ll never understand GM. Good luck with your Equinox . Take care.
The 1.6 Gamma/Smarstream is a solid little simple engine that's mildly overbuilt for the rated power and with correct maintenance is extremely reliable.
I own a 2017 accent with the 1.6 gamma engine It's my daily commuter to work, 180000km and running strong and no oil consumption, but i change oil every 6000 kms using full synthetic oil, gets 50 mpg if driven nicely. Great little engine
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*except the 2nd Gen 2.7. Seriously, those things are great. The weak link is the wet belt driven oil pump, which I'm pretty sure Ford added (the first generation had a chain driven oil pump) because they weren't having enough service/replacement profit.
My nissan has 130k carefree miles ,doesnt burn oil ,maybe a half a qt every 5k between changes i havent even done the tune up stuff yet and it still purrs ,oh yeah its a 1.6 not that 2.5 so nissan did good here
A wet timing belt? What are the people at Ford smoking? Seriously!
A lot of Auto makers have adopted it (planned obsolescense).
@@ArrowGearhead Benefits are increased efficiency and a steady supply of repair work for engines that grenade just after the warranty expires.
Chevrolet is also doing it with small turbo engines in Brazil 😂
Had a ford with the 1.0 eco boost as a rental in Atlanta a few years ago during a work trip. With two grown men (neither of us very large) and a couple carry on bags, the car actually struggled to maintain speed on over passes in the city. It was terrible. That being said, I have a 2.7 eco boost in my personal 2019 F150 and it’s a phenomenal engine with zero problems.
A tiny turbo engine is bound to have problems after a while because it is overstressed. Even if the engine stays together, the turbo will go even with 3k oil changes. Replacement cost is around $5k.
A phenomenal engine, really? A superficial look at the flimsy engine block of the 2.7 ecoboost makes me doubt that evaluation.
@@JensJaskorskilol how would your self described superficial evaluation mean anything compared to his personal experience? I trust @3105Chop more
There’s no replacement for displacement.
@@JensJaskorski 😂
I now change the oil in my 2013 Kia Optima LX 2.4 non-turbo every 4 months or 3000 miles. Used to take it to the Kia dealer every 5000 miles when I was driving 50 miles a day on an interstate highway to work. The engine performed perfectly.....I think getting the oil up to operating temp for an extended period is crutial...it boils off any blow-by products and prevents them from contaminating the oil to any great degree. The dealer used a blended oil....I now use a full synthetic oil and Kia/Hyundai filter. I do not drive much since I retired. Kia recommended 5w20 oil but as I crossed 75,000 miles I switched to 5w30 and the engine seemed to run quieter and a little smoother. I plan on changing the plugs very soon. I think 12 years is long enough on the original plugs. The timing chain cover is starting to seep oil but not enough to be significant between changes. Dealer wanted 1500 dollars to reseal the cover...I imagine if the cover is removed it would be best to replace the timing chain and guides. Another 500?? I am 76 yo and will be doing it myself. The major reason I have stopped using the dealer for general maintenance is that I do not like the fact that no matter what the situation, even with an appointment, I will have to wait for an oil change a minimum of an hour and a half and am not allowed to observe. It is worse than going to the doctor. If you do your oil changes yourself just keep good records and change it often. Going on 79000 miles on my Optima and am satisfied with it.
My father in law's Kia engine blew up at 86k miles after running rough for a while. A long distance trip from Cincinnati to Canton blew up the engine. He haggled with Kia for a month before it agreed to replace the engine. Hopefully the new engine was assembled without metal debris and will last a few years. On the other hand, my mom's 2013 Elantra with the 1.8 liter engine ruins perfectly after 100k miles.
It's really great to hear this, 12 yrs is reasonably long. I see you have taken good care of your car. 👍
You aren't in the clear yet, but if your Optima is a K VIN that means it was made in Korea and those Thetas seem to have reasonably better reliability than the Georgia built version.
My 2013 Hyundai 2 l turbo is still working fine. Good fuel economy, lots of power, doesn't burn oil. I added a catch can. When I first heard of debris left in the engine, I added rare earth magnets to the drain plug. Hyundai called mine in. The cheack was a free oil change and they cut the filter open. They replaced my magnets. No debris was found. I do oil changes more often than spec'ed. And oil over "SN" spec has detergents for carbon in the oil from the GDI, to increase timing chain life.
You are one of the lucky ones. I wish you many more miles. For those with the bad engines, the frustration must be unbearable.
