So I just drove the 4Runner 550 miles.

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
09/10/2020 at 18:43 • Filed to: None

It miraculously didn’t break, and even more miraculous is that the odometer has worked for almost the entire year, so it’s rolled over another 1000 miles twice. To add to the miracle, out of the 4 family vehicles taken on this drive, it’s the only one that didn’t break... Yeah, we had the Azera back for a day, and broke down 2 hours into the drive , the LS430 either has a blown shock or rack(though it’s the one that got drove 550 miles back), and the Vibe almost lost a spoiler and burned enough oil to not register on the dipstick.

DISCUSSION (16)

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/10/2020 at 23:00

Those are such good looking trucks. And and an adorable pup too. I’m surprised that a Vibe burned that much oil. What is wrong with it?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
09/10/2020 at 23:21

It’s a smaller Toyota 4-cylinder from the 2000's.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/10/2020 at 23:23

I have had shockingly little experience with 2000s Toyota 4 pots. Their V8s are great, that I do know.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
09/10/2020 at 23:33

We’ve honestly had horrific luck with Toyotas.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/10/2020 at 23:52

Basically my only experience with a Toyota is my dad’s 300k mile 02 Tundra TRD . Only major repair was a radiator and it has never really broken down.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
09/10/2020 at 23:55

My 4Runner has been... The GTI may have been more reliable. The Vibe has been fine, it just burns oil. The LS430 freak accident grenaded the engine.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/11/2020 at 00:01

I’ve been in the car when two different engines bricked themselves and it always had a few minutes warning. I can’t remember but I think both were overheating related. It’s still always unexpected as you never quite anticipate total engine failure. Maybe a dead battery or at worst a timing catastrophe but never just a total lock up.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available
09/11/2020 at 06:51

This was fine, then plastic tab falls off timing cover, engine jumps time, engine no longer engine.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/11/2020 at 09:02

Goodbye valves, you weren't appreciated in your own time. My brothers V6 Mazda6 went out with something similar except it more prolonged than you would expect. Like a week of the timing being off but not off enough to bend the valves. The shop fixed it but then it would skip a tooth or something again and again.

2ZZ-GE > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/11/2020 at 17:01

If your vibe has a 1zz from 00-02 then that oil issue will never go away. The piston cooling channels are too narrow and impossible to unclog without some wrenching. Otherwise the engine is great. I dropped in a 2zz with revised intake/exhaust - went from 114whp to about 200whp on factory ECU.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > 2ZZ-GE
09/11/2020 at 18:45

Nah, it’s a 2.4.

wpudvah: GTI, Super Beetle, now with more 80-Series > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/12/2020 at 10:38

Love it. Took my ‘97 LX450 on a 500 mile round-tripper the other weekend and it handled it like a (13 MPG) champ!

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > wpudvah: GTI, Super Beetle, now with more 80-Series
09/12/2020 at 17:57

I’m jealous of your extra 3 mpg.

wpudvah: GTI, Super Beetle, now with more 80-Series > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/13/2020 at 19:19

gas is cheap, life is short baby

2ZZ-GE > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
09/18/2020 at 17:41

2.4L is small to you? What’s a normal size 4 cylinder? It’s nuts that the 2.4 also had an oil burning issue as soon as 60k in.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > 2ZZ-GE
09/18/2020 at 18:54

Well, Toyota also has a 2.7.