[MR2] mk3 engine failures

[Bob S]

Yeah Don... least you could get quotes from people who Google...

Bob

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From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com] On Behalf Of Ken
Meyer
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 4:36 PM
To: Donald Chalfant; mr2 at mr2.com
Subject: Re: [MR2] mk3 engine failures

OK, I'll bite.  Who the f... is Mnumbini Krimbalsado -- your nom d'plume?
And more important, what does he know about MR2's?

Even Google doesn't know.

Quixote Coyote


-----Original Message-----

From: mr2-bounces at mr2.com [mailto:mr2-bounces at mr2.com]
On Behalf Of Donald Chalfant
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:50 AM
To: kohartb at alumni.clemson.edu; mr2 at mr2.com

Subject: Re: [MR2] mk3 engine failures

Although this may be heresy to many Toyota owners out there, I've noted that
Toyota will hold on to the point of going to the Supreme Court before
correcting any design or series manufacturing flaw. Recalls? HA!  Let 'em
sue.

>From a business standpoint, smart. From a consumers standpoint, very
irritating (insert old picture of arte johnson in WWII German helmet
twirling mustache).  I suppose a good portion of this attitude stems from
having good (expensive) lawyers, and a huge loyalty factor amongst its
buyers.

I've known people who have spent fortunes in waaay too high shop
charges keeping their car on the road and had the gall to praise its
reliability, where the poor schmuck who drives a Dodge 150k miles without
more than a handful of oil changes will bad mouth the car when it dies.

Mnumbini Krimbalsado was right when he said, "Perceptions are only half the
loaf".


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From: "bryan kohart" <kohartb at hotmail.com>
To: <mr2 at mr2.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 12:40 PM

Subject: Re: [MR2] mk3 engine failures

> Nissan issued a recall (ECU reflash) to solve the problem.  Although I
> haven't seen anything concrete about what the reflash did, a few Sentra
> SE-R owners (same engine as the Altima) have before and after dyno's
> showing a leaner A/F.  I had the recall done on my SE-R and noticed my MPG
> went from ~24 MPG to 30 MPG.  I remember reading up on precat failures
> before I bought my SE-R, and Toyota's lack of action to the issue still
> baffles me.  The last I heard, MK3 owners' solution to the precat failure
> was to eliminate the cat altogether.
>
> -bryan
>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 13:27:57 -0500> From: Thomas Ethen
>> <cacanne at chibardun.net>> Subject: Re: [MR2] mk3 engine failures> To: ron
>> ewing <ronewing at wowway.com>, <mr2-digest at mr2.com>> Message-ID:
>> <C31EBD5D.24A8%cacanne at chibardun.net>> Content-Type: text/plain;
>> charset="US-ASCII"> > This is an issue with the 2.5 four in the 2002+
>> Nissan Altima's also which> is a big issue on their forums.> > Tom
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