You handled it the smart way, good to hear this.
@@jamesgullo8240 : Thanks guys. I know 4 people with the 2L turbo and 2.4 L One did get a new engine from Hyundai.
Can’t believe how colossal of a failure the Hyundai/Kia 4 cylinders are. Pair that with the poor maintenance from their owners and they are all destined for super premature failures. Insane that they used that engine for over a decade, especially when their entire sales tactic was the warranty they fight so hard to honor.
Dirt and remains from the assembly is not an engine problem. Its an assembly problem. Combustion fuel injection is something all cars have nowadays. But it is not a good idea.
But all engines don't have debri problem. This is a competitive industry. Debri is a result of carelessness in manufacturing plants. It can result in catastrophic failure. Look what happened to Toyota Tundra. That is why it is important to critique.
Still the engine !
I refuse to believe the QR25 is terrible, the amount of these on 3 bald tires, a spare donut and everything held together with duct tape while doing 40 over speed limit at all times tells me its the best engine ever produced.
2.4 Theta motor owner here. (2011 sonata)
I currently have 318k miles, originally motor, lack of maintence (motor has never been opened). Just oil changes, sparkplug replacement, air filter changes. Oil pan gasket changes.
I treat mine like a 90s mazda owner. Just keep up with the oil and it's good to go
The Kia engines are a weird one... If you don't get one that had debris in the crankshaft, they'll go forever with proper maintenance including induction services. I work at a Kia dealership, and I see both. We are replacing hundreds of engines a year, but at the same time I see cars roll in with their original theta ii engines with way over 200,000 miles. Kinda crazy.
Wet belts ? Ridiculous
My car has a wet belt 🤡💀
Nissan engine "inhaling" its own exhaust?!?! Engine commiting suicide!!!😂😂😁 Just can't take it anymore!!!😉
Think EGR
The Nissan ka24de is a very good engine. I've owned hard body trucks with this engine and both went over 290,000 miles. Don't know why it was mentioned.
I have talked about the QR25DE here in this video, completely different engine. KA24DE is a great engine. Thank you for mentioning
@@ArrowGearhead I have a Nissan Frontier with the 2.5 liter engine(I think it is the QR25DE). It has gone 105,000 miles without issue. I think it is the stuff placed around the engine, not the engine itself. I have read about some Nissan car models that have had screws come loose in the intake system and get sucked into the engine and other stuff.
Rain, dust and dirt. Engineers have never heard of this stuff.
Quality control is done by engineers
@@ArrowGearhead No. MANAGERS
They'd prefer to talk about noise, vibration, and harshness.
You missed out the current 2L Landrover engine
Most bmw engines
In Poland we are calling any N engine from BMW as "N jak Nie kupuj" - "N like No buy" :D
BMW = Break My Wallet
@@mmllmmll22 pol: BMW = Będziesz Miał Wydatki. eng: BMW = you'll have expenses. Sorry, the acronym gets lost in translation.
I just sold my old 2012 Elantra. The engine had a horrible rattle that sounded like a tin can. When the issue first started at around 60k miles it would only happen when you’d do a cold start and wouldn’t sound so bad once the engine had warmed up a bit but by the time I got rid of it it didn’t matter. I remember seeing letters from Hyundai in the mail all the time about recalls, and had to replace my steering column at around 75k/80k miles. It still got me through my 20s and the majority of my 30s though so despite all the BS I’m grateful it wasn’t worse
IMPRESSED! Finally agree with one of these lists. The Nissan qr (quality reduced) probably the best of the lot sadly. The turbo turd 1.0 isn't worth fixing if anything goes wrong. The theta and nu haveade me a lot of money. It's sad, almost all of these have 1 major problems. Their manufacturers cheap out in the wrong areas. But hey they don't want the car to last longer than the warranty. If that was really true there would be no 5.3l Chevy. They make their money upfront or on things other than the engine and for the most parts transmissions. As a mechanic the most consistent engine to go over 300k iss the 5.3l Chevy. Too bad they won't be making them for too much longer with their fuel consumption issues. I can guarantee that every single one of them they ever make will be bought immediately upon announcement if their discontinuation. And then the appreciation $ begins there is really only one way to kill the Chevy.$6plus a gallon fuel.
Yeah dude, thanks for the ear shaking bell ring during the video
Sorry for your ear bro
I will tune it down next time so that can be able to watch my video without requiring safety earplugs. Thank You for watching and for the feedback
The way that Kia gets you is that while the engine is covered, the hoses and belts are not. When I got my Sportage back after a new engine was installed, I also had a bill of $700 for the hoses and belts that needed replaced.🤬. While the Kia is a fairly comfortable and easy to drive vehicle, this will be the last Kia/Hyundai that I will own.
U fotgot the verry infamous stellantis/psa 1.2 puretech its a verry much worse engine compared to the ford ecoboost
Should be renamed the Stellantis 1.2 L Purestench.
I've got a 2000 BMW e39 with an M52 engine, 445000+ km later it still runs like new
I do not understand how these "engineers?" can make this stuff. Any of us with real world experience in repairs knew the wet belt Eco-boost coud not last! For the exact reason they show here. Heat and oil? On RUBBER? It was only a matter of tiem till the belt started to degrade.. The shame is, with an exterior belt, the 1.0 could have been a GREAT little engine
They do it on purpose
Tellingly, ALL of the engines on this list mainly affect the low(er) cost car models on the market. I can't help but wonder if it's deliberately encouraged by regulators to push marginal buyers out of the market entirely. At the very least, it proves that low end buyers don't matter to the OEMs or government regulators.
But most Honda and Toyota 4 cylinder engines are much better, with very few clunkers. They care about quality and dependability.
had the qr25 in my 2005 spec v
step 1 cut the balance shaft chains or if youre bored remove them entirely this is a couple hours work at most
step 2 proper block back stainless exhaust. frankly this should just be standard on all cars
who isnt sick of rusty exhaust?
car and engine ran a treat and were still going strong in 2020 when i sold it
Ford ecoboost 2 cylinder belongs in a yard tractor/lawn mower not a car. Avoid anything with a turbo because when they break it gets real expensive real fast.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I actually didn’t mention any two-cylinder engines in this video.
Almost all large commercial trucks have turbos and go a million miles plus with no problems. They are a very proven reliable technology. You should only hope the engine lasts as long as the turbo.
@@williamevans2176 And large commercial trucks are related to cars...how???? Another logical failure.
@@Support_Ad_Blocker The original comment was 'Avoid anything with a turbo...' which is nonsense.
@@htimsid no, it's just common sense.
Talking about the 1.0L EcoBoost's cool tech and then immediately saying 'wet timing belt' 😂😂😂
That's the kind of 'cool tech' that manufacturers want to avoid at all costs for the reasons you said
Can't agree more
And they should avoid it before ripping our wallet. Our money shouldn't be a test field.
Stellantis's 1.2l wet belt 3 cylinders deserves to be on this list imo ^^
Thank you for sharing
There is Part - II of this video. Check it here: th-cam.com/video/edNKJ2jyeeU/w-d-xo.html
Totally agree about qr25de nissan, u should add about the notorious spark plug seals that integrated into the whole valve cover, meaning that u should replace the whole valve cover if u want to replace the spark plug seals. And for 2 decades this problems still persist and never corrected by nissan.
I once owned a nissan T30 qr25de less than 100.000 kilometers its already had a major problems
Thank you for adding
T30 is a beutiful vehicle, I love it
much as rhe ford ecoboost, the PSA Puretech 1.2 turbo engine is.... also shit..
Source:; i work as a PSA mechanic
Los motores Ingenium y Puretech sobre todo son mucho más problemáticos que el Ecoboost
Chevy/Buick is going to see the wet belt issue bite them in a few years. All the new Trax and Envista's have them.
Hyundai doesn't use the theta II engines in any vehicle instead for the 2.0l they use the Nu .
The 2.0L Theta II i in my Veloster N and many other Velsoter N's is really robust.
Congrats, you're among the lucky ones.
After five years engines shd be perfected
I don't think so, this looks planned obsolescence and they have to please govt. Or they may leave out the hood for EVs
I’d like to know how squirrels are getting under the hood. Where you add oil, there is nothing but pine cones, leaves and whatever else they eat. I have to be careful cleaning it because I don’t know what that crap could do if it got in the engine. This is the first time it happened. What a mess.
For 2yrs.. not a design problem.. poor machining practices..
There is quality control after manufacturing. And quality control people are engineers.
Direct injection is part of the problem because the engines don't have port injection Port injection will clean the intake valves and it's better at keeping the Pistons clean they have problems with the PCV systems they also 9 out 10 of them have a high pressure fuel pump cam driven and if the fuel pump starts to leak into the engine and you can dilute your fuel or your oil with fuel and therefore you're going to have diluted oil getting up into the piston rings and with the heat that these engines create they end up sticking and then you're piston rings aren't doing the job to keep everything clean you know separated yeah new cars are pain especially with all the computers they have in them and they track everything you do
Run from the theta 2.4 engines, there's a problem with oil consumption. The 2.0 theta engine doesn't seem to hav the same issues
4:39 isn't that Fiat Doblo?
Also, Stellantis is rolling with 1.2 Puretech - unreliable construction, problems with oil consumption, timing chains sh*tting themselves after not long distances...
Agree
PureTech, problematic engine
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ANYTHING CHRYSLER PERIOD
Most engines use direct injection these days
I have a Focus with1.0 ecoboost and 200.000 km, with no problem, no power loss, hardly any oil use. So I am curious about the real data of failures, instead of just repeating what other youtubers say (who don 't own a 1.0 ecoboost either).
A lot of complaints, recalls, and lawsuits are not without a reason. Premature failure in an ownership of someone you know is also a good source. I never owned one with any ecoboost.
most reliable engines that they dont make anymore because they made too much torque: toyota 5sfe 2.2
What is it with 2.4 litre engines? I’ve got a 2.4L in my 2011 GMC Terrain. It does worry me. The only major problem so far is a cam sensor that went south. 400$ repair. I don’t know if that’s a good, normal or excessive price.
Neglect,oil changes not done on time.
If that's the same engine as our '15 Equinox, I bought that part at Napa for$30 or so, installed in about 15 minutes.. btw ours drinks oil..
Take good care of it, ahead of manufacturer recommendation. But it is not the one I discussed here, yours is EcoTec engine, I think.
@ 30$ and I spent 400$ that’s not even including the flatbed tow rig ( mine is AWD) I’m also getting peeved with the change oil soon light coming on and this is 20 minutes after an oil change. My mechanic even showed me how to reset the oil remaining after doing an oil change. I’ll never understand GM. Good luck with your Equinox . Take care.
Plastic engine's !
Plastic inlet manifold, plastic water pump impeller and housing, plastic timing chain guides ....and even oil pan
I got a 2019 F150 FX four eco-boost 3.5 eco-boost 225 miles 00 problem
the 2021 sonata shown has a Smartstream engine not a Theta 2. Wrong Car displayed
All hyunday new engines are pure shit
The 1.6 Gamma/Smarstream is a solid little simple engine that's mildly overbuilt for the rated power and with correct maintenance is extremely reliable.
I own a 2017 accent with the 1.6 gamma engine It's my daily commuter to work, 180000km and running strong and no oil consumption, but i change oil every 6000 kms using full synthetic oil, gets 50 mpg if driven nicely. Great little engine
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Toyota 2AZ-FE is junk...burns oil from the factory
All ecoboost engines 💩
I found out the hard way😢😢
*except the 2nd Gen 2.7. Seriously, those things are great. The weak link is the wet belt driven oil pump, which I'm pretty sure Ford added (the first generation had a chain driven oil pump) because they weren't having enough service/replacement profit.
1.4 turbo LE2. 150k miles only had a bad fuel injector.
180k kms on 1.6eb. Just did a remap from 180 to 230hp and 240nM to 330nM. Doing only fluids, filters and brakes. And belts when necesary.
They are also nicknamed the ‘EcoBoom’, because that’s the noise they make not long after the warranty expires.
Yeah, I have a FCA TigerShark, and have *NONE* of the “problems”. Maybe it’s because I know how tf to drive…
Give it a good care and enjoy it while it is running
Dodge/Fiat hmm what could go wrong ?!?!
What is with the green screen from 2:34 to 2:54?
I fixed it
Thank You so much
Why do recalls always happen after the vehicle has come off warranty?
I own a 2021 rouge with 26k and it runs greatish, Its no hemi charger but It seems to be ok for now.
Never get a car with the engine in sideways.
I've never had many problems with my transverse-engined Toyotas.
My nissan has 130k carefree miles ,doesnt burn oil ,maybe a half a qt every 5k between changes i havent even done the tune up stuff yet and it still purrs ,oh yeah its a 1.6 not that 2.5 so nissan did good here
I would never buy a turbo
I would never buy without a turbo
vvt was such trash!!!!
This is why all those EV haters who tell me my Bolt will fail long before their ICE are full of it......🤣
i own a car with a theta 2
Which model? Take care of it religously
@ 2013 Kia forte koup
@@ArrowGearhead has 216k on it so far